Just to get it out of the way quickly, no. Twitter is not getting shut down in early 2017 because of cyber bullying, no matter how much I may beg and plead to every major/minor deity I can find on Wikipedia. That’s not to say Twitter doesn’t suck – it totally sucks. Twitter is the most useless collection of words, videos and photos ever amassed on the Internet. The majority of their users are fake. No one wakes up and says, “You know what I need to do today? Tweet stuff.”
Would you care if Twitter got shut down? Probably not. You’ve got better things to do with your spare time, right? Yet here we have a collection of people who seem to actually give a shit that the social networking platform may cease to one day exist:
https://twitter.com/Billy_Pentz/status/763745530744889344
https://twitter.com/KodiGaddis/status/763744142333575168
When you realise if Twitter shuts down you'll have go outside to find out what's going on in the world #savetwitter pic.twitter.com/tj0RCq1zEY
— Dan Duncan (@danduncn) August 11, 2016
How can we #savetwitter if we couldn't save #Harambe ;(
— Teddy (@iCrazyTeddy) August 11, 2016
If Twitter shuts down we will all have to actually do something with our lives…. #savetwitter pic.twitter.com/Va2g8xswoJ
— ≷mya⁷ #1 chaery luvr (@hxneytae) August 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/arislilcloud/status/763720563189772289
https://twitter.com/sorryimalex/status/763714811544932352
https://twitter.com/ciaraconway_/status/763706970910130176
I use Twitter more than I use the toilet. Don't shut it down. Please. #savetwitter
— NUFF (@nuffsaidny) August 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/HenryGallagherx/status/763701427869024260
RT to make sure Twitter doesn't get shut down #SaveTwitter 😳🙃 pic.twitter.com/ckub1fx8q6
— Kai Knight (@kaiknightt) August 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/kingharrierise/status/763693169301131265
In my opinion it’s only a matter of time until the site does crash and burn, but it appears that time is still not here. The Independent reports that representatives of the site have assured them that there is no truth whatsoever to the rumors, and that people will be able to continue spewing whatever unintelligible garbage pops into their head with reckless abandon, just like they do now:
I'll only buy the #iPhone5 if it has an app that adds 2 inches to every dick pic
— Matt Keohan (@KingKeohan) September 12, 2012
[H/T The Independent]