Sharknado Eats Twitter -- But So Far, Not the Other Way Around

Apparently — unlike sharks-gone-terrestrial — it’s not time to kill off Twitter, just yet. The social network this week saw its stock jump 30% after reporting its second quarter earnings, which showed that the platform increased revenue by 124%, to $ 312 million, and monthly active users by 24%, to 271 million. Further — and perhaps most importantly — CEO Dick Costolo came up with a nifty new way to account for Twitter’s popularity. It turns out that if you’ve ever seen a tweet, you’re part of Twitter’s extended reach. (Using that methodology, I think my mom is on Facebook.)

Sharknado Eats Twitter -- But So Far, Not the Other Way Around