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Well, it is the biggest news of the day that is dominating the cycle currently. And considering the majority of the country is right, seeming more vocal and are in the position to spike the football then 70-30 seems about what you'd expect to find at the town square.
Ftr - I meant it was ALL hot garbage.....
Good post. I would expand this to beyond communities/forums though, it’s anything that is paid via advertising, which includes search and traditional media. It’s the same reason why the right complains about google search and its why “news” outlets produce the content they do.
There's a documentary!!!!!
For me, it comes up as the default
I would be more than a little surprised if there wasn't or at least continual A/B testing on the "For You" tab to test for maximal engagement for each individual. What keeps me there longer is going to be different than what keeps you there.
His net worth is now over $300 Billion, good for him not so sure about the rest of us.
$200B of market cap gained. Musk owns 22%. $40B of equity increase. Twitter cost $40B? I know we've had a lot of smart people questioning his purchase of Twitter here, but maybe this Musk guy is good at the business thing lol.
The funny thing is that approximately zero of those people are going to think to themselves "Huh, looks like I misjudged this situation -- maybe I should go back and see where I went wrong." In two weeks or so, somebody will bump this thread with another version of "Elon Musk is a stupid dum-dum" without missing a beat.
I believe that, he obviously wanted to renegotiate, using the questionable user numbers as a basis. But I don't think it was about the money for him.
Just joined BlueSky. I had tried a bunch of the other alternatives previously and found all of them extremely lacking. BlueSky seems really promising if they can attract a larger user base. They’re gaining some momentum and have added over 1M users over just the last week.I'm still on Twitter but have moved the app to a subfolder and promoted Bluesky to my home screen
This looks exactly like Twitter. What is the benefit of changing?Just joined BlueSky. I had tried a bunch of the other alternatives previously and found all of them extremely lacking. BlueSky seems really promising if they can attract a larger user base. They’re gaining some momentum and have added over 1M users over just the last week.I'm still on Twitter but have moved the app to a subfolder and promoted Bluesky to my home screen
You get a tiny fraction of the users and they are more likely to be in your echo chamber?This looks exactly like Twitter. What is the benefit of changing?Just joined BlueSky. I had tried a bunch of the other alternatives previously and found all of them extremely lacking. BlueSky seems really promising if they can attract a larger user base. They’re gaining some momentum and have added over 1M users over just the last week.I'm still on Twitter but have moved the app to a subfolder and promoted Bluesky to my home screen
It does seem like its a similar ideology quitting X and moving there recently.You get a tiny fraction of the users and they are more likely to be in your echo chamber?This looks exactly like Twitter. What is the benefit of changing?Just joined BlueSky. I had tried a bunch of the other alternatives previously and found all of them extremely lacking. BlueSky seems really promising if they can attract a larger user base. They’re gaining some momentum and have added over 1M users over just the last week.I'm still on Twitter but have moved the app to a subfolder and promoted Bluesky to my home screen
The benefit is not using a site that is owned by a man nakedly promoting a partisan agenda full of bots and trolls.This looks exactly like Twitter. What is the benefit of changing?Just joined BlueSky. I had tried a bunch of the other alternatives previously and found all of them extremely lacking. BlueSky seems really promising if they can attract a larger user base. They’re gaining some momentum and have added over 1M users over just the last week.I'm still on Twitter but have moved the app to a subfolder and promoted Bluesky to my home screen
The main benefit right now is that its effectively a Twitter basketball "List" without occasionally stumbling into the "For You" feed (which has averaged naked bosoms 75% of the time the past week and I have been trying to see what's in my feed so its a pretty decent sample for me).The benefit is not using a site that is owned by a man nakedly promoting a partisan agenda full of bots and trolls.This looks exactly like Twitter. What is the benefit of changing?Just joined BlueSky. I had tried a bunch of the other alternatives previously and found all of them extremely lacking. BlueSky seems really promising if they can attract a larger user base. They’re gaining some momentum and have added over 1M users over just the last week.I'm still on Twitter but have moved the app to a subfolder and promoted Bluesky to my home screen
This looks exactly like Twitter. What is the benefit of changing?Just joined BlueSky. I had tried a bunch of the other alternatives previously and found all of them extremely lacking. BlueSky seems really promising if they can attract a larger user base. They’re gaining some momentum and have added over 1M users over just the last week.I'm still on Twitter but have moved the app to a subfolder and promoted Bluesky to my home screen
If I lived my life using that sort of heuristic, I would not be able to read a major newspaper, watch any Hollywood movies, watch any television shows, listen to any music, or play most video games. Nearly everything I consume is made by somebody with a different worldview that me.The benefit is not using a site that is owned by a man nakedly promoting a partisan agenda full of bots and trolls.This looks exactly like Twitter. What is the benefit of changing?Just joined BlueSky. I had tried a bunch of the other alternatives previously and found all of them extremely lacking. BlueSky seems really promising if they can attract a larger user base. They’re gaining some momentum and have added over 1M users over just the last week.I'm still on Twitter but have moved the app to a subfolder and promoted Bluesky to my home screen
It can also be a point that twitter is now a part of the cacophony rather than a step apart. There is a swirling mass of opinion, commentary, trolling and vitriol on most social media platforms and twitter is no exception and to drown out some of the discordant noise some find it better to move to a new place that hasn't been infected yet. I never consume tv/cable 'news" stations anymore, been 8 years running. I gave up scrolling my yahoo news feed last year as curating it to be a pain in the as and as of today this is the only site outside of pure sports and rotten tomatoes that I visit on line. It's been pretty peaceful for the last few months.If I lived my life using that sort of heuristic, I would not be able to read a major newspaper, watch any Hollywood movies, watch any television shows, listen to any music, or play most video games. Nearly everything I consume is made by somebody with a different worldview that me.The benefit is not using a site that is owned by a man nakedly promoting a partisan agenda full of bots and trolls.This looks exactly like Twitter. What is the benefit of changing?Just joined BlueSky. I had tried a bunch of the other alternatives previously and found all of them extremely lacking. BlueSky seems really promising if they can attract a larger user base. They’re gaining some momentum and have added over 1M users over just the last week.I'm still on Twitter but have moved the app to a subfolder and promoted Bluesky to my home screen
I encounter almost none of trolling/vitriol/etc. that other people experience. But I am currently following only 193 accounts, and some of those are just comedy/schtick accounts. If you think of a big RW account that you find obnoxious, it is fairly unlikely that I am following that person. Ben Shapiro is probably the main counter-example, but I follow him for "let's keep an eye on that corner of the internet" purposes, not because I feel particularly attached to him. (I have some comparable LW accounts in my follows).It can also be a point that twitter is now a part of the cacophony rather than a step apart. There is a swirling mass of opinion, commentary, trolling and vitriol on most social media platforms and twitter is no exception and to drown out some of the discordant noise some find it better to move to a new place that hasn't been infected yet. I never consume tv/cable 'news" stations anymore, been 8 years running. I gave up scrolling my yahoo news feed last year as curating it to be a pain in the as and as of today this is the only site outside of pure sports and rotten tomatoes that I visit on line. It's been pretty peaceful for the last few months.If I lived my life using that sort of heuristic, I would not be able to read a major newspaper, watch any Hollywood movies, watch any television shows, listen to any music, or play most video games. Nearly everything I consume is made by somebody with a different worldview that me.The benefit is not using a site that is owned by a man nakedly promoting a partisan agenda full of bots and trolls.This looks exactly like Twitter. What is the benefit of changing?Just joined BlueSky. I had tried a bunch of the other alternatives previously and found all of them extremely lacking. BlueSky seems really promising if they can attract a larger user base. They’re gaining some momentum and have added over 1M users over just the last week.I'm still on Twitter but have moved the app to a subfolder and promoted Bluesky to my home screen
Good thing you're not making it politicalYep. I think there's been two great takes I've read - one is that they've got a million new users and zero new opinions, the other, longer one is basically Elon buys Twitter > hacks out censorship > people say what they actually think > legacy blue-checks horrified > likes go private > users start liking what they actually like > more moderate takes get traction > instant cries of “algorithm rigged” > libs free platform, claim saving democracy by silencing themselves > election rolls around, public opinion reflected in real-time > turns out the average user isn’t a zealot, just wants normalcy and X is the signal, not the noise > those libs that didn't leave earlier panic, use their normal slurs, move to platform that will be bankrupt this time next yearIt does seem like its a similar ideology quitting X and moving there recently.You get a tiny fraction of the users and they are more likely to be in your echo chamber?This looks exactly like Twitter. What is the benefit of changing?Just joined BlueSky. I had tried a bunch of the other alternatives previously and found all of them extremely lacking. BlueSky seems really promising if they can attract a larger user base. They’re gaining some momentum and have added over 1M users over just the last week.I'm still on Twitter but have moved the app to a subfolder and promoted Bluesky to my home screen
This is a very good point. I strongly agree.
Don't go into replies, don't read comments, don't use For You...welcome to unmoderated, unfettered, non-aligned free speech, the invisible hand is at work.
I won’t join Bluesky because it’s basically the same viewpoint. I personally want differing viewpoints.This looks exactly like Twitter. What is the benefit of changing?Just joined BlueSky. I had tried a bunch of the other alternatives previously and found all of them extremely lacking. BlueSky seems really promising if they can attract a larger user base. They’re gaining some momentum and have added over 1M users over just the last week.I'm still on Twitter but have moved the app to a subfolder and promoted Bluesky to my home screen
Everyone I know putting any effort into Bluesky has changed solely as a statement against Musk.
Others have joined with a "see how it goes" (like me) as it's a new platform to gain more audience.
There are occasionally some funny remarks in the comments, but yeah that's where pretty much all the vitriol is. At least in my experience. I don't think that's unique to X.
If someone was spewing hate towards you, your race, class or religion you would find that "fun"?
That's just a normal workday, TBH.
Not for most people, that's not a healthy way to live.
I have not cancelled Twitter, but did join BlueSky to see what is going on there. The starter packs are nice. Was pleasant to see “darth” in my Timeline again.
Oh Darth is there???
