Back on Christmas Eve of last year there were some reports that Elon Musk was in the process of shutting down Twitter’s Sacramento data center. In that article, a number of ex-Twitter employees wer…

Back on Christmas Eve of last year there were some reports that Elon Musk was in the process of shutting down Twitter’s Sacramento data center. In that article, a number of ex-Twitter employees wer…

  • joeEnglish
    10·
    2 years ago

    Well, arguably the microblogging format does have some intrinsic disadvantages.

    • MotoAshdeleted by creatorEnglish
      6·
      5 months ago

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      • joeEnglish
        8·
        2 years ago

        I would argue that the format incentivizes short quips and discussions lacking nuance in favor of brevity, and yes, therefore it’s “bad” (to use their term) to use Twitter even if musk wasn’t turning it into Truth Social.

        • TwilightVulpineEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          I would argue that a brief, broadly encompassing feed has its advantages when it’s not being driven into lunacy. Discussions on Twitter are always terrible, but as a source for news headlines and media announcements it works pretty well.

          • joeEnglish
            2·
            2 years ago

            Sure, but you can get that with something more long-form, too; it’s not exclusive to Twitter/microblogging .

            • TwilightVulpineEnglish
              1·
              2 years ago

              Conversely, if someone wants a summarized feed, having to browse past walls of text is an inconvenience.

              • joeEnglish
                3·
                2 years ago

                Well, that’s a good point but I still think there are better services than Twitter/microblogging for that. Like our old friend RSS

                • TwilightVulpineEnglish
                  1·
                  2 years ago

                  I like RSS in theory, I used it a lot, but these days websites don’t maintain them as well as they used to.