2 Years at Twitter

Re:2 Years at Twitter by ilyt on Thursday November 24, 2022 @08:17AM (#33730973)

Well I see Twitter in its previous form as actively harmful to society, especially since few years ago when Twitter decided that they no longer just show what's popular but actively manipulate it [1]. Like, the short format was bad enough on its own (encourages shouting in the void instead of actual discussion), and that's just more bad on top of bad

And I also see musk's compulsive lying and arrogance as harmful, althought in more limited scope.

So from my perspective it's one bad thing destroying other bad thing. What's not to be happy about ?

Sure, Twitter transforming into not a vile piece of shit it is today into something decent would also be nice outcome but I don't even know how that would work so it burning is next best thing.

* [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2022/11/14/japanese...

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Re:2 Years at Twitter by ethanbond on Thursday November 24, 2022 @08:30AM (#33731091)

There are a lot of things to criticize about Twitter but it shows a lack of imagination if you think the worst possible thing you could do with a 160MM+ daily active users is give them short form conversation dynamics, and that the other possible outcome is “it burns.”

It is absolutely possible that Twitter turns into a 4chan-esque cesspool of vitriol and hatred but at massive scale due to a gradual frog boil of 160MM+. Not to say Twitter had none of this, but again, it takes little imagination to worry about it getting much, much worse.

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