Twitter has become known as a place where groups of users are harassing others, often aggressively.<\/p>\n
According to the publication Backchannel<\/strong><\/a>, Twitter has a hate problem, and trolls are winning the war.<\/p>\n \u201cToo often Twitter\u2019s users are subject to pernicious streams of abuse and harassment,\u201d said Backchannel.<\/p>\n While Twitter is facing many problems, including slowing revenue growth and a failure to attract new users, trolling is its biggest challenge, it said.<\/p>\n \u201cHarassment dissuades new users from wanting to sign up, drives formerly-loyal tweeters to close their accounts, and gives advertisers pause as they consider where to place their brand dollars.”<\/p>\n \u201cTwitter is running out of time to figure out how to maintain its open platform, while keeping abusers from unleashing their plague of hate.\u201d<\/p>\n Twitter\u2019s plans for Rio 2016 Olympic Games<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Elections 2016 Twitter Battle: Malema, Zille, Maimane, and Zuma<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nMore on Twitter<\/h3>\n