PR News' millennial advisory board members were pretty emphatic when they told us Twitter is the social networking platform they use the most in their work lives. Nothing else comes close. These dozen or so PR pros at b2c and b2b companies, nonprofits and agencies rely mostly on Twitter to communicate brand messages on social and to stay on top of news and trends.
Nevertheless, judging by recent events, Twitter's future is bleak. Current CEO Dick Costolo has one foot out the door, Google may or may not be looking to acquire the company ("absorb, digest and atomize" might be more appropriate than "acquire") and, to add to the air of doom, Snoop Dogg has offered himself up as the new CEO.
The problem in a nutshell: Twitter isn't that good at being profitable.
So it may be time to start imagining your life without Twitter. I know, it's not exactly like imagining your life without easy access to clean drinking water, but it would be a severe rupture in your daily routine just the same. If you're at an agency, what kind of billable time would fill the hole left by Twitter? If you're at a brand or nonprofit and 90% of your communications on social are on Twitter, to which alternate platform would you try to migrate your community?
Better to ask these questions now, before Snoop calls his first board meeting.
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