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I ultimately came to the conclusion that both those who advocated for the fediverse as a Twitter replacement and those who complained that it was inadequate as

I ultimately came to the conclusion that both those who advocated for the fediverse as a Twitter replacement and those who complained that it was inadequate as a Twitter replacement were both wrong. People don't need “a Twitter” in the first place. It's a terrible website designed to maximize engagement, including negative engagement, for its profit. I quite agree with https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38445649 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38445649

threeseed 2y ago
> terrible website designed to maximize engagement It really does show why engagement should never be monetised. It's just full of fight videos, repackaged memes, controversial takes etc. all designed to get some extra money for the poster. Even VCs and the startup community gets in on it.