> I wasn't into early Twitter or Facebook, but were they also full of scammers and hustle type people? I wasn't in super-early Twitter, but early Twitter was n

> I wasn't into early Twitter or Facebook, but were they also full of scammers and hustle type people? I wasn't in super-early Twitter, but early Twitter was not at all like that. What I saw was that relationships and followings made on blogs translated to Twitter, and most of the movement was organic. I don't think at that point people thought of becoming an "influencer" like the ones we have now, so Twitter didn't attract those types too much. It was also far, far easier to participate, it was way more welcoming than it is now. It was also less open, in the sense that Twitter didn't recommend you what was popular to keep engagement up like they do now. Back then you wouldn't see too much content outside of your network, retweets were manual and likes (favorites then) didn't show up in your timeline. So you only saw what the people you followed actively wanted you to see. That meant that these accounts made just to sell you things and scam you couldn't reach too far, as people didn't actively share their content. So content that gets attention now in Clubhouse wouldn't be popular in early Twitter. Recommendation algorithms and engagement metrics have just completely ruined social media...