Paco Hope

I know people are suffering with the demise of twitter. I donโ€™t want to minimise their pain. But this is a life lesson for you young folks. Everything is MySpace and Napster. Everything is AOL and GeoCities. Everything is a Zune and an Amazon Fire Phone.

If itโ€™s the first platform you counted on that died and let you down, itโ€™s not the last.

Dec 17, 2022 at 1:37amWeb
Show threadHashtagcyber (he|him)Dec 17, 2022
@paco I miss my zuneโ€ฆ.
Show threadJohn Von RaderDec 17, 2022
@hashtagcyber @paco It was so good. I also really liked the subsequent Windows Phone.
Show threadbbennettesq Dec 17, 2022
@paco I miss my zune.
Show threadAniko99Dec 17, 2022
@paco Geocities.... ๐Ÿ’•
Show threadDustin WilliamsDec 17, 2022
@paco yep there are so many things that rise and fall. At least of itโ€™s open source it can rise from the ashes.
Show threadAdrianaDec 17, 2022
@paco I miss my Palm Pilot
Show threadCJ Moose โš’๏ธ๐ŸŒ‹๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿปโ›บDec 17, 2022
@adriana @paco I miss my Palm Prฤ“.
Show threadChris Alemany ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐ŸŒฑDec 17, 2022
@paco oh Geocities!!! I was in Yellowstone?(3834??)
Show threadToddZ has moved to [email protected]Dec 17, 2022
@paco This is only true when you choose platforms that are owned by single companies or individuals. Use distributed/federated solutions and they last. Like html/web, email etc.
Show threadCJ Moose โš’๏ธ๐ŸŒ‹๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿปโ›บDec 17, 2022
@toddzim33 @paco how do you get an email address without owning a domain or using someone elseโ€™s domain? I've lost access to dozens of email addresses.
Show threadToddZ has moved to [email protected]Dec 17, 2022
@cjmoose @paco Right, but you didn't lose access to EMAIL entirely. You just changed hosts and moved on.
Show threadCJ Moose โš’๏ธ๐ŸŒ‹๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿปโ›บDec 17, 2022
@toddzim33 @paco I mean, you have to find all your contacts all over again. And your contacts lose you. You lose your email history, etc.
Show threadToddZ has moved to [email protected]Dec 17, 2022
@cjmoose @paco I think that's my point. We should be responsible/in charge of our data (download your emails/contacts if you want them) and be allowed to move to any host we want. Hell, Mastodon has a pretty clean 'move accounts' process... what more do you want?
Show threadCJ Moose โš’๏ธ๐ŸŒ‹๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿปโ›บDec 17, 2022
@toddzim33 @paco I'm not criticizing mastodon at all. What I'm saying is that me moving from Twitter to Mastodon is, IMO, very similar to losing my old email addresses. I've got my twitter history in a file, just like all my downloaded emails. I've still lost touch with tons of people due to both.
Show threadToddZ has moved to [email protected]Dec 17, 2022
@cjmoose @paco ya, totally fair. the more we can get our own data in open formats and protocols the easier it becomes...
Show threadMark KuczewskiDec 17, 2022
@paco Good point. Of course, the #twitter failure seems to have many additional layers of lessons, e.g., the enormous concentration of wealth's ability to destroy infrastructure important to journalism, academia, and ultimately, democracy. And it has been destroyed on a simple, Caligula-esque whim.
Show threadDalchicoDec 17, 2022
@paco ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ
Show threadbetonglenDec 17, 2022

@paco

bird site brought a lot of knowledge and joy to my life.

its demise is a good reminder of #buddhism principle of the #Impermanence of everything.

Show threadwellactuallyDec 17, 2022
@paco - So true! Iโ€™ve been around a lot longer than Twitter. I canโ€™t say I miss the days of dial-up modems, but I certainly was around for many now defunct social applications. The thing you end up missing are the people, but I also found out that if you care enough, you find a way to stay in touch.
Show threadTamar YellinDec 17, 2022
@paco Zune!
Show threadDanielDec 18, 2022
@paco a good lesson in impermanence. Some Google services come to mind, Hotmail, there's plenty of examples.
Show threadbkc Dec 20, 2022
@paco Geocities. Wow. My gif website with a stat counter? What a time to be alive.