It looks like 90% of profits are from advertising but I do not see advertising, granted I only used to browse it from my desktop, so maybe is related to the app?
If it does make a profit then maybe is not that dumb of a move.
Native advertising I think, they put tweets in your feed from stuff you aren't subscribed to. It's more obvious on Instagram. Also this is a pretty big if, but advertising could include the selling of personal data.
I occasionally see ads in the trending list (like, the top "trending" hashtag is an ad instead) or if you click on a hashtag every now and then there's an ad in the tweets for that hashtag. That's on desktop with an ad-blocker.
It looks like 90% of profits are from advertising but I do not see advertising, granted I only used to browse it from my desktop, so maybe is related to the app? If it does make a profit then maybe is not that dumb of a move.
Native advertising I think, they put tweets in your feed from stuff you aren't subscribed to. It's more obvious on Instagram. Also this is a pretty big if, but advertising could include the selling of personal data.
I occasionally see ads in the trending list (like, the top "trending" hashtag is an ad instead) or if you click on a hashtag every now and then there's an ad in the tweets for that hashtag. That's on desktop with an ad-blocker.