Re : Twitter Boycott.
Let's be realistic. It won't even be a blip on their stats.
It will be lost in the noise of day-to-day variation.
It's like when the religious right get upset about something and post to social media "If every Christian boycotts [company] we'll show them we matter!!!1".
Don't you roll you eyes at those wingnuts? At how by shaking their fist impotently at a giant, they've proved their own desperation more than anything else?
How is this different?
@apLundell your argument is that the boycott will not be effective because people you don't respect (wing nuts) use similar tactics sometimes and you think they're ridiculous? not sure I follow. because if, say, 3m people don't login in a day, twitter would surely notice the dip in revenue. they've yet to be profitable. and boycotts often successfully apply pressure to corps. so idgi.
@walruslifestyle my argument is that
1)I think people who think millions of people will participate in a impromptu boycott are way optimistic.
2) Even if, as you suggest, Twitter's DAU dropped by about 1%, and even if that was enough to be noticed, the target wouldn't really care so long as they all came back the next day.
@apLundell alright, I understand. thank you