I take a different view – Twitter is &#x27;in trouble&#x27; because people expect it to be far more than it should be.<p>It seems like it could be a really simple product – an asynchronous method to receive small updates, recommendations and so on from people or organisations you are interested in. And I love that! I follow a good selection of people who share things I am interested in. There&#x27;s nothing wrong with that, and there&#x27;s an obvious path (through advertising) to monetisation.<p>The problem is the wider perception of failure – the &quot;Why isn&#x27;t Twitter like Facebook!?!?&quot; issue. Instead of a solid, well-delivered, sustainable product, we are witnessing a push for &#x27;growth&#x27; and &#x27;development&#x27; which I quite honestly think are exactly the opposite of what Twitter needs. What is frustrating me most about Twitter recently is:<p>- Poor technical choices (the Mac app is shit and they have repeatedly fucked over the technical community)
- Fucking-up of the core timeline concept (the introduction of the &#x27;algorithmic timeline&#x27; will be the day I leave the platform)
- Arbitrarily inserting tweets from people I don&#x27;t follow, nuking the whole point of it<p>I&#x27;d be much happier if they just slashed the headcount and built a sustainable business, but I guess that&#x27;s not going to happen at this point.