Twitter was doomed when Facebook acquired FriendFeed in 2009. After that point Facebook took the lead and Twitter still seems stuck in 2009. Techies love the product because it is stuck in the past like an old BBS, but the reality is that time has passed them by.<p>For me the proof was when I used the self serve ad platforms on both services: The level of sophistication of Facebook&#x27;s service seemed to be years ahead of Twitter and delivered better results.<p>Also the harsh reality is that Twitter never really solved their troll and spam issues. Twitter is great if you don&#x27;t want anybody to know who you are so you can troll all day, but bad for conversation. In fact it&#x27;s so bad that users who get frustrated with the character limit post photos of text.<p>Twitter sort of reminds me of products like Blogger which were amazing when they launched, but sort of faded away over time.