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I've just recently deactivated my account from X/Twitter - I gave it a shot since Elon took it over. It has become a shadow of its former self. I haven't tried

I've just recently deactivated my account from X/Twitter - I gave it a shot since Elon took it over. It has become a shadow of its former self. I haven't tried Threads yet, I think I'm just gonna pause on these social media for a while.

nephihaha 9mo ago
"Shadow of its former self" Meh, I've seen it before and after. It used to have a lynch mob mentality, but now it doesn't show me the accounts I follow but other people's.
- modeless 9mo ago
  > it doesn't show me the accounts I follow but other peoples I don't understand this complaint. The "Following" tab is prominent at the top and gives you exactly what you are asking for. It even remembers which tab was selected.
  - nephihaha 9mo ago
    My complaint is that it doesn't default to "following". It's caught me out a few times. I'm not much interested in curated whatever on social media.
- biophysboy 9mo ago
  > It used to have a lynch mob mentality Still does?
  - nephihaha 9mo ago
    Not quite in the same way. The folk who did that kind of thing were anti-Musk so most of them left. I suppose there is a right wing group like that too but most of them were driven away earlier.
    - biophysboy 9mo ago
      There has been a lot of lynch mobs on X surrounding more recent events (e.g. Charlie Kirk, Renee Good, etc).
      - relaxing 9mo ago
        No, the other lynch mobs. With the people I don’t like.
        nephihaha 9mo ago
        I don't like either lynch mob. How about you?
big_toast 9mo ago
The AI/tech ecosystem on twitter/x really generates a lot of interesting posts still. The discover algorithm is really good at surfacing adjacent content (sim clusters?). Bluesky occasionally gets a boost of posts but then dies off. This last week's transition has been more vibrant. Simonw, danabramov, natolambert post regularly. (If you're into to the tech things I think it's finally growing. Bluesky is still pretty nasty but blocklists + sentiment changes making it less toxic.) I think I'd like private likes and other features atproto doesn't currently allow that I think would improve algorithm signal. Currently too easy to pollute bluesky's discover with likes from too many topics. It doesn't have all the bad x features introduced since 2022 which is nice. Bluesky recreates the active conversation feel twitter has. Does threads, or does it feel like 'comments'?
- TiredOfLife 9mo ago
  How Simonw can use that toxic place I can't understand. Either he has really thick skin or, more likely, is an actual robot (in a good sense).
  - simianwords 9mo ago
    Or he’s pragmatic and doesn’t have neurotic reaction to everything
anonymousiam 9mo ago
Funny, I did almost the opposite. I had an active Twitter account for years, but I decided to stop using it when Twitter banned the sitting president of the United States (shortly before he left office). I went back to it after Elon bought it.
- Sammi 9mo ago
  [flagged]
- myvoiceismypass 9mo ago
  Promoting violence. The sitting president of the US was in the middle of staging a coup at the time, and refused to call for his supporters' violence to stop, but rather encouraged it.

nephihaha 9mo ago

"Shadow of its former self" Meh, I've seen it before and after. It used to have a lynch mob mentality, but now it doesn't show me the accounts I follow but other people's.

modeless 9mo ago
> it doesn't show me the accounts I follow but other peoples I don't understand this complaint. The "Following" tab is prominent at the top and gives you exactly what you are asking for. It even remembers which tab was selected.
- nephihaha 9mo ago
  My complaint is that it doesn't default to "following". It's caught me out a few times. I'm not much interested in curated whatever on social media.
biophysboy 9mo ago
> It used to have a lynch mob mentality Still does?
- nephihaha 9mo ago
  Not quite in the same way. The folk who did that kind of thing were anti-Musk so most of them left. I suppose there is a right wing group like that too but most of them were driven away earlier.
  - biophysboy 9mo ago
    There has been a lot of lynch mobs on X surrounding more recent events (e.g. Charlie Kirk, Renee Good, etc).
    - relaxing 9mo ago
      No, the other lynch mobs. With the people I don’t like.
      - nephihaha 9mo ago
        I don't like either lynch mob. How about you?

big_toast 9mo ago

The AI/tech ecosystem on twitter/x really generates a lot of interesting posts still. The discover algorithm is really good at surfacing adjacent content (sim clusters?). Bluesky occasionally gets a boost of posts but then dies off. This last week's transition has been more vibrant. Simonw, danabramov, natolambert post regularly. (If you're into to the tech things I think it's finally growing. Bluesky is still pretty nasty but blocklists + sentiment changes making it less toxic.) I think I'd like private likes and other features atproto doesn't currently allow that I think would improve algorithm signal. Currently too easy to pollute bluesky's discover with likes from too many topics. It doesn't have all the bad x features introduced since 2022 which is nice. Bluesky recreates the active conversation feel twitter has. Does threads, or does it feel like 'comments'?

TiredOfLife 9mo ago
How Simonw can use that toxic place I can't understand. Either he has really thick skin or, more likely, is an actual robot (in a good sense).
- simianwords 9mo ago
  Or he’s pragmatic and doesn’t have neurotic reaction to everything

anonymousiam 9mo ago

Funny, I did almost the opposite. I had an active Twitter account for years, but I decided to stop using it when Twitter banned the sitting president of the United States (shortly before he left office). I went back to it after Elon bought it.

Sammi 9mo ago
[flagged]
myvoiceismypass 9mo ago
Promoting violence. The sitting president of the US was in the middle of staging a coup at the time, and refused to call for his supporters' violence to stop, but rather encouraged it.