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Twitter really is just poison. I visit it once a week and exclusively follow programming related accounts. Even then I feel misanthropy and disgust seep in to
by gherkinnn 6y ago
Twitter really is just poison.
I visit it once a week and exclusively follow programming related accounts. Even then I feel misanthropy and disgust seep in to my head.
Something inherent to Twitter makes it such a horrible place. Is it the character limit? Me always seeing what everyone reposts/likes? The way the feed is built? No idea. But I hate it.
And the worst part? It gives me very little in return. The occasional sneak peak at a products’ road map or strategy. Maybe release notes all in one place.
- mnd999 6y agoFundamentally the tendency towards short posts prevents any nuance or complexity and reduces everything to black and white. This is a poor model for the realities of the world.
- ZephyrBlu 6y agoPeople seem to lap it up though. Most Twitter accounts consistently post snappy 1-2 sentence blunt statements and I'm always surprised at the responses.
- larrywright 6y agoI was on twitter early - user id is 10,000 something. It wasn’t always like this. Back in the early days it was amazing. I learned so much by following people who were doing interesting things on technology. Over the past 6 years or so it’s become angry and toxic. The current political situation doesn’t help but it was bad before that. I’m not sure what the cause was or if it’s repairable. I do know I miss the twitter of 10 years ago.