Monday morning, November 28: twitter It does not work. But this is not a specific technical malfunction: it has disappeared forever. Finished tweet, retweet, follow our idols and browse while waiting at the bus stop. This scenario, which seems to have sprung out of a scenario until recently, dystopian soap operaconsidered “possible” by countless users today. And then what?
With seven experts and account managers on this social network thousands of followers both pessimistic and hopeful we agree on the same prediction: if Twitter shuts down tomorrow we will all lose (although some more so than others), but the global conversation will not disappear, but rather disappear. It will be ported to other platforms. There is life after the death of the bluebird.
1 minute: great silence
211 million active users from around the world post daily 500 million tweets at a rate of 357,000 per minute. The sudden closure of this communication flow, Frances Puyol, Go beyond just the technological, the online measurement expert from the University of Navarra.
“Democracy would lose that day because the Facebook model would win, the closed and It produces ideological bubbles. Twitter is open and exposes you to opinions that differ from yours, so provokes controversy” distinguishes. “Twitter’s greatest virtue is that it brings users information they didn’t know they were interested in. Losing this channel means: A return to the information dynamics of 15 years ago”, complains this normal tweeter.
Celebrities and journalists: big losers
From the side of great content creators, feeling of surprise it would be even bigger. “I dream of seeing how impressive legions jump from the balcony. thousands of followers disappeared they have” predicts the technologist enrique dance, which does not hide the effect of this hypothetical blackout on their information habits. “Twitter allows me to get instant feedback on what I post and stay up-to-date on topics that interest me. There is no other platform that gives so much with so little effort,” he admits.
Aside from the unexplained volumes of data and analytics, Twitter has been around for 16 years. bring to light notifiable situations otherwise he wouldn’t be able to go beyond that. “If it disappears, those stories and journalists are the big losers. they couldn’t access them or their hero” evaluates the journalist surah davidResponsible for 20 years of digital content. Barcathere is the second More followers from Spain (41.5 million followers).
Brands, politicians and memes
Certainly, great beings, the less they mourned the death of the net. “Twitter for brands is territory. full of cacti. They prefer other platforms like Instagram where a negative comment has less visibility. If Twitter ends they will campaign through other channels” calculates Saura.
Besides football, politics is another. Twitter users’ favorite playground often to create arguments full of disqualifications and here’s the only one positive side This could spell the end of Twitter.
“It would lower the climate polarization public life highlighted by many hate messages. let’s not forget this a checked tweet He warned of “democracy in the United States” Isaac Hernandezpolitical marketing consultant willing to engage in a “more” relationship door to door and face to faceBetween parties and voters in the post-Twitter era.
But it’s not just hate and zaskas feeding the platform. What would happen to the humor that circulates in the form of memes on the Internet every day? “Most of the jokes posted on WhatsApp come from Twitter. All of that may get lost, but in the end, humor always finds its way.” @diostuiteroone of the most benefited profiles irony on twitteroften campaigns with partners through Agencia Plop. @norkorean Y @gerardotc.
the conversation won’t stop
In 2006, the year Twitter was born, my space It was the most used social network and no platform seemed to be able to beat it. reporter from Microsoft to keep their users in touch. “They both disappeared just like they did. Google+, Photolog and other subsequent initiatives. If not now, one day Twitter will die too, but communication will continue to exist”, analyzes Manuel Morenoresponsible Thirteen Bitsmedium specializing in social networks and technology.
what will happenl Content that Twitter users upload to the network not clear but Jose Luis OrihuelaProfessor of Multimedia Communications at the University of Navarra, Dr. No need to worry. “Hosting companies will provide turnkey services to facilitate this transition,” he predicts.
She comes blog ecosystem Seeing the birth of Twitter and setting its expectations Mastodon. Whichever platform takes over from Twitter, Orihuela is part of the broad tweeter family. there will be no orphans. “When a society adopts a tool and makes it a part of its life, but its production is stopped due to factory closure, those who use it you’re always looking for a replacement”, he assures.
Monday morning, November 28: twitter It does not work. But this is not a specific technical malfunction: it has disappeared forever. Finished tweet, retweet, follow our idols and browse while waiting at the bus stop. This scenario, which seems to have sprung out of a scenario until recently, dystopian soap operaconsidered “possible” by countless users today. And then what?
With seven experts and account managers on this social network thousands of followers both pessimistic and hopeful we agree on the same prediction: if Twitter shuts down tomorrow we will all lose (although some more so than others), but the global conversation will not disappear, but rather disappear. It will be ported to other platforms. There is life after the death of the bluebird.
1 minute: great silence
211 million active users from around the world post daily 500 million tweets at a rate of 357,000 per minute. The sudden closure of this communication flow, Frances Puyol, Go beyond just the technological, the online measurement expert from the University of Navarra.
“Democracy would lose that day because the Facebook model would win, the closed and It produces ideological bubbles. Twitter is open and exposes you to opinions that differ from yours, so provokes controversy” distinguishes. “Twitter’s greatest virtue is that it brings users information they didn’t know they were interested in. Losing this channel means: A return to the information dynamics of 15 years ago”, complains this normal tweeter.
Celebrities and journalists: big losers
From the side of great content creators, feeling of surprise it would be even bigger. “I dream of seeing how impressive legions jump from the balcony. thousands of followers disappeared they have” predicts the technologist enrique dance, which does not hide the effect of this hypothetical blackout on their information habits. “Twitter allows me to get instant feedback on what I post and stay up-to-date on topics that interest me. There is no other platform that gives so much with so little effort,” he admits.
Aside from the unexplained volumes of data and analytics, Twitter has been around for 16 years. bring to light notifiable situations otherwise he wouldn’t be able to go beyond that. “If it disappears, those stories and journalists are the big losers. they couldn’t access them or their hero” evaluates the journalist surah davidResponsible for 20 years of digital content. Barcathere is the second More followers from Spain (41.5 million followers).
Brands, politicians and memes
Certainly, great beings, the less they mourned the death of the net. “Twitter for brands is territory. full of cacti. They prefer other platforms like Instagram where a negative comment has less visibility. If Twitter ends they will campaign through other channels” calculates Saura.
Besides football, politics is another. Twitter users’ favorite playground often to create arguments full of disqualifications and here’s the only one positive side This could spell the end of Twitter.
“It would lower the climate polarization public life highlighted by many hate messages. let’s not forget this a checked tweet He warned of “democracy in the United States” Isaac Hernandezpolitical marketing consultant willing to engage in a “more” relationship door to door and face to faceBetween parties and voters in the post-Twitter era.
But it’s not just hate and zaskas feeding the platform. What would happen to the humor that circulates in the form of memes on the Internet every day? “Most of the jokes posted on WhatsApp come from Twitter. All of that may get lost, but in the end, humor always finds its way.” @diostuiteroone of the most benefited profiles irony on twitteroften campaigns with partners through Agencia Plop. @norkorean Y @gerardotc.
the conversation won’t stop
In 2006, the year Twitter was born, my space It was the most used social network and no platform seemed to be able to beat it. reporter from Microsoft to keep their users in touch. “They both disappeared just like they did. Google+, Photolog and other subsequent initiatives. If not now, one day Twitter will die too, but communication will continue to exist”, analyzes Manuel Morenoresponsible Thirteen Bitsmedium specializing in social networks and technology.
what will happenl Content that Twitter users upload to the network not clear but Jose Luis OrihuelaProfessor of Multimedia Communications at the University of Navarra, Dr. No need to worry. “Hosting companies will provide turnkey services to facilitate this transition,” he predicts.
She comes blog ecosystem Seeing the birth of Twitter and setting its expectations Mastodon. Whichever platform takes over from Twitter, Orihuela is part of the broad tweeter family. there will be no orphans. “When a society adopts a tool and makes it a part of its life, but its production is stopped due to factory closure, those who use it you’re always looking for a replacement”, he assures.