My thoughts on Twitter
This is one big reason I began to hate Reddit before the API bullshit. Reddit users would constantly bitch about Elon and Twitter, while linking to Twitter on every thread. How much further does Twitter need to fall, for people to stop using then as a default link? They don’t create content anyways, they’re just a link middle man, Twitter is essentially Pinterest
I exclusively post original content on twitter. It’s the only platform I’ve managed to grow any audience at.
“I can’t leave Twitter – all my followers are there.”
“I can’t leave Twitter – all the people I follow are there.”
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It feels like the obvious first step is for the people with many followers to start posting all their content on multiple sites, so that the second point no longer applies.
The trickiest part is the lack of a fully agreed upon alternative. Do you go to Mastodon, instagram, threads, etc? While some folks might have an alternative that they view as a no brainer, it’s pretty clear that there isn’t overwhelming consensus. Mastodon seems perhaps the most popular as a direct Twitter alternative, but it regularly faces complaints about usability and discoverability. If people post to both Twitter and some random alternative, if that alternative varies wildly, followers will stay on Twitter cause it’s where all their favourites are.
I see it a few different ways:
- They revere Elon Musk
- They are far right-winged
- They are watching it burn to the ground and are secretly grinning inside
- They actually believe its headed in the right direction
They can also be a combination of the above.
You forgot the biggest group
- They don’t care
That’s the group I belong to. What ever Elon is doing happens on the side of Twitter I don’t spend time on. Where I hang it’s bussines as usual. These recent changes hardly affect me at all
Leaving Twitter was easy.
Just log out once and since you can’t even read embedded tweets without being logged in, you are practically isolated from the whole platform. If you last a few days, you realize that you’re not really missing anything…
All Social media is a huge cess pit anyway. Before Musk, Twitter was a sound board for militant leftist weirdos who would censor anything that didn’t conform to their agenda. No different now, just went the other way. Who cares in the end? It’s all shit
The militant leftist weirdos care. Lol. Listen to them whine here.
I don’t care. I am on Twitter, Reddit, Facebook, Lemmy, and probably a shit ton more. And I jump wherever I want. It doesn’t matter who is in control. Just the fun I have with a platform. The value it has for my life.
And Twitter is now even more fun than before. It’s so toxic, so much discussions, I love it.
It has never been docile, but boy, shits finally let loose. It’s like Reddit in the good old days.
What are you, an edgy fifteen-year old?
Nope. Just some dude who has found his own form of entertainment.
I’d rather have fun with something than getting angry about trivia.
What use does it have to you to get angry about a platform you do not seem to be involved with anymore?
Call me edgy and immature all you want. I am happy.
As long as you’re just observing, do what makes you happy I guess
Oh no. You misunderstood me. I am extremely bored with my studies. Hours in front of books is tiring. Most people around me are boring as well. Not the brightest unfortunately.
On twitter I am just reposting the most radical left stuff or radical right stuff I can find from different accounts. While I am not as big as hedge funds, I do like to compare myself to them. I consider myself a social hedge fund. I do my part in accelerating the development of political ideologies by leading people into believing there needs to be a more extreme opposition on each side.
And people online are so naive. I already got you on the hook, don’t I? Nah, I am just kidding. I am just a peaceful observer on twitter and other social media. :)
The bots don’t like what you said
It’s just funny arrows pointing upwards or downwards. It’s not that important. No one needs to like my opinion.
But there is nothing worse than a dead post without any comments. So I thought I’d start something here.
In retro perspective I didn’t need to. People started all by themselves.
