CNBC anchor Kelly Evans is leaving Twitter, reports Allana Akhtar of USA Today.
Akhtar writes, “Evans is leaving the platform — along with most other social media — to pursue a social-free lifestyle, ‘and agrees social ‘churn’ may rise in coming years,’ her colleague on CNBC Carl Quintanilla tweeted on Wednesday.
“It’s ‘only 1/2 Twitter’s fault,’ Quintanilla relayed.
“A CNBC representative could not provide additional comment at this time.
Kelly says it’s “only 1/2 Twitter’s fault”. She’s interested in a social-free lifestyle — and agrees social “churn” may rise in coming yrs.
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) July 20, 2016
“Evans leaves Twitter at a time the service is again under fire for failing to do enough to prevent targeted harassment of users, a problem women on the service have complained about for years. Ex-CEO Dick Costolo last year acknowledged it was a severe problem, saying ‘we suck at dealing with abuse and trolls on the platform.'”
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