The 7 Reasons Why Elon Musk Has Axed Twitter Staff. Is this a Good Thing for the Future of Social Media?

Author: Neeraj Photo by Dmitriy Frantsev on Unsplash

Reason #1 Twitter is fragmented and difficult to use.

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Reason #2 Twitter's management is not following their stated vision for the platform, and has fallen into a downward spiral of public mistrust.

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Reason #3 Twitter’s user growth is slowing down and it’s been losing users to Instagram and Facebook

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Reason #4 The company’s ad sales are not growing as fast as they used to be compared to competition.

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Reason #5 There is no official content strategy for Twitter, and it seems like customer engagement is taking a back seat.

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Reason #6 The company isn't growing as fast as expected by investors and they are losing money

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Reason #7 The company wants to focus more on their products and less on the people who make them.

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