> This didn’t happen to Facebook and Twitter. Both attained a scale and durability that exceeded the networks that preceded them. For many people, it seemed lik

> This didn’t happen to Facebook and Twitter. Both attained a scale and durability that exceeded the networks that preceded them. For many people, it seemed like the operators of these services had cracked the nut of making eternal social media. There is a qualitative aspect to it that is not reflected by numbers yet. In the late 2000s to early 2010s Twitter used to be this cool new thing everyone wanted to try out. Now a significant part of society sees it as a cesspool.