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Maybe we've had different experiences, but I can't recall one instance pre-Musk where I was linked a tweet and found the replies to be worthwhile. This is the s
by ToValueFunfetti 2y ago
Maybe we've had different experiences, but I can't recall one instance pre-Musk where I was linked a tweet and found the replies to be worthwhile. This is the site that invented the term "reply guy". My twitter-inclined friends would link me things and remind me to never look at the replies.
They're certainly worse now, but I don't see any cause to lament a transition from vapid vitriol to more vapid vitriol. Nothing of value was lost.
- jauntywundrkind 2y agoI really don't get the "Twitter was always terrible" crowd. Tech Twitter brought tons of great interesting citations & references to discussions. Even amid the rest of Twitter, there was such a massive global brain at work: the associations & connections people would make was amazing. It's remarkable to me that such rank cynicism often goes unchecked. I pity those who so deeply missed out, who didn't see or grasp the amazing power of a good network of follows.
- ToValueFunfetti 2y agoI'm specifically referring to reading the replies on tweets that are linked from other sources, which the parent called out as being bad now