Posts Tagged ‘Hopeful’

  The End of Twitter: In other words folks our elitist word Masters will control the narrative, I predict they’ll be relevant in a short period of time.. HNewsWire – – – – – – By Joshua Topolsky [](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/the-end-of-twitter&text=The+End+of+Twitter&tw_p=tweetbutton&url=http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/the-end-of-twitter&via=newyorker) []() [](https://i1.wp.com/www.newyorker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Topolsky-End-of-Twitter-1200.jpg “View larger”)Twitter might rebound in the wake of Jack Dorsey’s reappointment as C.E.O., but the service is still in trouble.Credit Photograph by Richard Drew /  It wasn’t that long ago that I—and many other people I know—would have argued that [Twitter](http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/jack-in-a-box-can-twitter-be-saved) was more than just another social network. I would have told you that Twitter was more like a utility, a service so fundamental that I could imagine a scenario in which it was literally underwritten. Twitter *needed* to exist. A…