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The Slow Goodbye to Twitter

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Re: The Slow Goodbye to Twitter

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Post by CharlesW »

warkanlock wrote: post #5

Twitter is not going anywhere anytime soon; there is no replacement. Mastodon does not fit the needs of the millions of users using the platform daily. I believe that Twitter will terraform what we think of as social media, and with that, a new way of communication will emerge

> Twitter is not going anywhere anytime soon; there is no replacement.

Not yet. You're right that Mastodon is not ready for the masses, which makes me wonder if federated systems can ever have mainstream appeal.

Re: The Slow Goodbye to Twitter

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Post by katbyte »

warkanlock wrote: post #5

Twitter is not going anywhere anytime soon; there is no replacement. Mastodon does not fit the needs of the millions of users using the platform daily. I believe that Twitter will terraform what we think of as social media, and with that, a new way of communication will emerge

That doesn’t matter if it cannot find enough income to pay the bills?

Re: The Slow Goodbye to Twitter

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Post by lapcat »

warkanlock wrote: post #5

Twitter is not going anywhere anytime soon; there is no replacement. Mastodon does not fit the needs of the millions of users using the platform daily. I believe that Twitter will terraform what we think of as social media, and with that, a new way of communication will emerge

The author isn't looking for a replacement.

"I'm emotionally detaching myself from social media"

"I have no idea what will come next. And if I'm honest about it, I think I don't actually care. Every day that passes I seem to care less and I’m resenting more the distractions and the checking of who said what."

"I do have a natural instinct to just quickly Tweet what’s on my mind. Partly I need to refrain myself from doing that"

"On your death bed, will you wish you had tweeted more? Not me."

"I got an invite and set up an account on Post, but honestly, I can’t be bothered. The same goes for Mastadon [sic]"

Re: The Slow Goodbye to Twitter

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Post by kzrdude »

Allfodr wrote: post #7
mackatap wrote: post #3

Other than a bunch of people complaining about how Twitter is changing, I haven't seen any change at all.

Literally this. Any examples of what exactly has changed?

Moderation seems to have changed by a lot. More gory videos stay up, nsfw pictures stay up, etc. It will slowly go out of control if this is a trend, I would guess.

Re: The Slow Goodbye to Twitter

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Post by CharlesW »

mackatap wrote: post #3

Other than a bunch of people complaining about how Twitter is changing, I haven't seen any change at all.

My ads have gone from mainstream brands to dregs, degens, and grifters. This doesn't seem great, unless Elon's intent is to replace advertising revenue with other sources.

Re: The Slow Goodbye to Twitter

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Post by lapcat »

wernercd wrote: post #9

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> Twitter is Dead!

This is not what the author was saying. The subtitle of "The slow goodbye to Twitter" is "I'm emotionally detaching myself from social media". It wasn't an article about the future of Twitter, it was an article about the future of the author. "On your death bed, will you wish you had tweeted more? Not me."

Re: The Slow Goodbye to Twitter

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Post by adamwk »

kzrdude wrote: post #14
Allfodr wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Literally this. Any examples of what exactly has changed?

Moderation seems to have changed by a lot. More gory videos stay up, nsfw pictures stay up, etc. It will slowly go out of control if this is a trend, I would guess.

I’m seeing a lot more nazi-era antisemitic memes

Re: The Slow Goodbye to Twitter

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Post by warkanlock »

kzrdude wrote: post #14
Allfodr wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Literally this. Any examples of what exactly has changed?

Moderation seems to have changed by a lot. More gory videos stay up, nsfw pictures stay up, etc. It will slowly go out of control if this is a trend, I would guess.

I'm a heavy reader/average writer on Twitter, and I've never seen anything like that. It could be your followers that retweet/like things like that
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