Elon Musk said the account of right-wing extremist Alex Jones would be reinstated on X, formerly known as Twitter, reversing a 2018 decision by the company’s previous management to deplatform the notorious conspiracy theorist after he repeatedly broke rules prohibiting harassment and hate.
I just don’t get it. If Twitter was ever good, I still don’t think I could go back if I had to.
But it was NEVER FUCKING GOOD.
Some of the worst UI ever, the snarkiest, most narcissistic dweebs, lurking in every thread. Fuck Twitter. Fuck Twitter on every single day since it’s existed. I tried it. Zero good moments there. It’s fucking cancer that should be nuked from orbit.
The original posts were limited to SMS length because that was an interesting way to post.
For awhile cellular data connections were expensive and very limited - so it freed people from thinking about the quality of their opinions vs the precious time and megabytes it might take to post it.
You could just fire off a text from the toilet instead of having to think too deeply.
Part of it is FOMO, but unfortunately, a lot of news is still broken on Twitter and it is still sometimes useful (I don’t use it myself, but others do) as a real-time source of news as it unfolds. There are also a lot of governments that use Twitter to post announcements.
Like I said, I don’t use it myself, but I think all of those things contribute.
I just don’t get it. If Twitter was ever good, I still don’t think I could go back if I had to.
But it was NEVER FUCKING GOOD.
Some of the worst UI ever, the snarkiest, most narcissistic dweebs, lurking in every thread. Fuck Twitter. Fuck Twitter on every single day since it’s existed. I tried it. Zero good moments there. It’s fucking cancer that should be nuked from orbit.
Outrage addiction is a real thing… and it is a driving force in both news media and social media.
And I say that fully aware of the doom-scrolling nature of this platform, amongst others…
Well yeah but for a variety of reasons, Twitter was shit. Worse than anywhere else.
The design choice to strictly limit character length alone made it trash.
The original posts were limited to SMS length because that was an interesting way to post.
For awhile cellular data connections were expensive and very limited - so it freed people from thinking about the quality of their opinions vs the precious time and megabytes it might take to post it.
You could just fire off a text from the toilet instead of having to think too deeply.
Part of it is FOMO, but unfortunately, a lot of news is still broken on Twitter and it is still sometimes useful (I don’t use it myself, but others do) as a real-time source of news as it unfolds. There are also a lot of governments that use Twitter to post announcements.
Like I said, I don’t use it myself, but I think all of those things contribute.