I was in mobile and clicked the link to try notes and it redirected me to App Store. Lol
So much for giving a new platform a try. I will never use this
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You literally said Twitter is less of an echo chamber and that makes me upset. I enjoy seeing a wide spectrum of ideas.
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Your “Following” feed only contains who you are following so the smooth brained right wingers shouldn’t show up there. If you see a smooth brained right wing tweet in the “For You” feed you can mark it as “Not Interested” and the algo will stop suggesting smooth brained right wing tweets.
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#563I wonder if the founders really want to be launching this, or if this is a move pushed by their VCs.
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#564Compare the two homepages without cookies [1][2]. The rounded buttons in orange instead of Twitter-blue. The footer nagbar. The similar navigation menu. Following the whole banning-saga my impression was that Notes was a genuine extension of the Substack platform, but it being a frontend clone explains why such a tantrum was thrown by Musk. [1] https://twitter.com/ [2] https://substack.com/notes
I wasn't able to see the Substack design until I hacked away at the obtrusive signup wall. Here's a side-by-side comparison for anyone that doesn't want to go through the same process: https://i.imgur.com/On0RZG8.png
If you sign in to twitter the sidebar becomes almost identical
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You are arguing that people should share your disdain for Musk's political views. You are not arguing against the claim that this is the only really strong reason why people would want to leave. Second, libertarian ideals around free speech say that fairly engaging people whose views you disagree with is a better way to change minds than deplatforming them. That is because deplatforming them just encourages them to m…
Ah yes, legitimizing people rioting in the US capitol because Twitter censors, when they aren't busy drinking bleach!
@freejazz - I understand your point, but there is a similar counter example which I believe is powerful.
The gay community made large strides as a movement to allow a civil discourse and transparent conversations with others who opposed their lifestyles by deciding to be open rather than secret. When people meet face to face, and realize we're all really similar - people tend to soften their views to be "human".
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#566As much as I love Twitter, I welcome the competition. Twitter needs a vitamin shot
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The great shake up has started. Google pissing their pants with AIs abrupt arrival, Twitter dying a death by a million cuts, Facebook in mid-air making their VR play, the tech skyline will look very different in 5 years.
But is twitter really dying? The fields I watch (AI, software engineering, writers), all thought leaders are still there, still posting regularly.
Twitter now has daily outages where parts of it just don’t function and no one knows when we’ll experience a more serious one.
It serves the daily/hourly whims and mood swings of a single person who has proven to be petty, vindictive (to his employees), and devoid of integrity.
That lack of stability in my opinion accumulates.
Sooner or later it will balance out the momentum.
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People here are praying very hard for Twitter to fail. Nearly any social media post nowadays has 50-100 comments predicting Twitter's failure and ranting about Musk. He is living rent-free in many heads now. Its utterly ludicrous how so many intelligent and rational people are becoming un-hinged whenever Twitter/Musk is mentioned.
Apparently the people that have Musk living rent free in their heads are living rent free in your head.
Mental subletting.