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This isn't really my experience. Lots of accounts with Blue whatever are fine. Tech twitter has changed somewhat, with some people leaving. But my other inter

This isn't really my experience. Lots of accounts with Blue whatever are fine. Tech twitter has changed somewhat, with some people leaving. But my other interest remain mostly the same. > he turned a consumer choice into an unpopular political statement Only a few people on tech twitter and some hard core rightist actually believe that. > It's still largely usable as a service, but it has absolutely gotten worse and to describe it as "sabotage" is definitely not a stretch. Yes it is. Outside of Tech twitter shitshow over Twitter itself Twitter has mostly been mostly the same before and after. Maybe this isn't the case for LGBTQ+ or other communities, I can't judge that. But overall to say Twitter is 'sabotaged' is kind of nonsense.

smcl 3y ago
I think you're mistaken in believing I am on "tech twitter" as you understand it. I had a serious account under my real name (which I barely used and followed serious tech people) and a fun account under a false name (which I heavily used and followed no tech people at all). I've no idea what "tech twitter" thinks about anything, last I checked on my serious account everyone was just getting on with their normal stuff without engaging in any of this, so it's something different from what you mean. Also: >> he turned a consumer choice into an unpopular political statement > Only a few people on tech twitter and some hard core rightist actually believe that. No, many legacy blue checks have observed it first-hand and talked about it, it's become a very common talking point - see "this mf paid for twitter". You must have a very sheltered existence on twitter and on the internet at large if you haven't seen this. Frankly I felt a bit cheap re-using that line because it's paraphrasing something that had already been said hundreds of times already.
- panick21_ 3y ago
  I guess then we just don't really have the same experience. Hard to believe a account not involved in technology or partisan politics has a huge amount of discussion of these issues. > see "this mf paid for twitter". Ok so hardcore anti-Musk people and rightist believe the same thing and it reinforces each other. Great, I don't care. Neither of these groups are interesting or relevant and such discussions mostly happen under popular posts, not most things I follow.

smcl 3y ago

I think you're mistaken in believing I am on "tech twitter" as you understand it. I had a serious account under my real name (which I barely used and followed serious tech people) and a fun account under a false name (which I heavily used and followed no tech people at all). I've no idea what "tech twitter" thinks about anything, last I checked on my serious account everyone was just getting on with their normal stuff without engaging in any of this, so it's something different from what you mean. Also: >> he turned a consumer choice into an unpopular political statement > Only a few people on tech twitter and some hard core rightist actually believe that. No, many legacy blue checks have observed it first-hand and talked about it, it's become a very common talking point - see "this mf paid for twitter". You must have a very sheltered existence on twitter and on the internet at large if you haven't seen this. Frankly I felt a bit cheap re-using that line because it's paraphrasing something that had already been said hundreds of times already.

panick21_ 3y ago
I guess then we just don't really have the same experience. Hard to believe a account not involved in technology or partisan politics has a huge amount of discussion of these issues. > see "this mf paid for twitter". Ok so hardcore anti-Musk people and rightist believe the same thing and it reinforces each other. Great, I don't care. Neither of these groups are interesting or relevant and such discussions mostly happen under popular posts, not most things I follow.