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Re: I resigned from Twitter

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Post by bikson »

LegitShady wrote: post #299
ChuckMcM wrote: post #259

It will be interesting to see how Twitter changes as a result. Twitter with selective following and setting your timeline to 'time order' creates a pretty good environment for me. It feels like the equivalent of living in only a few chosen 'subreddits' rather than getting the full frontal reddit experience.

Long ago I made a reddit account with the first suggested name after the one I asked for was 'taken', disabled following all the subreddits, and then selectively added subreddits specific to my hobbies. I don't see anything that normally hits the front page, everything I do see is somewhat relevant to me, and it basically deletes all politics from what is presented. By far the best reddit experience possible, I think…

This is the way. But also creating information bubble.

Re: I resigned from Twitter

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Post by davedx »

hackbinary wrote: post #602

He quit so he could have better management run the company he owns and so he can enjoy his money. His move is the ultimate founder/rich playboy move. Maybe he will buy that magazine.

What? He's still CEO of Square. One public company keeps someone plenty busy enough

Re: I resigned from Twitter

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Post by Ajedi32 »

_whiteCaps_ wrote: post #572
williamtrask wrote: post #567

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The medium supports images so I’m not sure this critique is valid.

Visually impaired people using a screenreader won't be able to read it.

Can screen readers still not read text in images? Years ago I could understand that being a problem, but now? If that's still true then it seems to me those screen readers could really use an upgrade. My phone has been able to copy text out of screenshots flawlessly for years.

I do agree with the overall point though that images are a suboptimal way of conveying text.

Re: I resigned from Twitter

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Post by ssully »

boringg wrote: post #584
gameswithgo wrote: post #539

Earlier quoted context omitted.

HN is heavily moderated, which is interesting given how often it is used as a platform to decry censorship.

Can you provide specific examples please? It would seem that it moderates trolling content, self promotional or bot level garbage.

Not the OP, but your examples of bot level garbage and trolling content are perfect for Twitter. I would include self promotion, but that is such a core part of social media.

Re: I resigned from Twitter

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Post by elzbardico »

Rastonbury wrote: post #53
koheripbal wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Twitter is extremely toxic and divisive, and Dorsey is... the same. People are hoping his removal will allow the platform to mature.

Sorry but cynically toxic and divisive algos drives more attention thus more ad revenue (see FB), it's not going to get better with a more investor friendly CEO

like big tobacco selecting tobacco plant strains with more nicotine to ensure addiction

Re: I resigned from Twitter

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Post by mjamil »

I'm in a post-Thanksgiving charitable mood, so thank you, Jack. The execution hasn't been perfect (as has been commented on ad nauseam), but Twitter is the closest to a worldwide-accessible [1] Speaker's Corner [2] I know of, and that - despite all the completely valid criticism - is a valuable public service: mediating access to information has been the defining tool of control for those in power pretty much since civilization began, and I, for one, will always pick an imperfectly moderated cesspool over the prior status quo where a church or a government told me what's true and what to think. FWIW, you've also championed transparency and decentralization for your platform more than any other SV social media titan [3].

[1] If you have access to the Internet, that is. [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speakers%27_Corner [3] https://twitter.com/jack/status/1204766078468911106

Re: I resigned from Twitter

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Post by fastball »

enraged_camel wrote: post #571
NoGravitas wrote: post #559

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HN is extremely toxic for anyone who's not a VC-adjacent techbro. If you're part of the target audience for /pol/, you wouldn't notice that /pol/ is toxic, either.

I mean, I work in tech, and even I find it very difficult to read the comments sections here on anything related to racial justice, gender equality, etc. People post nasty stuff and it gets upvoted to the top.

Have any examples?

Re: I resigned from Twitter

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Post by lucasverra »

localhost wrote: post #574
ChuckMcM wrote: post #259

It will be interesting to see how Twitter changes as a result. Twitter with selective following and setting your timeline to 'time order' creates a pretty good environment for me. It feels like the equivalent of living in only a few chosen 'subreddits' rather than getting the full frontal reddit experience.

I use tweetdeck and only follow specific users, i.e., all my columns are "user" columns. It's kind of like a micro-blog RSS feed of sorts. It's wonderful if you're careful about who you follow.

i've been using tweetdeck the last 2 weeks and its a dream. is there something better?
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