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Ditto. 100%. Touché This has been my experience as well. I was a heavy lurker during peak Twitter phase, but I still got lots of value from it. I tried postin
by FlyingSnake 1y ago
Ditto. 100%. Touché
This has been my experience as well. I was a heavy lurker during peak Twitter phase, but I still got lots of value from it.
I tried posting about tech and stuff and there’s absolute silence. No one cares anymore as if there are only tumbleweeds out there.
I logged out of all my social media accounts (except HN) and moved them to hidden apps category. As a result I managed to read 3 lovely books and finished my side project ever since.
- Grimblewald 1y agoBecause twitter has been gutted, its history the information sector equivallent of vulture capitalism. Take platform, gut its credibility and audience for some end goal (e.g. buying an election, redefining the truth in the minds of many) and leave a smouldering corpse behind. Twitter is dead, and its grave is marked with nothing more than an X.
- FlyingSnake 1y agoAll the interesting conversations, all the aha moments are now gone and buried behind the walled garden Once in a while we’ll see screenshots of these insightful tweets but they’ll be lost forever, like tears in the rain.
- jeffhuys 1y agoI have the complete opposite experience. I now get the aha moments I got from reddit before its private api downfall. I get actual discussions. There’s an equal split between opinions. I think the difference here is that you were already “in” it, and it changed. I wasn’t “in” it because I hated the vibe and fakeness and just denying of my experience, but now I get the opportunity to join in a “resetting” environment. It’s refreshing and just way more real. I blocked a few political accounts at the start and now I don’t see that at all btw
- jtwoodhouse 1y agoJust came by to admire that last line.