Why Twitter Is Failing to Grow

Re:Why Twitter Is Failing to Grow by lenkite on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @01:23AM (#14136675)

I agree. Twitter is just RSS on steroids. And you don't really need steroids.

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Re:Why Twitter Is Failing to Grow by pvdebbe on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @01:38AM (#14136736)

It's like RSS on a sugar rush.

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Re:Why Twitter Is Failing to Grow by dade_ on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @07:38AM (#14137978)

And once promoted content started bombarding me in Twitter, I went back to RSS. Unfortunately sites are dropping RSS, though most WordPress sites have an unpublicized feed.

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Re:Why Twitter Is Failing to Grow by felideon on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @10:20AM (#14138999)

Twitter via Bitlbee solves this problem for me: https://wiki.bitlbee.org/HowtoTwitter

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Re:Why Twitter Is Failing to Grow by kalmari on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @08:26AM (#14138238)

i used to use rss for podcasts too but most just use dedicated services now they are a lot harder to find these days and im sure your right about the rest.

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