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I feel like I’m in the minority but I honestly couldn’t care less about the logo, the name or if Twitter will still exist for another 10 or 20 years. Nothing la

I feel like I’m in the minority but I honestly couldn’t care less about the logo, the name or if Twitter will still exist for another 10 or 20 years. Nothing lasts in life. With or without Musk Twitter would have died of some reason or another eventually. It’s only a stupid app, it’s not important. If someone feels it’s very important to them then they have a problem in life which is not Musk. I didn’t even sign up to Mastodon, Bluesky or Threads. Twitter is interesting at times but I won’t cry if it’s gone.

dschramm 3y ago
As a normal person I couldn't agree more, but look at it from a business or indiehacker point of view. If you use Twitter to share your work and connect with potential customers, it's a bit of a loss. It would be similar to creators or streamers if someone were to buy YouTube or Twitch and potentially ruin it.
smashed 3y ago
> or if Twitter will still exist for another 10 or 20 years Years? You are being generous here. I would rephrase that to 10 to 20 months at the rate he's destroying everything.
tenebrisalietum 3y ago
I still call the Willis Tower the Sears Tower. And Sears is definitely dead.
delecti 3y ago
"We shouldn't care" does not necessarily follow from "nothing lasts". The loss of various impermanent things have caused me (and most people) a great deal of sadness. A jackass with far more money and power than respect for it or anything else is tearing down a place where I have had a great number of memorable, fun, or significant interactions. There are important people in my life who very likely would not be if not for Twitter, including my spouse. Through Twitter I have helped connect people in ways that made significant changes to their lives. So yes, I'm sad, I'm frustrated, I'm annoyed, I'm angry, and I don't think it's irrational to feel those ways. I'm also annoyed at people acting superior because they're lucky enough to not be affected.

dschramm 3y ago

As a normal person I couldn't agree more, but look at it from a business or indiehacker point of view. If you use Twitter to share your work and connect with potential customers, it's a bit of a loss. It would be similar to creators or streamers if someone were to buy YouTube or Twitch and potentially ruin it.

smashed 3y ago

> or if Twitter will still exist for another 10 or 20 years Years? You are being generous here. I would rephrase that to 10 to 20 months at the rate he's destroying everything.

tenebrisalietum 3y ago

I still call the Willis Tower the Sears Tower. And Sears is definitely dead.

delecti 3y ago

"We shouldn't care" does not necessarily follow from "nothing lasts". The loss of various impermanent things have caused me (and most people) a great deal of sadness. A jackass with far more money and power than respect for it or anything else is tearing down a place where I have had a great number of memorable, fun, or significant interactions. There are important people in my life who very likely would not be if not for Twitter, including my spouse. Through Twitter I have helped connect people in ways that made significant changes to their lives. So yes, I'm sad, I'm frustrated, I'm annoyed, I'm angry, and I don't think it's irrational to feel those ways. I'm also annoyed at people acting superior because they're lucky enough to not be affected.