Well, in any case, even before there were quarterly sales, anti-New Coke response was immediate. There was no Twitter in 1985 but there was TV, phone calling, talk shows on TV, morning radio, church gossip, watercooler gossip, school chatter, all of which is shrunk by Twitter but Twitter is mimicking what already existed.

There was no Twitter in 1985 but there was TV, phone calling, talk shows on TV, morning radio, church gossip, watercooler gossip, school chatter, all of which is shrunk by Twitter but Twitter is mimicking what already existed.