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Why would you complain about it if you weren't using the platform?
by lapcat 3y ago
Why would you complain about it if you weren't using the platform?
- anonzzzies 3y agoThat is definitely not a question asked enough. Many people complaining about things they don’t use/vote for/etc. So they want to use but don’t because ‘it’s is not what I want’ or lie they don’t and yet do (which is better).
- tuwtuwtuwtuw 3y agoYou can complain over things even if you don't use them. It's very common for people to say that X is bad even if they are not using X. Here is an actual live real world example: I find it silly that Apples mouse charge port is located on the bottom of the mouse because then you can't use it while charing. I would never buy such a mouse.
- lapcat 3y agoI think you're missing my point. The question isn't whether you can complain about it, the question is whether you would complain about it if you weren't using Twitter.
- rcme 3y agoExactly. Rather than complain, it would make more sense to go use a different platform. I don’t think that was your intended point, though.
- lapcat 3y agoNo, it wasn't my point. My point is that someone who doesn't use Twitter probably wouldn't even notice that media before 2014 were deleted. And even if they did notice, they probably wouldn't care. Twitter users complain about Twitter because they notice and they care. There are many reasons to leave Twitter. In fact, I did leave Twitter last year. But this particular issue would be a strange "final straw". If you had to leave a platform because of every annoyance, then you wouldn't be able to use any platforms.
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- ttepasse 3y agoYou can "use" the platform without being a user of the platform: Clicking a link to a tweet or reading an article with embedded tweets. Useful habit, if you're a journalist or a blogger or such: never ever use native embeds, if you're caring about the longevity of your articles.