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Anecdotally speaking as a long time twitter lurker, the quality of my "For You" feed has dropped precipitously since the Musk acquisition — I am now consistentl
by jd3 3y ago
Anecdotally speaking as a long time twitter lurker, the quality of my "For You" feed has dropped precipitously since the Musk acquisition — I am now consistently getting trashy, lowest common denominator shock/click-bait posts about race, iq, social/political violence, hitler, etc. in my feed despite the fact that I do not seek that content out and have only ever used twitter for art/philosophy/literature/tech/science etc.
If that kind of dark engagement tactic is partially what it takes for twitter to become profitable, then it will be at the expense of its dignity and soul.
- rchaud 3y agoEven if I'm on the "Following" tab, I often do not see posts from people I've followed.
- jd3 3y agoI've just been making lists and manually navigating to profiles
- micv 3y agoThe replies from blue ticks that get pushed up mostly seem to be braindead trolling and camgirl spam too. Twitter was always a bit of a cesspit but you could curate your way to a useful feed. Now it's just awful.
- GaryNumanVevo 3y agoof course once you incentivize for mass engagement over everything, the site is going to turn into a reddit-like overnight