They write so many articles on Twitter it will never die
The year Twitter died: a special series from The Verge
Submitted 11 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/c/23972308/twitter-x-death-tweets-history-elon-musk
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cozy_agent@lemmy.world 11 months ago
hasnt_seen_goonies@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I think they’ve said that Twitter and musk stories get a lot of traffic.
furzegulo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
so long and you will not be missed
BlackSkinnedJew@lemmynsfw.com 11 months ago
In my personal case I will not miss it… go fuck yourself twitter rot in hell.
ForestOrca@kbin.social 11 months ago
"the year twitter died" is passive, and generally not a preferred way to write this, as there are specific actions by one (EM) or several individuals. The active phrase, "the year twitter was killed", is more reflective of the actual situation, and thus better communication. FTFY.
z500@startrek.website 11 months ago
But “was killed” is literally a passive construction
nantsuu@kbin.social 11 months ago
And "died" is active too
djsoren19@yiffit.net 11 months ago
but this is the news, and as much fun as it might be to point fingers, that could get the office in trouble. Better to just use the passive voice, avoid ruffling any feathers, and maintain neutrality.
hal_5700X@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Hey everyone! It’s the yearly “Twitter is dead” article.
I love how people are now saying Twitter sucks now. But the problem is Twitter always sucks. Yes even under Jack Dorsey it sucked.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Entertain the Elk on the YouTube does a great series on this format.
onlinepersona@programming.dev 11 months ago
200M users and it’s dead? OK then…
AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Trustworthiness in the platform is dead. Musk uses it like his personal sandbox. Advertisers are quickly pulling out. I don’t know how they’re possibly financially staying afloat.
Twitter was so engrained in communication that it’s difficult for many users to leave (sports, etc.). So, I agree, it’s not dead yet, but Musk seems to be doing everything he can to poison the well.
I can’t imagine how removing the communications department from a company that specializes in communication seemed like a good idea…
LifeInOregon@lemmy.world 11 months ago
200m active users on a platform that has 1.4 billion accounts? Okay.
swag_money@lemmy.world 11 months ago
it’s literally called x now
agraves@lm.possum.city 11 months ago
Twitter’s userbase went down by 20% while all other big tech platforms had a ~5% increase
spudwart@spudwart.com 10 months ago
AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
nothing of value was lost
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Strongly disagree
Twitter as a venue for influencers to yell at brands and for brands to make risque jokes and for people to have hot takes? Good riddance
Twitter as a venue to allow the people being directly impacted by oppressive regimes, ethnic cleansing, and natural disasters to speak directly to the world? That is very much something that will be missed. My hope is that that would migrate to Mastodon (which would have a lot of benefits) but there is nothing quite so ubiquitous and “simple” that still allows the people being erased by brutal regimes to have a voice.
RTRedreovic@feddit.ch 11 months ago
Twitter has played a large role in supporting said regimes.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yep was a great way to reach politicians and people could hsve direct effect on companies. Because when people took their complaints to Twitter it got shit fixed quick.
Elon saw all this people joke but his goal from day one was to destroy the platform and render it useless for us small folk.
Because at one time it was a powerful tool we could of used to organize and get shit done.
spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
You say this as if the entire world used Twitter.