James FeltonNov 8, 2022

Probably not going to talk about this on Twitter (good lord that site is toxic) but it really does suck that the world’s richest man had a whim and now suddenly people who rely on it for income just… can’t anymore.

Books don’t actually pay that well, but I was able to cut down to 4 days at my day job, 1 day to write books (something I’m proud of!) but looking at followers drop off, I think that’s now just gone.

This was a fun first toot huh

Show threadAndy McGuire 🐕
@Jimmfelton I can't see how it will ever recover either. The damage has been done now. People will now always be aware that the risk of someone coming with a ton of money and buying something that we all took for granted is real. And that makes it difficult to have any trust in the platform anymore. I can see Facebook being next. Decentralised and not owned by anyone is really the only security we have.
Nov 8, 2022 at 12:49pmWeb
Show threadRob ENov 10, 2022
@asjmcguire @Jimmfelton I thought the Facebook shipped had sailed a long time ago, particularly in terms of trust
Show threadAndy McGuire 🐕Nov 10, 2022

@robotrob @Jimmfelton so far Facebook hasn't had a mass exodus. Both Facebook an Twitter have in the past introduced changes that made the userbase angry and claim they were going to leave - but then a week later, very few people had actually left.

This Twitter incident though, is different - and people on Facebook are going to be more concerned about it's future because of it.