Is it actually better than nothing though?
Either these are tolerant folks or someone we might be better off if they stayed on 4twitter.
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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 months agoen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect
Twitter hasn’t dropped below the critical mass of users necessary for the system to become useless. It’s still a major artery of media and social commerce, just one that’s been littered with landmines. Yes, its far more dangerous and difficult to navigate now, but its still better than posting into the uninhabited wilderness that is Bluesky or the exact same basket of shitty engagement posts that is Threads.
tabular@lemmy.world 2 months ago
unconfirmedsourcesDOTgov@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
Counterpoint: Twitter will continue to maintain a critical mass of users until enough people move somewhere else to make it irrelevant. Continuing to use it only serves to further credentialize the platform, making it even less likely that users will find a new home someplace else.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The vast majority of users don’t care whether the platform is credentialized or not.
unconfirmedsourcesDOTgov@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
Respectfully, you were the one who pointed out the impact of the Network Effect.
Thus, users don’t need to understand the credentials of the platform if the network effect is strong enough, but as users leave the network, the value (credentials) of the platform as a whole decreases.
Another way to think about it is that the amount Twitter “matters” is directly related to how much we collectively agree it matters. While not directly transferable, I’d suggest that Keynes’ Animal Spirits concept can help us to understand why this might be the case - prevailing attitudes towards a platform can have a profound impact on their value.