• Gnome Kat@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    Who is still interested in that stite it’s actually baffling at this point that there are still people on there.

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        I’ve seen YouTubers also say “nothing else has any users”. I think this is generally the public sentiment and the reason people stick around. I would say that even if there’s no alternative, just leave but… Unfortunately people feel like they “need” Twitter.

        And people say social media isn’t addicting.

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        1 year ago

        Pundits in general. I really enjoy The Majority Report, but it pisses me off how much they criticize Twitter but still talk about what they’re saying on it.

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        1 year ago

        Check the news. Twitter is/was used all over the place as a source for stories. The death of twitter removes the source of some really easy reporting income.

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      1 year ago

      I only use it to get updates and breaking stuff from NFL, ESPN, POTUS, etc. I don’t actually go on it to browse. I wish there was another place where I could the same level of breaking/interesting news/updates

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        1 year ago

        Those probably have a twitter mirror on mastodon by now. As long as there’s no need to interact a mirror bot would probably work.

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      I’ve been there since 2014 and if I wasn’t aware of the constant whining about how bad twitter is on other sites but twitter I wouldn’t know anything has changed. For me it’s the same it has always been. It’s also the only platform where I have any kind of following so I don’t just leave like I did from reddit.

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        1 year ago

        So the bottom half of any twitter comment thread has ALWAYS been crypto scammers, gofundme scammers, bots hawking t shirts and maga chuds responding off topic?

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            1 year ago

            Guys why are we down voting a Twitter user for giving their perspective?

            This thread started with someone complaining that it’s baffling and they can’t understand why people are still using the platform.

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            1 year ago

            That’s so interesting, our Twitter consumption habits are really different. What do you use Twitter for? Just sending out updates to your followers?

            Also as an aside, I hate how lemmy users are like Redditors and downvote any information contrary to what they want to see

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              I hate how lemmy users are like Redditors and downvote any information contrary to what they want to see

              I was thinking the same. There’s one person being honest about why they use Twitter - in a thread asking about why it’s still used - and the only thing people can do here is downvoting him? It’s sad.

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                1 year ago

                It’s not all users, it’s the server culture. Try a different server and you’ll see a different user culture.

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                  Servers are not isolated from each other, people participate in communities regardless of the server they have their account on, that’s how the federation works.

                  Tho if by “server” you actually mean “community” then yes, each community can have its own “culture” like different subs on reddit did.

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                    1 year ago

                    Unless a server is defederated. Try viewing from beehaw.org for example. You’ll have a more curated, and some would argue, less toxic experience. I have accounts on multiple servers and swap between them depending on my desired browsing experience. And though lemmyworld has a huge amount of content the quality of the discussion often reminds me of what you’d find on Reddit all.

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              I only post pictures and only follow people that post pictures. I basically use it like Instagram in 2014. I just don’t get any engagement on Instagram so I stopped using it. On Twitter I got like 1600 followers and I’m not even consistent with my updates.

              I’ve never made text posts there and I never read what other people are writing. It’s a bad platform for that in my opinion.

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                Are you trying to move to another platform that might also get you followers/help you maintain those.followers (Threads, BlueSky). If I had a photo account, and dining post anything personal about myself, I would probably try any and all platforms. But I don’t use SM like that. Does Twitter allow mentions of other platforms you’re on? (When he banned mentions of Substack that got me interested in it and it led me to download the app and create an account there.)

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            1 year ago

            you don’t know how bad twitter was or what has changed because you were just ignorant. The issues are still there. If you say there is no starving children because you don’t see them, your opinion is irrelevant.

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              Am I supposed to leave twitter because other people don’t like it or what’s the issue here? Like I said; I’ve had no problems with it. My feed is 99% what I want to see and the rest is cat videos

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          The worst thing is that the blue checks swarm the replies and are prioritized, so when a fucking dumbass says something idiotic you don’t even get the catharsis of watching them get ratioed and dragged. It’s all just sycophant idiots now.