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Audience. With the Elonification of Twitter there has been a splittering of tech/biz audiences across different platforms, each with their own problems, and th
by senko 2mo ago
Audience.
With the Elonification of Twitter there has been a splittering of tech/biz audiences across different platforms, each with their own problems, and the split is different in different parts of the world.
It so happens that LI continues to be popular with the audience segment and geographic location I'm primarily working with.
Agree with all negative comments about the platform tho.
- thenatureboy 2mo ago[flagged]
- ed_elliott_asc 2mo agoCan you elaborate? My personal niche was very popular on twitter until Elon bought it and everyone left, now I don’t know anyone still using twitter who was in that niche.
- senko 2mo agoIndeed Twitter has seen a resurgence among the (serious) AI crowd in particular. For example Bluesky (not to mention the fediverse) can get aggressively negative towards authors posting what seem to be pro-AI posts. Ignoring the political issues, my problem with Twitter is more prosaic: the character limit is too short for basically anything of substance. I really don't like the thread style it effectively forces. (Oh, and the new name is unbelievably stupid. I ain't never calling it that.)
- BoxOfRain 2mo agoThat's pretty much my one gripe with the general culture of the Fediverse, a lot of people have made opposition to AI in general part of their identities and it can be a little tedious to have discussions at times because of it.
- breezybottom 2mo agoYes it must be hard reading views that are different from your own.
- andsoitis 2mo ago> Yes it must be hard reading views that are different from your own. The other thing is the sarcasm and smugness.
- BoxOfRain 2mo agoYou can't have a very good discussion with someone about something they've made part of their identity in my view. I'm not an instinctive AI booster but nor am I going to bother engaging with people who believe a tool I use is ontologically evil. It's a poor use of everyone's time since there's no debate to be had. This works both ways for what it's worth, I have parts of my identity which I simply don't see fit to make a discussion of since there is no ground to gain or concede.
- lokar 2mo agoIn order for a discussion to be useful both sides need to be genuinely willing to change their position. It sounds like here neither side is open to change.
- breezybottom 2mo agoRight, because nobody here has made technology or coding part of their identity.
- idiotsecant 2mo agoYoud get better discussion if you made points directly instead of sniping at strawmen.
- UpsideDownRide 2mo agoApparently what's even harder is understanding what the other person is saying
- purerandomness 2mo agoI don't know which bubble you're in, but since Elon took over, Twitter became absolutely unusable. The decline happened with bots flooding the platform, with the "creator reward" program rewarding meaningless engagement bait, and with people who I respect in the Tech bubble leaving the platform, which led to an even faster decline. That was just not the case before the takeover; back then, you would enjoy scrolling through it, engage in authentic conversations, and learn a thing or two.
- kakacik 2mo agoA professional answer, to the point, ignoring cheap flame attempt. I have no doubt you get more than enough work like that
- lexandstuff 2mo agoYep. LinkedIn is pretty much the only social network out there where the average person has a shot at a little reach for their posts. Even if it’s just past and present colleagues and various acquaintances, I actually have an audience of people who are sometimes interested in what I have to say. I can't say that for any other social network.