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>if HN was to go down, only logged-in Twitter users would be able to see why That's probably close to 99% of HN users
by geepytee 3y ago
>if HN was to go down, only logged-in Twitter users would be able to see why
That's probably close to 99% of HN users
- benburleson 3y agoI highly doubt that.
- hackernewds 3y agodoubtful
- gbear605 3y agoYou can count me in the one percent then. :) Seriously though, lots of people don’t use Twitter. Of my friends, only one has a Twitter account, and he’s switched away since Musk took over.
- Terr_ 3y ago*raises hand* I've also avoided Twitter entirely, except where someone was linking into it from outside. In the beginning I felt the original length-limit fundamentally doomed it to a certain kind of not-so-valuable conversation. I mean, hell, even this quick comment here is already ~381 chars. I know the limits have been raised, but I think its effect on the culture remained.
- pengaru 3y agoI've never had a twitter account...
- furyofantares 3y agoThat's an extreme overestimate
- MrVandemar 3y ago> That's probably close to 99% of HN users Projection probably. I use my twitter account so seldom, I'm definitely in the 1%. But then, I'm probably in the 0.5% who if HN happens to be down, will check back the following day instead of worrying.
- chongli 3y agoNever had a Twitter account. Never saw the appeal. Mostly annoyed when occasionally asked to read long-form writing split into multiple tweets. Now I never have to worry about that again!