I use Twitter throughout my day.
The changes I have noticed are:
I can now access the Babylon bee account.
There are basic encrypted messages now.
There is a non-algorithmic tab on the homepage.
The top reply says "I'm the thickest 18 year old on Twitter" and has an NSFW profile.
The 5th reply tags a number of republican politicians and was posted by someone whose Twitter tagline is simply "Patriot".
The 6th reply is an image that says "It was justified" and the person's profile posts and retweets a bunch of pro-Trump and pro-gun tweets.
It really feels impossible to escape these types of political statements on the platform now.
Following Babylon Bee isn't mandatory.
OK I think I understand what you're saying - every discussion turns political? Twitter has been that way since 2015. It's the world's public square. Only difference is people are allowed to disagree with Californian liberals.
It’s a gladiatorial arena (maybe WWE/performance art would be an even better metaphor) for the US culture wars. If they could please get it over with soon so we can return to normal programming, that would be great
What do you mean by "these types of political statements"? Right-wing ones?
Which account is political satire? The Babylon Bee or Elon Musk’s personal account? I kid.
> What do you mean by "these types of political statements"? Right-wing ones?
I intentionally didn’t label it. Where on the spectrum does a statement like “women can’t run companies” lie? To me, the issue isn’t political. It’s that people whose entire identity is founded upon fighting a culture war seem to be the loudest voices on Twitter. It makes the product very unpleasant.
> The 5th reply tags a number of republican politicians and was posted by someone whose Twitter tagline is simply "Patriot".
Which is labeled and is not particularly egregious, so that weakens your point.
I don't recall comment sections of popular or political accounts ever being respectful or interesting. But in some cases, the bots that used to plague every popular account's comments do seem preferable to that kind of stuff.
I’m happy Twitter has made the followers only feed a prominent two-tab UI. The algorithmic one was always completely useless. If Twitter can do what YouTube did to their feeds recommendations feeds Twitter can do very well but without TikTok style engagement metrics with videos are well suited for I have a feeling it’s always going to be bad on Twitter.
I get the feeling the only people who (ever) liked and engaged with the Twitter AI feeds are the same people who like Reddits r/all, which aren’t the sort of people I want to interact with anyway.
The new system is much more annoying for me, but it might be nicer for someone who wouldn't be able to learn about the old button.