So, the ending of twitter is to switch to Threads with FB's content moderation guidelines? I don't think so. We have social media fatigue rn. Twitter is is ok to get info really fast, rarely goes down, you have access to all kind of views (from extreme left to extreme right). This is the main reason gab, truth social, etc... won't be mainstream.
Fb hasn't been original from a long time. From trying to launch a substack competitor, stealing snapchat features, creating reels, etc. Now, developer wise, is a different game. React, Pytorch, Prophet, etc... hit after hit.
Twitter can be a "cesspool" but I don't trust fb at all.
> Twitter is is ok to get info really fast, rarely goes down, you have access to all kind of views (from extreme left to extreme right).
Twitter was ok to get (and, equally important in my opinion, share) info really fast; now you need to have an account, be logged in, and be under your meager daily quota to even be allowed to see anything. And everyone you want to share info with needs to do the same. The recent changes have pretty severely undermined what made Twitter stand out among its larger competitors.
The quota is temporary. I agree with you that latest changes have been crazy,but it 's not the end of the world. I much rather prefer Twitter than give Zuckerberg more power.
Now, I see them winning if they go Twitter's route and nuke their content moderation guidelines but since that won't happen, I doubt you'll see mass migration from the freedom fighters, hehe.
Reality is they need each other. Conflict is what gets Twitter going. That and memes.
The only "extreme left" account I followed on Twitter (Chad Loder) was personally banned by Elon because his #1 priority post-Grimes breakup has been trying to become a made man so the internet fascists will let him into their gang.
There are certainly tankies on there, which is a kind of person that claims to be left but is actually a reactionary.
I think the vast majority of people don’t care much about what happens at the outer bounds of content moderation. Most people go to Twitter for pretty normal internet conversations, which are increasingly difficult to have there: the Blue buffoons being at the top of every thread with nothing worthwhile to say, the constant spotlight on Elon drama, rate limiting, huge jump in bugginess, etc.
FB allows a sufficiently diverse, extreme, and even toxic political environment on FB for most everyone. What kind of content would Threads forbid that is more crucial to Twitter users than a functional service?
Putting the content of people who have to pay for engagement above everyone else was one of the most heroically dumb product decisions I’ve ever heard. I was fine putting up with everything else but then the service just became legitimately not compelling because of that.
