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The fact of the matter is that Elon has a lot of leeway to do whatever he wants with Twitter because people are so invested in it. Depending on when you joined,
by skilled 3y ago
The fact of the matter is that Elon has a lot of leeway to do whatever he wants with Twitter because people are so invested in it. Depending on when you joined, your entire social media history is on the platform, including followers, goodwill, and for many - instant exposure/attention.
At this point, Elon could redesign Twitter in the style of Hacker News (although, it would be funny to use HN without headlines, would make for a nice April's Fools for sure) and people would still find ways to justify using the platform. In this context, I'm not sure the transition from Twitter to another platform is going to happen that fast, if at all.
- 3cats-in-a-coat 3y agoTwitter is mostly bots. The next biggest group, about 20-30 percent are people looking for alternative but caught in the network effects. They are slowly bleeding out. The people who create the impression of overall cheer and support to every BS Elon does are a relatively tiny circle of much less than a million people. Sure, a huge crowd for a stadium. Ten stadiums, even. Enough so he can talk to a new person in that group every 5 minutes, non-stop for the rest of his life and never get to know all of them. But nothing for social media.
- Zigurd 3y agoEven if this "because people are so invested in it" is true, it isn't true for advertisers who have seen the ick and no solutions are forthcoming.