Belghast Nov 16, 2022

So I continue to pop in on Twitter a few times a day, and it has been weird. This morning I read a post from a friend that said that "nothing has changed" and I am not sure if what he is saying is true and I have just gotten used to something better, or if it really has changed and he just didn't notice.

My feed doesn't feel like home anymore, and I am not sure entirely why. It's a subset of the same voices mostly, but it no longer seems as friendly and engaging.

Show threadeveghost 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧Nov 16, 2022
@Belghast I'm having a very similar experience, which has led me to realize that the friendly and engaging people are actually very few and far between. I get very little engagement with my Tweets at all and many of the interactions are quite superficial. I'm told by many that they never even see my tweets, indicating the algorithm may be a big part of it. Probably going to ween off completely.
Show threadBelghast Nov 16, 2022

@eveghost I used to say that using Twitter was like walking into a busy room... yelling a statement, and then walking back out. I think that is still true. So many of the things are just someone spouting something off and then it falling flat.

Even the dumbest thing I say here seems to hit a chord with someone and prompts a response :)

Show threadeveghost 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧Nov 16, 2022
@Belghast Exactly this. And there's just this level of apathy, where people can't even be bothered to like a tweet and help defeat the algorithm, whereas here, total strangers are supportive and engaged. I don't know what it is that fuels that apathy but it's sad.
Show threadBelghast Nov 16, 2022

@eveghost like you and I do not know each other really... in the grand scheme of things...

but I entered into following with the hopes of maybe you could be a new lifelong friend...

which is a hopefulness I have not had since the early days of the internet.

Show threadeveghost 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧
@Belghast Absolutely felt the same! And the excitement I find myself having for peoples' projects they're sharing here is both exhilarating and inspiring. Plus I've already learned some new things about accessibility, which is valuable in itself!
Nov 16, 2022 at 2:11pmWeb
Show threadBelghast Nov 16, 2022
@eveghost I really thought I would have less access to information being here, but it feels like I have way more access to a much broader swath of knowledge.