I guess I just don't think dropping Twitter avoids the issues you noted if all they're doing is the same damn thing on Facebook or post or mastodon or whatever else. Is there anyone who's actually left Twitter and not gone on to do practically the same thing at a different place?
I also think there's a symbiosis here - Twitter was where …
I guess I just don't think dropping Twitter avoids the issues you noted if all they're doing is the same damn thing on Facebook or post or mastodon or whatever else. Is there anyone who's actually left Twitter and not gone on to do practically the same thing at a different place?
I also think there's a symbiosis here - Twitter was where the audience was so more prominent voices came, which builds a bigger audience. Maybe this is just a fork in the evolutionary chain that needs to be cut off.
In any case thanks for the reasoned response. I think I'll always use some form of aggregator and don't love my options at the moment. The fact that I could use Twitter for both hyper local news like council meetings as well as international content is a pretty special combination that's not easily repeated.
I guess I just don't think dropping Twitter avoids the issues you noted if all they're doing is the same damn thing on Facebook or post or mastodon or whatever else. Is there anyone who's actually left Twitter and not gone on to do practically the same thing at a different place?
I also think there's a symbiosis here - Twitter was where the audience was so more prominent voices came, which builds a bigger audience. Maybe this is just a fork in the evolutionary chain that needs to be cut off.
In any case thanks for the reasoned response. I think I'll always use some form of aggregator and don't love my options at the moment. The fact that I could use Twitter for both hyper local news like council meetings as well as international content is a pretty special combination that's not easily repeated.