Re:Twitter Is Dying
by idiomaticrust on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @01:10PM
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Well, I think that criticism is valid. The thing is that there is no good alternative. Elon can break a lot of things and people still will be there.
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> no good alternative
Depending on how you use Twitter, Mastodon might be a good alternative.
Re:Twitter Is Dying
by version_five on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @01:40PM
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That ship has sailed. In the first few weeks there was lots of buzz about alternatives, PG had a little fit and spent about 15 minutes exclusively on mastadon etc. The buzz is gone now, something big will have to change for it to get it's momentum again.
Mastodon is doing just fine, from what I can tell. I don't know why people keep pushing the narrative that an alternative platform has to capture Twitter's userbase in its entirety or else be considered a failure. Not everything is driven by buzz and hype.
Mastodon is doing great. Just passed 10 million users a while ago and now has a sustained network effect of around 2000 users an hour. Numbers aside the community and experience is awesome. No idea how people still use Twitter.
What specifically is broken? I only use Twitter occasionally but it seems to be working fine.
Re:Twitter Is Dying
by idiomaticrust on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @02:38PM
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If you use it occasionally you didn't notice:
- not working notifications
- broken feeds
- random delays in loading the page