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But why were you on Twitter in the first place? I’m deeply skeptical of people who believe that Twitter was a great place to be, right up until the moment Musk
by everdrive 4y ago
But why were you on Twitter in the first place? I’m deeply skeptical of people who believe that Twitter was a great place to be, right up until the moment Musk announced he’d buy it. It was always something of a cesspool, and was a vehicle for political extremism of all shades.
- rpgbr 4y agoIt was far from perfect, but there were many people there who cared and was working to make it a better place for everyone. Musk throw all those efforts out of the windows, brought conspiracy theories front and center, let banned people for violating Twitter's own rules get back, etc. There's no hope of improvement anymore.
- everdrive 4y agoI honestly don’t doubt that the employees at Twitter had positive intent, however I don’t see that they were being effective, nor did I have any hope that they would be able to improve things.
- yucky 4y ago> working to make it a better place for everyone Whether or not this was the goal, it was clearly not being achieved. Twitter has been getting worse for almost 10 years now. Will it get better now? No idea, but it wasn't getting better before so...
- rvz 4y ago> It was always something of a cesspool, and was a vehicle for political extremism of all shades. Exactly. They should have left years ago since Twitter has always been an outrage machine and a bot laden cesspool riddled with CP spreading on the site. Still, many refused and tolerated the peak outrage for decades with no change. Those who want more extreme content like that are free to go to their own federated echo chambers if they want to. Just not on Twitter anymore.