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I’m looking forward to twitter. When they start hosting video in a serious way and also long documents that will be very interesting. I think it’s ironic becaus

by tee_0 4y ago

I’m looking forward to twitter. When they start hosting video in a serious way and also long documents that will be very interesting. I think it’s ironic because all the people defiantly switching to a decentralized platform are just making twitters success more inevitable by drawing attention to platforms that will fail regardless rather than one of twitters serious competitors. The real decentralized system has been in front of us the whole time: the market. Only nerds will ever use federated, decentralized systems, only nerds will ever accept the trade offs that come with them. Regular people don’t act on principle, especially on things they don’t know anything about. Centralized platforms like twitter will continue to dominate because huge numbers of people will use them and feed them with the breath of life.

anigbrowl 4y ago
How will it be different from Facebook, other than cosmetically?
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- tee_0 4y ago
  Does radio ring a bell? https://youtu.be/fs-YpQj88ew https://youtu.be/fs-YpQj88ew Tell me how David letterman was wrong and I’ll tell you how you’re wrong. You got triggered by my comment and went through my post history. That’s pathetic
  - anigbrowl 4y ago
    No, it doesn't. I asked you how Twitter with longer tweets and long-form video would be different from Facebook, which already has long posts and long-form video. I am not watching your video as it would be a waste of my time, I have been extremely online since before the WWW existed. I did not get 'triggered' by your comment and have no interest in your post history, and have never interacted with you other that this one question above. You seem to be mixing me up with someone else, and/or imagine yourself to have psychic powers.
    - tee_0 4y ago
      Under your logic, the internet never should have existed. In the video, bill gates says you can watch sports. Letterman says you can do that with television. Bill gates says you can watch it on demand. Letterman says you can do that with a tape recorder. And there isn’t really anything bill could say in that moment that letterman couldn’t have retorted. And you’re letterman and I’m bill. The answer is in the nuances and unfortunately it doesn’t sound very convincing. If Facebook offers longform video, why does everyone use YouTube? If they offer longform text then why does everyone use sub stack? The difference between Facebook and twitter is that Facebook sucks. Twitter has unfragmented leadership, bureaucratic agility, and a cleaner and more straightforward monetization scheme which will lead to vastly fewer bots and spam. It also doesn’t censor people for trivial bullshit. Overall it’s much more fit and will threaten not only Facebook but YouTube, substack and others.
      - anigbrowl 4y ago
        Ranting in walls of text is not an effective way to communicate. Please get help.
        tee_0 4y ago
        You are a pathetic loser. Why don’t you follow the way of adolf hitler and shoot yourself
say_it_as_it_is 4y ago
Nice try, Elon.
wkat4242 4y ago
> Only nerds will ever use federated, decentralized systems, only nerds will ever accept the trade offs that come with them. Yeah only nerds will ever use email :P
- tee_0 4y ago
  This actually holds true. Email as a way to keep in touch is def not mainstream. Everyone uses Facebook, WhatsApp. Services that are much more streamlined and consumer oriented. And centralized… I think it demonstrates my point.

by tee_0 4y ago

anigbrowl 4y ago

How will it be different from Facebook, other than cosmetically?

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tee_0 4y ago
Does radio ring a bell? https://youtu.be/fs-YpQj88ew https://youtu.be/fs-YpQj88ew Tell me how David letterman was wrong and I’ll tell you how you’re wrong. You got triggered by my comment and went through my post history. That’s pathetic
- anigbrowl 4y ago
  No, it doesn't. I asked you how Twitter with longer tweets and long-form video would be different from Facebook, which already has long posts and long-form video. I am not watching your video as it would be a waste of my time, I have been extremely online since before the WWW existed. I did not get 'triggered' by your comment and have no interest in your post history, and have never interacted with you other that this one question above. You seem to be mixing me up with someone else, and/or imagine yourself to have psychic powers.
  - tee_0 4y ago
    Under your logic, the internet never should have existed. In the video, bill gates says you can watch sports. Letterman says you can do that with television. Bill gates says you can watch it on demand. Letterman says you can do that with a tape recorder. And there isn’t really anything bill could say in that moment that letterman couldn’t have retorted. And you’re letterman and I’m bill. The answer is in the nuances and unfortunately it doesn’t sound very convincing. If Facebook offers longform video, why does everyone use YouTube? If they offer longform text then why does everyone use sub stack? The difference between Facebook and twitter is that Facebook sucks. Twitter has unfragmented leadership, bureaucratic agility, and a cleaner and more straightforward monetization scheme which will lead to vastly fewer bots and spam. It also doesn’t censor people for trivial bullshit. Overall it’s much more fit and will threaten not only Facebook but YouTube, substack and others.
    - anigbrowl 4y ago
      Ranting in walls of text is not an effective way to communicate. Please get help.
      - tee_0 4y ago
        You are a pathetic loser. Why don’t you follow the way of adolf hitler and shoot yourself

say_it_as_it_is 4y ago

Nice try, Elon.

wkat4242 4y ago

> Only nerds will ever use federated, decentralized systems, only nerds will ever accept the trade offs that come with them. Yeah only nerds will ever use email :P

tee_0 4y ago
This actually holds true. Email as a way to keep in touch is def not mainstream. Everyone uses Facebook, WhatsApp. Services that are much more streamlined and consumer oriented. And centralized… I think it demonstrates my point.