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> Because it doesn't solve a problem? But that's just social media in general. Doesn't mean it can't be valuable. > Twitter didn't really grow from being a so
by ddejohn 2y ago
> Because it doesn't solve a problem?
But that's just social media in general. Doesn't mean it can't be valuable.
> Twitter didn't really grow from being a solution to anything - it grew from being unique at the dawn of social media. So it is kind of its own thing.
This doesn't mean that something better can't be made. Lots of people clearly don't want to support X anymore, whether for political reasons or for UX reasons. I don't see why "a better Twitter" is somehow not possible because it wouldn't "solve a problem". Why can't the "problem" be that X sucks ass but there isn't a good alternative?
- codingdave 2y agoThe question you are missing is why an alternative is needed in the first place? Fine, X sucks. Many of us can agree on that. But what problem is it solving that would force a a replacement to be created if it simply did not exist? I'm not saying it has no value, nor denying that people find uses for it. I'm saying that without an external problem being solved, building a competitor doesn't answer the original question of... why does this need to exist at all?
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