Matt BlazeDec 20, 2022

About a month ago, I observed that two main things I found lacking here vs. Twitter were accounts from professional creatives (artists, etc) and discussion of breaking news.

The creatives have definitely started to arrive. But the breaking news has been much slower. However, it also seems like breaking news is starting to disappear from Twitter.

I wonder what will fill that gap. Perhaps it will be here, eventually.

Show threadMatt BlazeDec 20, 2022
Up until very recently, if there was something important going on anywhere in the world, it was virtually certain to be in my Twitter feed. Not just RTs of media reports, but discussion, etc. That just doesn't seem to be true any more over there. And it's not here yet.
Show threadMatt BlazeDec 20, 2022
I suspect this has much less to do with software features, and algorithms and more to do with culture and who's come over here.
Show threadMatt BlazeDec 20, 2022
A bunch of people telling me I’m “wrong” to want, or would be “better off without” real-time access to breaking news and firsthand accounts. Maybe that’s true for you. But please don’t presume to speak for me. Not everyone wants or needs the same things.
Show threadJohn MinnihanDec 20, 2022

@mattblaze
are you getting a lot of the scoldings?

i haven't seen any yet so this is a genuine question

Show threadJosh O'Connor-Chen
@jbminn @mattblaze I don't think there are directed scoldings, just a lot of proclamations.
Dec 20, 2022 at 7:45pmWeb