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Is this the end of Twitter?

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Since Twitter changed ownership in October, hundreds of employees have either been fired or elected to leave. Advertisers have walked away. Users have jumped to other platforms. All of this has fueled speculation — and pronouncements of the social media platform's imminent demise.

Is the end of Twitter near? What will we lose if it is? We talk with some Nashvillians about what the social media platform has meant for them and their sense of community online.

But first, we get the latest on the state's textbook and charter school commissions.

Guests:

  • Alexis Marshall, WPLN education reporter

  • Dave Delaney, founder of Futureforth and author of New Business Networking

  • Andrea Williams, journalist and author of Baseball's Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues

  • Adia Victoria, musician and writer

  • Charles Hunter III, chef

  • Carlos Partee, founder of Cashville Etc.

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