And it never once turned a profit.
Not true.
Twitter was profitable at the time when that Elon guy bought it (and before, and some time after).
dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
It already was prior to Musk’s takeover.
It’s just always been a cesspool. A complete waste of human energy and time. And it never once turned a profit. An abject failure by every metric.
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 1 year ago
AdamantRatPuncher@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Also you could follow actual people like artists and niche hobby groups. It had a purpose. I mean, a passable one. Not anymore
msage@programming.dev 1 year ago
‘Undermining democracy’ is still a purpose
AdamantRatPuncher@lemmy.world 1 year ago
He’s absolutely fine with that. If anything, he represents the other side of tech billionaires, the illuminated technocrat. He thinks he’s above the other social parts at a certain extent, so he’s fine with anti-democracy arguments as long as they support his view of the world, including the idea that he’s that saviour of us all, through technology, of course.
Gamey@feddit.de 1 year ago
Yea, if you tolled me that shithole could get any worse two years ago I would have laughed but damn was I ever wrong!
CosmoNova@feddit.de 1 year ago
It’s crazy how media pretends Twitter wasn’t the biggest contributor to Trump’s MAGA movement, being the most followed user on the site up until his fanatic followers stormed the US capitol. I mean did people already forget these dreadful years of “Trump tweeted” every single day??? Twitter has been an enemy to democracy for many years.
SMT42@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I don’t know how you can say that was anti-democratic, though.
That level of open and direct communication from the sitting president is very democratic. Say what you will about the content of that communication, but Twitter did not act undemocratically by allowing the president to speak freely…