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I think that the fact the world will continue to spin without twitter is exactly why the hesitated to make that type of call.

qrbLPHiKpiux 6y ago
I bet they put profit over security. They considered lost ad revenue.
encom 6y ago
Exactly. It's Twitter; nothing of value was lost. The recreationally outraged cancel mob had a minor setback.
- giarc 6y ago
  If the hackers had access to the DMs, stuff of value could have been lost.
  - jacquesm 6y ago
    I have received multiple requests for opening my DMs to people and I always tell them to mail me. I don't consider Twitter capable of storing sensitive data.
- chrisweekly 6y ago
  hah! "The recreationally outraged cancel mob" FWIW, I actually enjoy twitter and get plenty of value from it (by selectively following interesting, intelligent people who post about things I care about) ... but your description is pretty funny -- and probably apt, at least for a sizable % of its users.
  - hiimtroymclure 6y ago
    I personally had to leave twitter. I found a lot of value from it but despite keeping what I followed to a strict curated list, the 'outrage mob' seemed to always bleed into feed. Unfortunately it wasn't worth the value I got out of Twitter
BaronSamedi 6y ago
There is a scene in The Simpsons where TV stops working and the children suddenly have to go outside and play. Great happiness ensues. That is exactly the scene I imagine if Twitter were turned off.
- nonbirithm 6y ago
  I wonder how many people only know each other through Twitter and through no other social network. I also wonder how many of them never bothered to ask for their other contact information. If Twitter were to vanish suddenly would these people be bothered by it for more than a month? I'm thinking there has to be at least a handful of such people. Also, anecdotally, I heard of a parent taking away their son's game console since they were worried he was playing it all day. His response was to stare at the wall for the same amount of time instead. I wonder what implications there would be around forcibly preventing people from using social networks if they're already wired to be used to social media.

qrbLPHiKpiux 6y ago

I bet they put profit over security. They considered lost ad revenue.

encom 6y ago

Exactly. It's Twitter; nothing of value was lost. The recreationally outraged cancel mob had a minor setback.

giarc 6y ago
If the hackers had access to the DMs, stuff of value could have been lost.
- jacquesm 6y ago
  I have received multiple requests for opening my DMs to people and I always tell them to mail me. I don't consider Twitter capable of storing sensitive data.
chrisweekly 6y ago
hah! "The recreationally outraged cancel mob" FWIW, I actually enjoy twitter and get plenty of value from it (by selectively following interesting, intelligent people who post about things I care about) ... but your description is pretty funny -- and probably apt, at least for a sizable % of its users.
- hiimtroymclure 6y ago
  I personally had to leave twitter. I found a lot of value from it but despite keeping what I followed to a strict curated list, the 'outrage mob' seemed to always bleed into feed. Unfortunately it wasn't worth the value I got out of Twitter

BaronSamedi 6y ago

There is a scene in The Simpsons where TV stops working and the children suddenly have to go outside and play. Great happiness ensues. That is exactly the scene I imagine if Twitter were turned off.

nonbirithm 6y ago
I wonder how many people only know each other through Twitter and through no other social network. I also wonder how many of them never bothered to ask for their other contact information. If Twitter were to vanish suddenly would these people be bothered by it for more than a month? I'm thinking there has to be at least a handful of such people. Also, anecdotally, I heard of a parent taking away their son's game console since they were worried he was playing it all day. His response was to stare at the wall for the same amount of time instead. I wonder what implications there would be around forcibly preventing people from using social networks if they're already wired to be used to social media.