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Im trying to pinpoint when it started going wrong. I think it was when they changed the third party API usages etc which lead to solutions by others being cut o
by thinkingemote 9y ago
Im trying to pinpoint when it started going wrong. I think it was when they changed the third party API usages etc which lead to solutions by others being cut off - they had to do everything themselves.
But I also think it was the move towards threads and conversations. For a few years Twitter was mostly one directional . You would post your status, similar to how you would update your instant messaging away status. Twitter became a way to follow everyone's posts. Threads didn't exist and replying was not built in.
After these two changes the company became blind drunk with growth and celebrity. Oprah moment.
- komali2 9y agoI like your second theory. I'm thinking about how you can easily avoid absurd alt-right conspiracy drivel by, for example, never reading Breitbart. But because NBC articles have a comment section, all the bullshit finds its way through anyway. Somebody could make an echo chamber argument at me I guess, but I should be allowed to filter out absolute falsehoods without being called "unfair and unbalanced."
- pmlnr 9y agoIn essence, it's simple: the moment they started adding more social features. Seeing how every network eventually spreads to the same directions (comments, reactions, stories, media elements, etc. ) the problem is they don't stick to core motives. Twitter: sharing 140 char (the 280 change was based on data, but still, it's a significant change) TEXT. It should never have grown into threads, images, videos, etc. Somewhere when it was still text only, but @mentions and #hastags already existed it should have stopped. Unfortunately this system wouldn't have the exponential growth in it, only to be a good system, an infrastructure.