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"Follow me on X" Why... just why? Why do people keep insisting on using it?

by rootlocus 9mo ago

bigyabai 9mo ago
Form over followers over function, the 21st century design ethos.
- dcreater 9mo ago
  you mean followers over form over function?
rootusrootus 9mo ago
The charitable explanation is "because that is where most people are." Network effect is real.
- platevoltage 9mo ago
  Was that ever true, even during the Twitter days?
  - rootusrootus 9mo ago
    I guess that depends on the scope. For people who like that flavor of social media, Twitter was where it was at, and X remains the main place. But if the scope is 'of all people' then of course it is not true -- most of us (myself included) never got into Twitter or any of the similar social media sites.
  - spiderfarmer 9mo ago
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cbeach 9mo ago
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- gwilikz 9mo ago
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- quietmonkey 9mo ago
  Why do you assume it’s political? Child pornography is, at least ostensibly, not a partisan issue.
travisgriggs 9mo ago
I certainly won't. I wonder if it's because they don't see other relevant low-cost/overhead solutions. "Follow me on facebook" certainly isn't going to be a win. "Follow me on Bluesky or Mastadon" is going to be ignored. "You can see my comments on insta" won't be relevant. "My TikTok is where it's at" might get you some young followers. Other solutions (your own blog, medium, substack, etc), all come with more overhead and setup.
userbinator 9mo ago
"Remember to like, share and subscribe."
hasperdi 9mo ago
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- antfarm 9mo ago
  Same here, it reads like a political statement. Easy enough to remove it though. https://github.com/richhickson/claudecodeusage/blob/0bb26c0530478b653b7a75920b147b3a4ac34c1c/ClaudeUsage/UsageView.swift#L53 https://github.com/richhickson/claudecodeusage/blob/0bb26c05...
  - RichHickson 9mo ago
    Thanks for the feedback. The new version is being notarised now.
worldsavior 9mo ago
Because that's what he uses. Instead of shaming about using X and going off-topic, don't comment at all or comment something about the project.
self_awareness 9mo ago
Because people like using social media?

"Follow me on X" Why... just why? Why do people keep insisting on using it?

bigyabai 9mo ago

Form over followers over function, the 21st century design ethos.

dcreater 9mo ago
you mean followers over form over function?

rootusrootus 9mo ago

The charitable explanation is "because that is where most people are." Network effect is real.

platevoltage 9mo ago
Was that ever true, even during the Twitter days?
- rootusrootus 9mo ago
  I guess that depends on the scope. For people who like that flavor of social media, Twitter was where it was at, and X remains the main place. But if the scope is 'of all people' then of course it is not true -- most of us (myself included) never got into Twitter or any of the similar social media sites.
- spiderfarmer 9mo ago
  [flagged]

cbeach 9mo ago

[flagged]

gwilikz 9mo ago
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quietmonkey 9mo ago
Why do you assume it’s political? Child pornography is, at least ostensibly, not a partisan issue.

travisgriggs 9mo ago

I certainly won't. I wonder if it's because they don't see other relevant low-cost/overhead solutions. "Follow me on facebook" certainly isn't going to be a win. "Follow me on Bluesky or Mastadon" is going to be ignored. "You can see my comments on insta" won't be relevant. "My TikTok is where it's at" might get you some young followers. Other solutions (your own blog, medium, substack, etc), all come with more overhead and setup.

userbinator 9mo ago

"Remember to like, share and subscribe."

hasperdi 9mo ago

[flagged]

antfarm 9mo ago
Same here, it reads like a political statement. Easy enough to remove it though. https://github.com/richhickson/claudecodeusage/blob/0bb26c0530478b653b7a75920b147b3a4ac34c1c/ClaudeUsage/UsageView.swift#L53 https://github.com/richhickson/claudecodeusage/blob/0bb26c05...
- RichHickson 9mo ago
  Thanks for the feedback. The new version is being notarised now.

worldsavior 9mo ago

Because that's what he uses. Instead of shaming about using X and going off-topic, don't comment at all or comment something about the project.

self_awareness 9mo ago

Because people like using social media?