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Goodbye, Twitter

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Re: Goodbye, Twitter

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post #12

They always come back...usually within a few months when the realize that the alternatives are not nearly as good and miss the engagement.

…so said the owner of MySpace in 2009

that is because myspace was dying and Facebook was rising. Unlikely twitter will meet a similar fate.

Re: Goodbye, Twitter

#15

Whatever happened to just leaving something, why does every write need to put out a piece when they are leaving something?

People usually write their goodbyes so that people who are interested know they weren't banned ... ban deleted or other and no long reside there, as such they will not continue to check that particular e-space. Many goodbyes go on to air grievances / problems that ultimately left them little room to stay. He's just opposed to the direction Twitter is headed.

Re: Goodbye, Twitter

#18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This was stated: > The last straw was Elon Musk sending lunatics and bigots against former employees and leaning into conspiracy theories.

Aside from that, he's recently retweeted others' shock at Elon allowing actual nazis back onto the platform along with some of the worst purveyors of harassment and covid disinformation. (Andrew Angliin, Laura Loomer, Robert Malone, and on and on). Who would want to be a part of any of that? Banning all of those trolls was the only thing that made it a useable platform, but now every time I logon, the top of my feed…

>but now every time I logon, the top of my feed

Just change your feed settings to only show people you follow? I never ever see anything else besides what I follow

Re: Goodbye, Twitter

#19

Whatever happened to just leaving something, why does every write need to put out a piece when they are leaving something?

People usually write their goodbyes so that people who are interested know they weren't banned ... ban deleted or other and no long reside there, as such they will not continue to check that particular e-space. Many goodbyes go on to air grievances / problems that ultimately left them little room to stay. He's just opposed to the direction Twitter is headed.

Why say goodbye before you leave your friend’s house? Just grab your stuff and walk out the door without saying a word! No one will wonder why you left.

Re: Goodbye, Twitter

#20
post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Aside from that, he's recently retweeted others' shock at Elon allowing actual nazis back onto the platform along with some of the worst purveyors of harassment and covid disinformation. (Andrew Angliin, Laura Loomer, Robert Malone, and on and on). Who would want to be a part of any of that? Banning all of those trolls was the only thing that made it a useable platform, but now every time I logon, the top of my feed…

>but now every time I logon, the top of my feed Just change your feed settings to only show people you follow? I never ever see anything else besides what I follow

Nah, I'm with Popehat. Elon's fine to platform whoever he wants to but I have no interest in sharing a service with those folks.
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