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I suppose if everyone is fleeing the service, less infrastructure is required.

fsdjkflsjfsoij 4y ago
That most likely won't happen though. In a month most people won't be talking about this and Twitter will be running fine.
- nemo 4y ago
  This one looks meaningfully different. I won't be logging on in a month since I've already deleted my account (had it since 2010).
  - fsdjkflsjfsoij 4y ago
    > This one looks meaningfully different. You might be right but plenty of people say this every time some major event at Twitter takes place. The vast majority of people don't care that much about layoffs at Twitter and certainly aren't going to migrate to another service over it.
  - kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 4y ago
    This is another "I'm moving to Canada if Trump wins", and nobody of note moved to Canada.
  - rlt 4y ago
    And you think you are representative of the average Twitter user, why?
    - nemo 4y ago
      lol
- nemo 4y ago
  Care to revisit this one in a month?
akomtu 4y ago
Why would everyone flee? Twitter had a problem with censorship and Musk is going to fix it. Some will come back, some will leave, the tone overall will change a bit, but that's about it.
- dragonwriter 4y ago
  > Twitter had a problem with censorship and Musk is going to fix it. A substantial share of the userbase either disagrees with Musk that there was a problem with content moderation or has a view of the nature of the problem that is at odds with Musk’s. The other thing Musk seems to be surprised to discover is that the while tweaks might be desirable, the basic outline of content moderation and advertisers confidence in it was very much tied into Twitter’s ability to make money, and since he’s saddled it with a very large amount of additional debt service costs, that is something that becomes quite an acute problem if it is lost.
  - bumblebritches5 4y ago
  - akomtu 4y ago
    I don't know if that particular userbase is valuable to Musk, advertisers or the quality of Twitter in general. I've seen numbers that about half of Twitter users are young, infantile in other words, and they tend to drive emotional crusades. On the other hand, this segment of users may be valuable to advertisers. They may be valuable not because they have money to buy things, but because it's easier to impress them with false values, so when they grow up, they'll start buying stuff from those advertisers. In any case, a good shakeup will only help Twitter.
    - dragonwriter 4y ago
      > I don’t know if that particular userbase is valuable to Musk, advertisers or the quality of Twitter in general. I’ve seen numbers that about half of Twitter users are young Young adults are the prime advertising demo, and have been for quite a long time.

That most likely won't happen though. In a month most people won't be talking about this and Twitter will be running fine.

nemo 4y ago
This one looks meaningfully different. I won't be logging on in a month since I've already deleted my account (had it since 2010).
- fsdjkflsjfsoij 4y ago
  > This one looks meaningfully different. You might be right but plenty of people say this every time some major event at Twitter takes place. The vast majority of people don't care that much about layoffs at Twitter and certainly aren't going to migrate to another service over it.
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 4y ago
  This is another "I'm moving to Canada if Trump wins", and nobody of note moved to Canada.
- rlt 4y ago
  And you think you are representative of the average Twitter user, why?
  - nemo 4y ago
    lol
nemo 4y ago
Care to revisit this one in a month?

akomtu 4y ago

Why would everyone flee? Twitter had a problem with censorship and Musk is going to fix it. Some will come back, some will leave, the tone overall will change a bit, but that's about it.

dragonwriter 4y ago
> Twitter had a problem with censorship and Musk is going to fix it. A substantial share of the userbase either disagrees with Musk that there was a problem with content moderation or has a view of the nature of the problem that is at odds with Musk’s. The other thing Musk seems to be surprised to discover is that the while tweaks might be desirable, the basic outline of content moderation and advertisers confidence in it was very much tied into Twitter’s ability to make money, and since he’s saddled it with a very large amount of additional debt service costs, that is something that becomes quite an acute problem if it is lost.
- bumblebritches5 4y ago
- akomtu 4y ago
  I don't know if that particular userbase is valuable to Musk, advertisers or the quality of Twitter in general. I've seen numbers that about half of Twitter users are young, infantile in other words, and they tend to drive emotional crusades. On the other hand, this segment of users may be valuable to advertisers. They may be valuable not because they have money to buy things, but because it's easier to impress them with false values, so when they grow up, they'll start buying stuff from those advertisers. In any case, a good shakeup will only help Twitter.
  - dragonwriter 4y ago
    > I don’t know if that particular userbase is valuable to Musk, advertisers or the quality of Twitter in general. I’ve seen numbers that about half of Twitter users are young Young adults are the prime advertising demo, and have been for quite a long time.