Twitter has always been on rocky ground financially. During its IPO it was severely undervalued and despite having one of the largest IPO’s every for an American internet company. Twitter left a large sum of money on the table that may have helped it weather it’s later stagnation in better stride. Looking at net income over that past 5 years twitter has continued to lose money. After the IPO in 2013 Twitter boomed but was still unable to turn a profit. This begs that question that it Twitter couldn’t turn a profit during its most popular time how is it expected to do so now that user ship has stagnated. The other financial indicators tell a mixed story IRR of 55% its healthy especially considering that it’s higher than Cost of Capital at 15%. That means that
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When you think of various social media platforms they each invoke a different community. Facebook is where you go to connect with old friends, Instagram is a great place to see how famous people live, Pinterest is a massive arts and crafts class, and Twitter is a bit of a wild west. When Twitter was founded its core principle was free speech, which meant anybody could say anything to anyone. Ultimately, this lead to Twitter being a heaven for trolls. As Twitter has grown its troll problem has grown and become more vicious. There have been numerous instances of public and private figures being bombarded with threats of violence. Some public figures such as Leslie Jones have even taken the step of leaving twitter because their harassment became unbearable. In addition, twitter has also become the platform of choice for a number of extremist groups. This has created additional negative press as these groups have reached a broader audience and grown as a result of using Twitter as a recruitment tool. Despite numerous calls to action Twitter has been very resistant to act against these trolls and it has cited free speech as its
When you think of various social media platforms they each invoke a different community. Facebook is where you go to connect with old friends, Instagram is a great place to see how famous people live, Pinterest is a massive arts and crafts class, and Twitter is a bit of a wild west. When Twitter was founded its core principle was free speech, which meant anybody could say anything to anyone. Ultimately, this lead to Twitter being a heaven for trolls. As Twitter has grown its troll problem has grown and become more vicious. There have been numerous instances of public and private figures being bombarded with threats of violence. Some public figures such as Leslie Jones have even taken the step of leaving twitter because their harassment became unbearable. In addition, twitter has also become the platform of choice for a number of extremist groups. This has created additional negative press as these groups have reached a broader audience and grown as a result of using Twitter as a recruitment tool. Despite numerous calls to action Twitter has been very resistant to act against these trolls and it has cited free speech as its