Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets
by rchaud on Saturday July 01, 2023 @11:15AM
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You may not care about algorithmic engagement, but that doesn't mean that the content you are looking is free of the incentives created by said algorithmic engagement. I use Twitter search too, but it's full of hot takes, because that's what the network rewards.
It's kinda like the "I don't care about politics" stand. You might not care, but the institutions you interact with every day certainly do.
I never cared about algorithmic engagement.
Before (and during) the engagement Twitter:
- has everyone you needed there, centralised
- has search, where you can find people and topics you care about
Mastodon has none of that: you have to know which server to join and how to find people and topics. Centralization always beats distribution in convenience.