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I’m scared what scorched earth musk in charge of a zeitgeist weapon like twitter will do.

by jamiek88 4y ago

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anzic 4y ago
- dane-pgp 4y ago
  Yeah, it sounds like a TTRPG doesn't it? "Does applying scorched earth musk to my zeitgeist weapon always succeed, or do I need to roll another D20 for that?"
adventured 4y ago
We can build another if it comes down to it. See: Facebook's declining usage, and the rise of TikTok. Social networks are all quite replaceable, there are no exceptions. Twitter won in its micro blogging space (there were numerous competitors for a brief time, way back), however it has never been a stellar product. It can and will be replaced if Musk turns it into a disaster.
- warkdarrior 4y ago
  I think the jury is still out on whether TikTok is an improvement over Facebook.
  - pwdisswordfish9 4y ago
    Who said anything about improvement?
tenpies 4y ago
Well the TSLAQ community is certainly assuming they're gone. It will be funny of the Blue Checkmarks have to form their own social media platform - or in incredibly irony - end up in one of the "right wing" platforms as a refuge of free speech.
WheatMillington 4y ago
There are two cohorts who dramatically overestimate Twitter's influence and importance - tech people and journalists. Twitter really is not very important. At my non tech workplace of 800 people, I'd be surprised if 50 were active on Twitter.
- dlkf 4y ago
  “Most people aren’t on twitter” is not a valid argument against twitter’s influence. Compare with “most people aren’t CEOs”, “most people aren’t politicians,” etc. Some people have a lot more influence than others, and the influential people are disproportionately on twitter.
- 2pEXgD0fZ5cF 4y ago
  > tech people and journalists Also politicians. That is the whole problem though, isn't it? A few hundred random people on Twitter are often more than enough to manufacture a wave of articles across multiple news websites and newspapers. Twitter isn't important, the problem is that influential entities think that Twitter is important (and representative).
  - endorphinbomber 4y ago
    >Twitter isn't important, the problem is that influential entities think that Twitter is important (and representative). Which makes it important..
    - 2pEXgD0fZ5cF 4y ago
      Correct, as long as the illusion stays up.

I’m scared what scorched earth musk in charge of a zeitgeist weapon like twitter will do.

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anzic 4y ago

dane-pgp 4y ago
Yeah, it sounds like a TTRPG doesn't it? "Does applying scorched earth musk to my zeitgeist weapon always succeed, or do I need to roll another D20 for that?"

adventured 4y ago

We can build another if it comes down to it. See: Facebook's declining usage, and the rise of TikTok. Social networks are all quite replaceable, there are no exceptions. Twitter won in its micro blogging space (there were numerous competitors for a brief time, way back), however it has never been a stellar product. It can and will be replaced if Musk turns it into a disaster.

warkdarrior 4y ago
I think the jury is still out on whether TikTok is an improvement over Facebook.
- pwdisswordfish9 4y ago
  Who said anything about improvement?

tenpies 4y ago

Well the TSLAQ community is certainly assuming they're gone. It will be funny of the Blue Checkmarks have to form their own social media platform - or in incredibly irony - end up in one of the "right wing" platforms as a refuge of free speech.

WheatMillington 4y ago

There are two cohorts who dramatically overestimate Twitter's influence and importance - tech people and journalists. Twitter really is not very important. At my non tech workplace of 800 people, I'd be surprised if 50 were active on Twitter.

dlkf 4y ago
“Most people aren’t on twitter” is not a valid argument against twitter’s influence. Compare with “most people aren’t CEOs”, “most people aren’t politicians,” etc. Some people have a lot more influence than others, and the influential people are disproportionately on twitter.
2pEXgD0fZ5cF 4y ago
> tech people and journalists Also politicians. That is the whole problem though, isn't it? A few hundred random people on Twitter are often more than enough to manufacture a wave of articles across multiple news websites and newspapers. Twitter isn't important, the problem is that influential entities think that Twitter is important (and representative).
- endorphinbomber 4y ago
  >Twitter isn't important, the problem is that influential entities think that Twitter is important (and representative). Which makes it important..
  - 2pEXgD0fZ5cF 4y ago
    Correct, as long as the illusion stays up.