“That disjunction between, on the one hand, the market’s lack of faith in Twitter and, on the other, Twitter users’ profound engagement with the service, is really at the heart of what’s happened to the company in recent years.” James Surowiecki on why Twitter has never been stronger — or weaker.

+ Salesforce just pulled out of talks and said they wouldn’t be buying Twitter. Looks like we’re gonna have to fix it ourselves.