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Welp, it was fun while it lasted.

smt88 4y ago
It absolutely wasn't. Twitter has been a cesspit of rage bait and idiotic hot takes since it became popular. I'm sure it's about to get a lot worse, but that doesn't mean it was ever good.
- delecti 4y ago
  I keep my feed reverse-chronological (and avoid their "home" feed), and the worst thing I see in my feed is people complaining about all the rage bait. Their algorithmic feed tries to put "engaging" content in your face, but it's so easy to avoid that it honestly seems negligent that most people don't bother with the two clicks it'd take to make the change. Yes it'd be better if that stuff didn't exist, but it's hardly as bad as other sites' feeds.
- JustSomeNobody 4y ago
  Twitter is much like Reddit in that if you actively avoid the shit, you won't get any on you and it's not that bad.
  - smt88 4y ago
    I haven't had that experience. Literally any tweet I've seen that has more than five comments has at least one toxic comment (or just some insane barely-related crypto rant). Reddit, by comparison, has subreddits that are heavily modded and have no toxic comments at all. There is no heavily modded part of Twitter, unless I suppose you use it as a private social network and everyone you interact with is set to private.
- ghusto 4y ago
  Remember when the "mobile version" was just SMS? It was fun back then. Fun fact: A couple of years ago, I wanted to see some of those first tweets I made over SMS, and they were gone. My guess is that they had major data loss at one point, and just never told anyone.
hunterb123 4y ago
- mrtranscendence 4y ago
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- Comevius 4y ago
  Always the victim. Even when Twitter was fighting for free speech in 2021 in India, Musk was on the opposite side saying that India is Twitter's third largest market, and it should follow government instructions. In 2022 Twitter challenged the Indian government with a lawsuit, and Musk called Twitter out. Musk also fully endorsed EU's Digital Services Act, an internet regulation plan that Twitter opposed, calling it an attack on free expressions and human rights. The list just goes on. https://www.techdirt.com/2022/05/24/stop-saying-elon-musk-supports-free-speech-he-appears-to-be-actively-against-that/ https://www.techdirt.com/2022/05/24/stop-saying-elon-musk-su...
  - bb88 4y ago
    Indeed. If anything, Mr. Musk is only pro-wealth -- notably his. Looking at any of his statements through any other perspective is problematic.
- deleted 4y ago
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fernandotakai 4y ago
i've been on twitter since 2007. it's not going to get worse, because honestly, i don't think it's possible for twitter to actually get worse. peak twitter, imho, was 2010~2012.
- andrewinardeer 4y ago
  I met my wife on Twitter in that timeframe.
  - fernandotakai 4y ago
    damn, what a coincidence. i met my wife on twitter in 2008, started dating in 2010.
    - andrewinardeer 4y ago
      Because Twitter was a novelty back then my proposal made national headlines on TV and newspapers. My cousin in another state found out about it by seeing it on the national morning news. It was wild.
olliecornelia 4y ago
It’s lasted much longer than it was fun.

It absolutely wasn't. Twitter has been a cesspit of rage bait and idiotic hot takes since it became popular. I'm sure it's about to get a lot worse, but that doesn't mean it was ever good.

delecti 4y ago
I keep my feed reverse-chronological (and avoid their "home" feed), and the worst thing I see in my feed is people complaining about all the rage bait. Their algorithmic feed tries to put "engaging" content in your face, but it's so easy to avoid that it honestly seems negligent that most people don't bother with the two clicks it'd take to make the change. Yes it'd be better if that stuff didn't exist, but it's hardly as bad as other sites' feeds.
JustSomeNobody 4y ago
Twitter is much like Reddit in that if you actively avoid the shit, you won't get any on you and it's not that bad.
- smt88 4y ago
  I haven't had that experience. Literally any tweet I've seen that has more than five comments has at least one toxic comment (or just some insane barely-related crypto rant). Reddit, by comparison, has subreddits that are heavily modded and have no toxic comments at all. There is no heavily modded part of Twitter, unless I suppose you use it as a private social network and everyone you interact with is set to private.
ghusto 4y ago
Remember when the "mobile version" was just SMS? It was fun back then. Fun fact: A couple of years ago, I wanted to see some of those first tweets I made over SMS, and they were gone. My guess is that they had major data loss at one point, and just never told anyone.

hunterb123 4y ago

mrtranscendence 4y ago
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Comevius 4y ago
Always the victim. Even when Twitter was fighting for free speech in 2021 in India, Musk was on the opposite side saying that India is Twitter's third largest market, and it should follow government instructions. In 2022 Twitter challenged the Indian government with a lawsuit, and Musk called Twitter out. Musk also fully endorsed EU's Digital Services Act, an internet regulation plan that Twitter opposed, calling it an attack on free expressions and human rights. The list just goes on. https://www.techdirt.com/2022/05/24/stop-saying-elon-musk-supports-free-speech-he-appears-to-be-actively-against-that/ https://www.techdirt.com/2022/05/24/stop-saying-elon-musk-su...
- bb88 4y ago
  Indeed. If anything, Mr. Musk is only pro-wealth -- notably his. Looking at any of his statements through any other perspective is problematic.
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fernandotakai 4y ago

i've been on twitter since 2007. it's not going to get worse, because honestly, i don't think it's possible for twitter to actually get worse. peak twitter, imho, was 2010~2012.

andrewinardeer 4y ago
I met my wife on Twitter in that timeframe.
- fernandotakai 4y ago
  damn, what a coincidence. i met my wife on twitter in 2008, started dating in 2010.
  - andrewinardeer 4y ago
    Because Twitter was a novelty back then my proposal made national headlines on TV and newspapers. My cousin in another state found out about it by seeing it on the national morning news. It was wild.

olliecornelia 4y ago

It’s lasted much longer than it was fun.