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Re: I'll be stepping back from leading product for X

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Post by pier25 »

seany wrote: post #67
interleave wrote: post #23

imho Nikita did a good job and I wish he stayed on. Twitter is 100% better now than a year ago. For one, I haven't gotten a single bullshit click-farm fake-ass sock-puppet follower in months. Secondly, I see very few low-effort reply guys lately, human or otherwise.

I'm aldo using x more than ever. I nearly stopped in the 2019-2021 era, always confused when people are complaining about it these days.

> always confused when people are complaining about it these days

The biggest complaint I've heard is about the owner and how he's using X as a megaphone.

Re: I'll be stepping back from leading product for X

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Post by solid_fuel »

mmonaghan wrote: post #57

People love hating on x and nikita but both the app & web experience have improved dramatically over the last year+. He's done a great job in a year and there seems to be even more internal stuff he's improved that we haven't seen.

The web experience has improved? You can’t even view a thread any more without being logged in or using a 3rd party site. They’ve actively made the web experience unusable for most people.

But considering they’ve also drastically reduced the quality of content on the platform, one could say they’ve done casual users a favor.

Re: I'll be stepping back from leading product for X

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Post by peter422 »

mmonaghan wrote: post #57

People love hating on x and nikita but both the app & web experience have improved dramatically over the last year+. He's done a great job in a year and there seems to be even more internal stuff he's improved that we haven't seen.

I created a new account recently and the default homepage was all videos that were either (a) AI slop (b) sexual imagery (c) AI slop sexual imagery.

Really not what Twitter used to be about.

It is possible he's done a good job at the micro level, but at the macro level the platform is a cesspool.

Re: I'll be stepping back from leading product for X

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Post by albedoa »

kypro wrote: post #53
jjcm wrote: post #41

There's a lot of negative about twitter here, especially related to timeline being shit. I'd like to give a different perspective - it's an algorithmic feed like anything else, it surfaces what you engage with. There are good niches on it. My feed is a mix of designers and AI engineers - not leaders, but people on the ground making things. There's definitely been weird things politically with it, but content wise it…

I want to echo this point. My X feed is not full of politics either. It tends to just be a mix of stuff I engage with, and I tend to engage with stuff I find interesting or funny. Lots of economic and tech stuff, and some memes. I often hear people say the same thing about the YouTube algorithm which also confuses me because the YouTube algorithm is amazing at surfacing a wide range of content I'd never had watched b…

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Re: I'll be stepping back from leading product for X

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Post by linuxhansl »

I'm honestly surprised he held on for so long.

Can't tell if it made a difference, though, as I haven't used Twitter for about decade.

I'm having a somewhat hard time understanding the world's "infatuation" with X. I never miss any important news despite having been off it for so long.

Re: I'll be stepping back from leading product for X

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Post by [deleted] »

InterviewFrog wrote: post #32
afavour wrote: post #3

https://xcancel.com/nikitabier/status/2085105586966827343#m The most consequential change in recent years has been to pay users for posting controversial content. For me that killed the service. Anything else is secondary.

it has always been this way across every platform. most people don't pay attention to anything that isn't controversial or extreme. Thats just how our brains work and thats the reason why MrBeast's advice on making it on youtube is the way it is.

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Re: I'll be stepping back from leading product for X

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Post by TheOtherHobbes »

dagmx wrote: post #61
jjcm wrote: post #41

There's a lot of negative about twitter here, especially related to timeline being shit. I'd like to give a different perspective - it's an algorithmic feed like anything else, it surfaces what you engage with. There are good niches on it. My feed is a mix of designers and AI engineers - not leaders, but people on the ground making things. There's definitely been weird things politically with it, but content wise it…

I disagree with your assessment. My twitter feed pre and post Elon’s takeover changes dramatically. Pre his takeover , it would more reliably show me my niches of design, technology, gamedev etc After his take over I’d start seeing more and more boosted content from frankly abhorrent individuals. The whole blue check mark thing being paid instead of truly verified also messed with the algorithm. I’m sure it’s doable…

My feed suddenly started showcasing far-right lunatics and grifters. It didn't settle down until I blocked them all - which was drastic, but did the job.
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