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> Twitter is hardly the only platform you can use to broadcast your opinions Oh yeah? What other platforms are there?

by nxmnxm99 4y ago

wizofaus 4y ago
Other than all the other social media tools out there, blogging, mailing lists, various online forums (including this one), letters to the editor, building your own networks with their own distribution channels etc., you're obviously right, before Twitter there was no such thing as free speech.
- nxmnxm99 4y ago
  I didn’t realize HN would have people make the ludicrously stupid “well just build your own Twitter” argument Figured we had a more high brow audience here clearly I was mistaken
  - wizofaus 4y ago
    That's not what I meant by "building your own networks" - was referring to the traditional ways of building networks before the internet was even a thing. Arguing that Twitter has some sort of magical status as the ultimate channel for broadcasting your opinions to the world strikes me as absurd. I barely use it, and when I do it's not to read opinions (I only subscribe to institutions/organisations that use it to broadcast important information). Pretty sure most people I know would say the same.
    - nxmnxm99 4y ago
      Twitter has a significantly bigger audience than every other channel combined. It’s like saying who cares if you’re banned from tv, radio and telephones, just send carrier pigeons like the old days This is classic HN “introverted programmers don’t use it so clearly it’s worthless”. The “normies” aren’t on HN or IRC or browsing your obscure forum - they’re on Twitter and that’s it.
      - wizofaus 4y ago
        Numbers to back that up? Just googled and Twitter seems to have a pretty modest market share compared to FB. And I don't know how you'd compare it to other channels that aren't classified as social media (including non-digital ones).

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> Twitter is hardly the only platform you can use to broadcast your opinions Oh yeah? What other platforms are there?

by nxmnxm99 4y ago

> Twitter is hardly the only platform you can use to broadcast your opinions Oh yeah? What other platforms are there?

wizofaus 4y ago
Other than all the other social media tools out there, blogging, mailing lists, various online forums (including this one), letters to the editor, building your own networks with their own distribution channels etc., you're obviously right, before Twitter there was no such thing as free speech.
- nxmnxm99 4y ago
  I didn’t realize HN would have people make the ludicrously stupid “well just build your own Twitter” argument Figured we had a more high brow audience here clearly I was mistaken
  - wizofaus 4y ago
    That's not what I meant by "building your own networks" - was referring to the traditional ways of building networks before the internet was even a thing. Arguing that Twitter has some sort of magical status as the ultimate channel for broadcasting your opinions to the world strikes me as absurd. I barely use it, and when I do it's not to read opinions (I only subscribe to institutions/organisations that use it to broadcast important information). Pretty sure most people I know would say the same.
    - nxmnxm99 4y ago
      Twitter has a significantly bigger audience than every other channel combined. It’s like saying who cares if you’re banned from tv, radio and telephones, just send carrier pigeons like the old days This is classic HN “introverted programmers don’t use it so clearly it’s worthless”. The “normies” aren’t on HN or IRC or browsing your obscure forum - they’re on Twitter and that’s it.
      - wizofaus 4y ago
        Numbers to back that up? Just googled and Twitter seems to have a pretty modest market share compared to FB. And I don't know how you'd compare it to other channels that aren't classified as social media (including non-digital ones).