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My only interaction with Twitter was when someone posted the link. Should I make account for every platform someone links to? Is this the internet we want? Ever
by timeon 2y ago
My only interaction with Twitter was when someone posted the link. Should I make account for every platform someone links to? Is this the internet we want? Every link behind login?
- ranger_danger 2y agoif you're not paying then you're the product. are you willing to pay to use it? no? ok then. this is the sad state of the world we live in unfortunately...
- nickthegreek 2y agowhat does that have to do with anything? they can still show ads to non logged in users.
- ranger_danger 2y agoBy product I meant the information you give to them by having an account.
- rsynnott 2y agoNot being public makes Twitter less valuable as a product, though; for all the noise about people still using it, some influential people are not, and others are now dual or multiposting on Twitter and one or more of Threads, Bluesky or Mastodon. Now, some of them are doing that out of disgust with/distrust of Musk, or due to its increasing problems with scam ads and unmoderated propaganda and similar, but some are doing it for visibility/shareability. Twitter traditionally had far more casual passive consumers (who saw tweets only via links) than active users, and those consumers were important to certain high-profile posters.