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What changes have you personally experienced? For me it's mostly been (1) seeing less content from people I actually follow (because prioritization of Twitter

What changes have you personally experienced? For me it's mostly been (1) seeing less content from people I actually follow (because prioritization of Twitter Blue subscribers) while my own tweets are shown less; and (2) awkward conversations with people, where I can type 280 characters, but they can respond with infinitely long answers.

TinkersW 3y ago
For me nothing much has changed.. It is still a fairly slow and bloated site like always. Need to add lots of filters to block all the politic garbage people spew, and mute anyone that repeatedly does this. Same as always.
patrickmay 3y ago
Killing the APIs used by TweetBot and other third party products has made Twitter close to unusable.
- 77pt77 3y ago
  Fritter no longer works. At least on the aggregate.
nojonestownpls 3y ago
As a previous non-regular-Twitter user, every time I checked in to see what the hype was about, it was full of people trying to create "personal brand"s and sounding very artificial. It had a very LinkedIn-ish vibe. Regular Twitter users probably had a very different experience, of course, but this average initial experience was a turn off. There are still faux-experts shilling their brand on Twitter for sure, but recently it feels like there are a lot more authentic and casual chat that's easy to get into. It may just be that Elon shaking things up and causing some people to move out destabilized existing cliques, thus making things more approachable to an outsider. But I for one am enjoying the current Twitter a lot more than the past one.
rcme 3y ago
I never used Twitter much, but one change I noticed is that there is more "angry political commentary" than before. Twitter has always been politically polarizing, but I feel like angry comments pop up on every thread now. For instance, when Musk announced he had picked a new CEO and referred to to her as "she", one of the replies visible at the top was how this specific Twitter user didn't want to use a product run by a woman.
- nailer 3y ago
  Huh weird I didn’t see that at all. I use Twitter throughout my day. The changes I have noticed are: I can now access the Babylon bee account. There are basic encrypted messages now. There is a non-algorithmic tab on the homepage.
  - rcme 3y ago
    I just went to the Babylon Bee's twitter page and looked at their latest tweet, which a Zelda joke about banning cross dressing in Florida: https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1657101451569537025 https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1657101451569537025 The top reply says "I'm the thickest 18 year old on Twitter" and has an NSFW profile. The 5th reply tags a number of republican politicians and was posted by someone whose Twitter tagline is simply "Patriot". The 6th reply is an image that says "It was justified" and the person's profile posts and retweets a bunch of pro-Trump and pro-gun tweets. It really feels impossible to escape these types of political statements on the platform now.
    - nailer 3y ago
      > It really feels impossible to escape these types of political statements on the platform now. Following Babylon Bee isn't mandatory. If you do, nor is reading the replies. FWIW I see memes not the thickest 18 year old on Twitter.
      - rcme 3y ago
        As I said, it’s basically on every post, even a non-political post like announcing that a new Twitter CEO has been chosen. I used Babylon Bee as an example because you said that you didn’t see this trend and mentioned that you read the Babylon Bee.
RoyGBivCap 3y ago
>(1) seeing less content from people I actually follow This is the Following tab. It's only the people you follow. The "For you" tab is stuff from the edge of your filter bubble.
ThrowawayTestr 3y ago
The community notes is the best feature added to anything ever
dorkwood 3y ago
My personal experience is that I like the addition of the “following” and “for you” tabs, since they make a lot more sense than the sparkle menu that used to be in their place. Unfortunately, I can’t use the “for you” tab anymore, since it no longer contains any content for me.

TinkersW 3y ago

For me nothing much has changed.. It is still a fairly slow and bloated site like always. Need to add lots of filters to block all the politic garbage people spew, and mute anyone that repeatedly does this. Same as always.

patrickmay 3y ago

Killing the APIs used by TweetBot and other third party products has made Twitter close to unusable.

77pt77 3y ago
Fritter no longer works. At least on the aggregate.

nojonestownpls 3y ago

As a previous non-regular-Twitter user, every time I checked in to see what the hype was about, it was full of people trying to create "personal brand"s and sounding very artificial. It had a very LinkedIn-ish vibe. Regular Twitter users probably had a very different experience, of course, but this average initial experience was a turn off. There are still faux-experts shilling their brand on Twitter for sure, but recently it feels like there are a lot more authentic and casual chat that's easy to get into. It may just be that Elon shaking things up and causing some people to move out destabilized existing cliques, thus making things more approachable to an outsider. But I for one am enjoying the current Twitter a lot more than the past one.

rcme 3y ago

I never used Twitter much, but one change I noticed is that there is more "angry political commentary" than before. Twitter has always been politically polarizing, but I feel like angry comments pop up on every thread now. For instance, when Musk announced he had picked a new CEO and referred to to her as "she", one of the replies visible at the top was how this specific Twitter user didn't want to use a product run by a woman.

nailer 3y ago
Huh weird I didn’t see that at all. I use Twitter throughout my day. The changes I have noticed are: I can now access the Babylon bee account. There are basic encrypted messages now. There is a non-algorithmic tab on the homepage.
- rcme 3y ago
  I just went to the Babylon Bee's twitter page and looked at their latest tweet, which a Zelda joke about banning cross dressing in Florida: https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1657101451569537025 https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1657101451569537025 The top reply says "I'm the thickest 18 year old on Twitter" and has an NSFW profile. The 5th reply tags a number of republican politicians and was posted by someone whose Twitter tagline is simply "Patriot". The 6th reply is an image that says "It was justified" and the person's profile posts and retweets a bunch of pro-Trump and pro-gun tweets. It really feels impossible to escape these types of political statements on the platform now.
  - nailer 3y ago
    > It really feels impossible to escape these types of political statements on the platform now. Following Babylon Bee isn't mandatory. If you do, nor is reading the replies. FWIW I see memes not the thickest 18 year old on Twitter.
    - rcme 3y ago
      As I said, it’s basically on every post, even a non-political post like announcing that a new Twitter CEO has been chosen. I used Babylon Bee as an example because you said that you didn’t see this trend and mentioned that you read the Babylon Bee.

RoyGBivCap 3y ago

>(1) seeing less content from people I actually follow This is the Following tab. It's only the people you follow. The "For you" tab is stuff from the edge of your filter bubble.

ThrowawayTestr 3y ago

The community notes is the best feature added to anything ever

dorkwood 3y ago

My personal experience is that I like the addition of the “following” and “for you” tabs, since they make a lot more sense than the sparkle menu that used to be in their place. Unfortunately, I can’t use the “for you” tab anymore, since it no longer contains any content for me.