Twitter Troubles

A look at the problems and challenges plaguing the social network.

By TUSHAR KANWAR

The tweet… err… writing is on the wall. The one-time darling of the social media world, Twitter, just cannot catch a break these days, and the last couple of weeks have been particularly rough. Wall Street repeatedly called open season on its stock, shaving off more than half its value last year to an all-time low right now. A slew of high-ranking executives left the company late January, casting further doubt on the future of the social network. Could the end be near for Twitter? How did what was arguably a near-essential information service, with its unedited, unfiltered view of the world as it happened, translate to one that looks like a second Yahoo – high profile departures, tanking stock prices and all? First, user growth has slumped or flat-lined (depending…

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Business Today (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 28, 2016

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