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I've only ever really consumed twitter secondhand like you, but I have observed that since the acquisition the quality of discussion in replies to tweets I am l
by mustacheemperor 3y ago
I've only ever really consumed twitter secondhand like you, but I have observed that since the acquisition the quality of discussion in replies to tweets I am linked seems to have significantly dropped, and as objectively as one can opine about that kind of thing. Just angry graffiti and dumpster fire arguments about at-best-tangentially related culture war topics in reply to everything. I've made this comparison once already in this thread, but it reminds me of comments on youtube in the mid 00s.
But hey, youtube comments never improved much and that site is still highly relevant today, so hard to make a prediction based off my observed anecdote. And I've never used twitter much at all, so maybe I just hadn't noticed before.
- petersellers 3y agoI wonder if the observed decline in discussion quality has any correlation with the "boost" that is given to comments from accounts with blue check marks.
- parminya 3y agoThe change in discussion quality has occurred because old Twitter had an objective to cultivate one particular quality of discussion, and Musk Twitter has an objective to cultivate a different quality of discussion. These goals were stated up front by the respective decision makers. Any particular technique is simply a tool for the job. If old Twitter or new Twitter thought a method would aid in their quality cultivation goals, then they would have adopted it: if it proved counterproductive, then they would drop it. So there is almost certainly a correlation to the boost that is given to comments. But even if it is a causative correlation, the ultimate cause is not the bluecheck boost, but the desire of the decisionmaker.