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After all of these decades ... After talk/ytalk, .plan files, sysop chat, fidonet, usenet, livejournal/myspace/facebook ... I can't believe that the mass-adop

• mftb 5y ago
  Unfortunately having been through a similar evolution, I feel the same, but when I talk to younger people, they think it's great. I specifically agree with the part about barely-usable garbage. Whenever I'm linked to a Twitter thread it's a dumpster fire. Baffling.
• demosito666 5y ago
  Yep, every time I'm linked to twitter (I don't have mobile app) I feel myself so old, because for the love of god I can't figure why anyone would use this for communication. Maybe the fact that I don't use it from mobile adds to this.
• betwixthewires 5y ago
  I'd love to see a workgroup to discuss social UX ideas with the goal of implementing a new type of social media experience. Even the FOSS, decentralized and federated implementations of social media are taking their queues from these terrible UX designs.
• Jcowell 5y ago
  Honestly ? It great. Short consumable content that allows for vertical discussion in two directions with different meanings , per thread discussions that you can skip if you want. If you find it boring you can bail at anytime and if you find it interesting you can bookmark tweets for later consumption. The trending feature allows for multi-community discussion, jokes, and memes. Twitter encompasses engaging text-based human interaction perfectly.
• anthk 5y ago
  Twitter is best used thru Bitlbee and an IRC client.