Twitter CEO: You Don’t Have to Tweet to Use Twitter

Twitter only added 4 million users in the fourth quarter of 2014, but Costolo isn’t worried about the platform's long-term appeal.

Twitter chief exec Dick Costolo has been speaking to The New York Times Magazine about the company’s plans to tackle abuse and harassment, drive user signups and move forward.

One of the most interesting tidbits in the interview is Costolo’s stance on what he says to people he meets who don’t use Twitter. Usually their position is that they don’t have anything to tweet. Costolo’s answer: that’s fine – you don’t have to tweet to use Twitter.

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