What could a world without Twitter look like?

In Twitter's 15 years of existence, the platform has become the predominant communication channel for political and government leaders, businesses, brands celebrities and news media. — Photo by Emmanuel DUNAND/AFP

NEW YORK: After another chaotic week of mass staff departures and policy reversals, Twitter's future seems highly uncertain, with users – and everybody else – increasingly asking one question: What would a world without the so-called bird app even look like?

With about 237 million daily visitors at the last count in late June, Twitter's user base is still smaller than Facebook's nearly two billion, TikTok's one billion plus and even Snapchat's 363 million.