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Why would I be angry at Elon taking over Twitter if I had a dislike of centralised platforms? I wouldn't even be on Twitter in the first place. And yeah, peopl
by Hamuko 4y ago
Why would I be angry at Elon taking over Twitter if I had a dislike of centralised platforms? I wouldn't even be on Twitter in the first place.
And yeah, people who use the platform less will see less changes. That seems almost obvious. But that doesn't mean that there aren't any changes. And some of those changes are very obvious, like the fact that the maximum post length on this micro-blogging service is no longer 240 characters, but 10,000 characters.
If anything, your hand-waving of nu-Twitter criticism seems more ideological than anything. "They're not valid criticisms, they just hate Elon."
- danem 4y agoMy point is that many people who make predictions on this topic come to conclusions by fixating on largely irrelevant details. Are people on Twitter because it's a "mirco-blogging service" or because they find funny memes, follow people they like, get information they value, find the UX addicting, and everyone already has it? Unless those core value propositions change (which I haven't seen evidence of) the changes to tweet length, blue checks, metrics visibility, etc won't get users to leave for a more complicated alternative.