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Twitter is an incredibly well designed app and website. Well, it was.

by ideamotor 4y ago

canadiantim 4y ago
What changed?
- muspimerol 4y ago
  There have been a few broken designs recently, here for example https://twitter.com/GergelyOrosz/status/1595389202878824448?t=H2_Zi5aBN_tdEmnQ_YbbqQ&s=19 https://twitter.com/GergelyOrosz/status/1595389202878824448?...
amadeuspagel 4y ago
It still is.
theCrowing 4y ago
Was it? They had an outdated "street art style" startpage with nothing but a login for over 4 years. No search, no trends nothing just a login.
- eat_veggies 4y ago
  You rarely see that page if you actually use twitter
  - theCrowing 4y ago
    I know but everytime I had to relog I couldn't understand the wasted potential but it's with every social platform the only noteable exception is TikTok.
    - aeyes 4y ago
      Did they change this? I just checked twitter.com (without having an account) it its an endless feed of random/popular posts. I opened tiktok.com and it looks similar.
      - theCrowing 4y ago
        yes, was one of the first thing musk changed. Random archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20220201000154/https://twitter.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220201000154/https://twitter.c...
- amadeuspagel 4y ago
  It's not obvious that a social app should show UGC on the frontpage. If you do it wrong, it can be bad for your brand. It's hard to do it right in a way that draws people in, rather then turning them off. You want the app to be associated with content users like on the app, not necessarily with whatever is currently trending.
  - theCrowing 4y ago
    Yeah you are right it's easier to take the easy way.
michalf6 4y ago
It's slow as hell and I'm afraid to click anywhere because I'm never sure if there's a way to return.
- Oxidation 4y ago
  And never seems to load on the first try, and/or rate-limits you if you lose your place in the stream and try to refresh the page to reset your proprioception.
- Markoff 4y ago
  I think he just spelled Nitter wrong.
  - ideamotor 4y ago
    Possibly
sarasasa28 4y ago
What? No. I mean, what? What?? First time I tried to get myself more into twitter I felt the same barrier as trying to use snapchat as a 30+ y.o.
- marcosdumay 4y ago
  It's beautiful and legible. It's also highly unusable.

Twitter is an incredibly well designed app and website. Well, it was.

canadiantim 4y ago

What changed?

muspimerol 4y ago
There have been a few broken designs recently, here for example https://twitter.com/GergelyOrosz/status/1595389202878824448?t=H2_Zi5aBN_tdEmnQ_YbbqQ&s=19 https://twitter.com/GergelyOrosz/status/1595389202878824448?...

amadeuspagel 4y ago

It still is.

theCrowing 4y ago

Was it? They had an outdated "street art style" startpage with nothing but a login for over 4 years. No search, no trends nothing just a login.

eat_veggies 4y ago
You rarely see that page if you actually use twitter
- theCrowing 4y ago
  I know but everytime I had to relog I couldn't understand the wasted potential but it's with every social platform the only noteable exception is TikTok.
  - aeyes 4y ago
    Did they change this? I just checked twitter.com (without having an account) it its an endless feed of random/popular posts. I opened tiktok.com and it looks similar.
    - theCrowing 4y ago
      yes, was one of the first thing musk changed. Random archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20220201000154/https://twitter.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220201000154/https://twitter.c...
amadeuspagel 4y ago
It's not obvious that a social app should show UGC on the frontpage. If you do it wrong, it can be bad for your brand. It's hard to do it right in a way that draws people in, rather then turning them off. You want the app to be associated with content users like on the app, not necessarily with whatever is currently trending.
- theCrowing 4y ago
  Yeah you are right it's easier to take the easy way.

michalf6 4y ago

It's slow as hell and I'm afraid to click anywhere because I'm never sure if there's a way to return.

Oxidation 4y ago
And never seems to load on the first try, and/or rate-limits you if you lose your place in the stream and try to refresh the page to reset your proprioception.
Markoff 4y ago
I think he just spelled Nitter wrong.
- ideamotor 4y ago
  Possibly

sarasasa28 4y ago

What? No. I mean, what? What?? First time I tried to get myself more into twitter I felt the same barrier as trying to use snapchat as a 30+ y.o.

marcosdumay 4y ago
It's beautiful and legible. It's also highly unusable.