I’m immensely grateful to him for entrusting me with the responsibility of protecting free speech, turning the company around, and transforming X into the Everything App.
Translation: I’m so thankful that I’ve had the opportunity to devote 2 years of my life to a company that was able to build a product that could appropriately express its true love for Adolf Hitler.
the_q@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I can’t believe people still use Twitter.
mienshao@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I think this every single time I see news about that website. Like what the fuck is possibly on there that justifies using that piece of shit platform? Insanity.
Objection@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
This sketch was about Facebook but it’s also relevant to Twitter
ter_maxima@jlai.lu 3 weeks ago
Non-fediverse social media is designed to be addictive because that’s how the people running it make money.
mhague@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You can mimic the feel of Twitter by taking reddit threads and cutting them at the most popular reply (Reddit already does this), and then reversing the order. Now the “best” content is front and center and the conversation / context is in the background. Users don’t have to go through the tediousness of a discussion before experiencing the sheer joy of a witty response. The emotions come faster and more consistently.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
People use it for the same reason they use Truth Social.
CluckN@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Unfortunately I think people don’t care how the sausage is made. It has porn and
racistedgy memes so they’ll keep coming back.Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
There’s just a lot less activity on the alternatives. Especially if you’re trying to follow niche interests.
Obviously, I left, but I get how barren it can feel when the latest post about a hobby of yours is 3 days old, instead of 3 minutes.
mal3oon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Tech news. Fast tech news. It’s well centralized. Unfortunately nothing comes close (not reddit, nor HN, nor lemmy).
Ulrich@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
People. Lots of people. Including Doctor Cory Doctorow and Molly White.
9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I dont really care that the average person still uses twitter… What’s INFURIATING is that gov’t agencies are still using that shit. Why are important pieces of information still being shared on twitter??
don@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
The Secretary of Defense coordinated military operations on Signal, accidentally included a reporter to the group chat (who later spilled the tea on the whole thing), and in that chat claimed they were “clean” on their opsec.
That’s what republicans do. They’re dumber than a bag of wet bags.
wetsoggybread@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
My friend works for a local town that has a presence on fb, twitter, and inatgarm. The main reason he says they haven’t moved to platforms like blsky is because as a government entity they are required to be able to archive all online communications for situations like a Right-to-know request but run into the issue that these small platforms aren’t supported by the archiving software so they can’t move away completely until then. Fun fact: 1st amendment prevents the government pages from removing or hiding comments you leave on their posta
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Don’t be surprised that fascists use the fascist megaphone.
ripcord@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I keep getting arguments from peoplee about this, even on Bluesky.
Apparently it’s too much to expect people to inconvenience themselves and not follow their favorite musicians or whatever.
If the vast majority of people can’t be assed to take the absolutely easiest step possible to fight (or avoid supporting) fascists/Nazis, then we really are fucked.
Same thing with how people could very, very easily choose just NOT to buy another Nazicar. Yet 90% if Americans still bought one last month as a year earlier. It’s just about the smallest sacrifice I can think of - just buying a DIFFERENT car that you might not like quite as much.
And I think the fact that we are where we are right now also confirms the problem.
DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Perhaps it’s because I’m old, but I kinda hit a wall a few years back where I stopped giving a shit about what famous people had to say on the internet. So on that basis, the move from Twitter to Mastodon was easy for me. Less easy was leaving behind people who I liked, but life is change, and we leave people behind all the time.
jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Are you saying 90% of Americans bought a Tesla last month?
SupraMario@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yea I really don’t understand this, like move it’s 2 seconds to join bluesky…like damn
Lanusensei87@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
People just don’t want to quit because the alternatives aren’t populated enough… Which is caused by people not leaving. Twitter is to many a necessity for their business, just like many softwares provided by scum companies.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
bluesky is populated “enough”.
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
We can all go entire books at this point with the things we can’t believe…
This timeline is fucking insane, and twice as depressing as anything I thought I’d ever live through.
Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
people are always resistant to changing habits
simplejack@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I feel like the common use cases are:
makyo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m guessing also - 3b. and you know they buy stupid shit
Stanley_Pain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Lots of Nazis around these days. That’s why.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Lotsa Nazis out there.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Lots of people addicted. Never had it, thought it was stupid when it came out.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
2 foreign parties have interest in keeping it up. MSB and putin.
crusa187@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Perhaps you shouldn’t. At this point, it’s likely the majority of users are bots.
1984@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Most of the content here is from twitter, so yeah…
Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
What?
Samskara@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
There’s still some information on certain topics, where it is the best place to find it. OSINT for example.
People who use Twitter to publish and have a large audience are reluctant to leave their followers behind. Convincing followers to go over to a new platform is not so easy. If you fear losing 70% of your followers, if you switch to Blusky, or 95% if you switch to Mastodon, then it might be risky financially.
Network effects are strong.
Lizardking13@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
For me, it’s the best place for quick sports updates. Many writers have moved to bluesky, but many more have not. Sports Twitter is the sole reason I use it.
the_q@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
This right here summarizes the problem.
“Yeah it’s full of Nazis and has had a big hand in the downfall of modern America, but my convenience!”