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Aside from competency as a reason there is also cost. Dropping all that old media reduces storage cost. The connection to the link preview subsystem might be,
by johannes1234321 3y ago
Aside from competency as a reason there is also cost. Dropping all that old media reduces storage cost.
The connection to the link preview subsystem might be, that they tried to get rid of the old media system.
Just for speculation ...
- Paul-Craft 3y agoThere's also the fact that the service formerly known as Twitter is running on a skeleton crew. This could easily lead to a buildup in cruft, undetected or unnoticed system errors, or any number of maintenance issues that could result in something like this.
- hedora 3y agoI like to think they cut costs by lopping letters off the word twitter until all they had left was a “t”, and then some bozo walked up and kicked the remaining character over.
- throwaw1yyy 3y agosite runs better since his takeover despite what the haters say. I have a large follower account - responsiveness has improved. There are downsides, with new features, algo changes etc but overall it’s been getting better.
- seba_dos1 3y agoWe all have access to Twitter and can see its downfall with our own eyes.
- throwaw1yyy 3y agohttps://twitter.com/mcuban/status/1693095184597151822?s=20 https://twitter.com/mcuban/status/1693095184597151822?s=20 Mark Cuban seems to agree, and I am also a heavy user seeing the same thing. What in particular are you seeing a proof of a downfall?
- sundaeofshock 3y agoDude, I don’t think Elon is going to see this.
- throwaw1yyy 3y agoI could care less about Elon https://twitter.com/mcuban/status/1693095184597151822?s=20 https://twitter.com/mcuban/status/1693095184597151822?s=20 Here’s Mark Cuban saying the tech/responsiveness has improved. Does he seem like the kinda guy who needs to suck up to anyone? A guy with fuckyu levels of money?
- CamperBob2 3y agoAmazing what a sudden, drastic decrease in user activity will do for a site's response time.