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My take on all these “fixes” for a “broken” Twitter is that pretty much everyone has a point of view of what is broken to them and frequently the fixes for solv

My take on all these “fixes” for a “broken” Twitter is that pretty much everyone has a point of view of what is broken to them and frequently the fixes for solving them are contradictory. A lot of Twitter’s bugs for some set people are features for another. Twitter will always have “problems” and most of them are impossible to solve in a global way that won’t leave a significant portion of their user base upset. I’m intrigued in what changes Musk drives and their eventual effects but really don’t think he (or anyone) will have the ability to significantly move the needle in increasing Twitter’s perceived value.

RC_ITR 5y ago
The problem with Twitter (and Elon, this one is free) is that Tik Tok exists. I'm serious. Both are platforms that exist to connect a poster with an undefined (but hopefully as large as possible) audience. Tik Tok does a very good job of giving audiences exactly what they want and nothing else. Twitter constantly forces audiences to see the content that the other side likes (even the replies to a tweet you do like may be content you don't like). This causes the audience to be generally unsettled and somewhat cranky while using Twitter, which causes them to generally focus on the platform's problems and resent their usage of it much more than their usage of other social media. It will be very hard to 'fix' that with 'free speech' but I welcome Elon's attempt.
fleddr 5y ago
I don't agree. The things I mentioned in my comment above seem pretty neutral to me, benefiting all users when fixed.
glenstein 5y ago
>My take on all these “fixes” for a “broken” Twitter is that pretty much everyone has a point of view of what is broken to them and frequently the fixes for solving them are contradictory. This is exactly right. This leads to a surface level consensus from all parties that Twitter is in some sense broken, without a consensus on what exactly that means.

RC_ITR 5y ago

The problem with Twitter (and Elon, this one is free) is that Tik Tok exists. I'm serious. Both are platforms that exist to connect a poster with an undefined (but hopefully as large as possible) audience. Tik Tok does a very good job of giving audiences exactly what they want and nothing else. Twitter constantly forces audiences to see the content that the other side likes (even the replies to a tweet you do like may be content you don't like). This causes the audience to be generally unsettled and somewhat cranky while using Twitter, which causes them to generally focus on the platform's problems and resent their usage of it much more than their usage of other social media. It will be very hard to 'fix' that with 'free speech' but I welcome Elon's attempt.

fleddr 5y ago

I don't agree. The things I mentioned in my comment above seem pretty neutral to me, benefiting all users when fixed.

glenstein 5y ago

>My take on all these “fixes” for a “broken” Twitter is that pretty much everyone has a point of view of what is broken to them and frequently the fixes for solving them are contradictory. This is exactly right. This leads to a surface level consensus from all parties that Twitter is in some sense broken, without a consensus on what exactly that means.