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Re: Ask HN: What Has Happened to Twitter?

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Post by fsflover »

dcchambers wrote: post #159
3pt14159 wrote: post #79

I fixed my twitter feed by unfollowing anyone the first time something they did resulted in me being upset. Even if it was a like. It's just not worth it. For about a year or two my feed was great. Then the topics started coming in. First it was infosec and cybersecurity and they were fine for a bit so I tolerated it. But then it turned into just a bunch of hot women saying basically nothing. If before it was some ra…

Anecdotally, I've found that in virtually every social media platform I have used, if I actually make use of the feed preferences like "unsubscribe," "show me less of this," "this doesn't interest me," etc, I agree that eventually I just get flooded with useless content as their algorithms desperately try to find some new fresh content to put in front of my eyes. As a result, the overall quality goes way down and I s…

You should try Mastodon, it's exactly how it works.

Re: Ask HN: What Has Happened to Twitter?

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Post by TekMol »

encryptluks2 wrote: post #179
TekMol wrote: post #178

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Arweave does not need pinning. You pay upfront for 200 years. 1GB is about $10. So storing a tweet is about $0.000001.

And what happens if they shut down? I might as well pay Google $10 for 2TB.

Arweave has the same mechanics as Bitcoin: It is based on financial incentives.

While Bitcoin miners calculate hashes to get transaction fees, Arweave miners store data to get those fees paid upfront for storage.

So the question "what happens in they shut down" is similar to asking "what happens if Bitcoin shuts down?". It is not a single party the suddenly can decide to "shut down".

Re: Ask HN: What Has Happened to Twitter?

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Post by madnuttah »

fsflover wrote: post #181
dcchambers wrote: post #159

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Anecdotally, I've found that in virtually every social media platform I have used, if I actually make use of the feed preferences like "unsubscribe," "show me less of this," "this doesn't interest me," etc, I agree that eventually I just get flooded with useless content as their algorithms desperately try to find some new fresh content to put in front of my eyes. As a result, the overall quality goes way down and I s…

You should try Mastodon, it's exactly how it works.

Thank you, I'll check out Mastodon.

Scrolling through and accidentially touching saying a sponsored Tweet will mark it as an interest of yours so I look into the Interests quite frequently to dispose rubbish I'm not interested in even if they think so.

Re: Ask HN: What Has Happened to Twitter?

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Post by ASalazarMX »

mandmandam wrote: post #113
leephillips wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your problem is that you are looking at your feed. Do it this way: https://lee-phillips.org/howtotwitter/

> You don’t follow an account because you want to read their tweets. Twitter is “social media”, and following is a social signal. When you follow someone you are declaring that you approve of that person. Whether or not this is what you intended, this is how your decision to follow someone will be interpreted. This is horrifying. Believable, and understandable, but truly disturbing.

I don't care if people choose to interpret it that way. I can follow people or institutions I want to keep updated on, regardless of my approval of their actions. A more realistic interpretation is that your followers range from detractors to loyal supporters.

Re: Ask HN: What Has Happened to Twitter?

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Post by encryptluks2 »

TekMol wrote: post #183
encryptluks2 wrote: post #179

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And what happens if they shut down? I might as well pay Google $10 for 2TB.

Arweave has the same mechanics as Bitcoin: It is based on financial incentives. While Bitcoin miners calculate hashes to get transaction fees, Arweave miners store data to get those fees paid upfront for storage. So the question "what happens in they shut down" is similar to asking "what happens if Bitcoin shuts down?". It is not a single party the suddenly can decide to "shut down".

Arweave is not Bitcoin. It isn't even close.
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