Twitter turns 10 but is still dividing people's opinions of social media

A decade on from its launch, the social media mammoth continues to divide opinion, says Jonathan deBurca Butler

Twitter turns 10 but is still dividing people's opinions of social media

TEN years on from its foundation after “a day-long brain- storming session” in a San Francisco office, social media platform Twitter has come to something of a crossroads.

In February, it was widely reported that, for the first time in its history, its growth in users had stalled. Some 320 million people log in at least once a month. That compares to the 1.59 billion users Facebook boasted at the end of last year. Mainstream media talked of a crisis at Twitter and focused on the company’s dramatic fall in valuation.

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