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Twitter’s latest results are likely to encourage those who think it should never have become a publicly listed company, and want it to consider alternate models of ownership, such as a co-operative. They view Twitter as a kind of public utility—a “people’s platform”—the management of which should concern public interests rather more than commercial ones. If the company were co-operatively owned by users, it would be released from short-term pressure to please its investors and meet earnings targets.
不寻常的生意 有些人认为推特原本就不该成为上市公司，推特最新的财报可能会让他们更有底气，并要求公司考虑其他所有权模式，例如合作企业。他们将推特视为一种公共设施——一个“大众平台”，认为它的管理应当以公共利益为重，而非商业利益。如果这家公司由用户合作共有，它就能免受取悦投资者、达到盈利目标的短期压力。
publicly listed company 上市公司
- go public
alternate adj.替代的
- alternative
- He took the alternate route home.
concern v.关心 (to be a care/trouble/distress to)
- Her ill health concerns me.
commercial adj.商业的
release v.释放
target n.目标

Though some co-ops have shown themselves resilient, they are generally thought to be less dynamic—a shortcoming of democratic governance. Yet Sasha Costanza-Chock, an activist who teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, believes that Twitter users could also come up with features that would rescue it from its most toxic elements, such as harassment and hate speech.
尽管有些合作企业显示出了自身的韧性，但一般说来人们仍认为这类企业欠缺活力，这是民主治理的缺点。但在麻省理工学院任教的活动家萨沙•科斯坦萨-乔克（Sasha Costanza-Chock）相信，推特用户还能另外想出一些功能，将它从骚扰、仇恨言论等为害最甚的问题中解救出来。
resilient adj.有弹性的
- The surface is resilient.
dynamic adj.有活力的
shortcoming n.短处
- Her lack of attention to detail is her biggest shortcoming.
toxic adj.有毒的
harassment n.骚扰
hate speech 仇恨言论

Others envision a futuristic co-op—or, inevitably, “co-op 2.0”—in which responsibility is split between idealistic entrepreneurs, who control product innovation, and users, who have the say on such matters as data protection.
也有人设想出一种带有未来主义色彩的合作企业，或者说免不了会叫“合作企业2.0”，由理想主义的企业家和用户分担责任：企业家掌控产品创新，而用户则在数据保护之类的事情上拥有话语权。
envision v.想象（to think of something that will happen in the future)
- She envisioned a better life for herself.
- vision n.想象
futuristic adj.未来的
inevitably adv.无可避免地
- inevitable adj.无可避免的(sure to happen)
- evitable adj.可避免的（capable of being avoided)
entrepreneur n.创业家