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Wanderbot Jul 24, 2023

I wrote a blog post about why the long-term loss of what Twitter used to be sucks, if you want to see a more business-side perspective on its decline, and why social media is crucial for small creators in general.

That said, I'm immensely glad the site is burning to the ground. That place hasn't been okay for ages, and it's unlikely to recover.

https://www.wanderbots.com/blog/losing-twitter-sucks

Losing Twitter Sucks — Wanderbots

The decline of Twitter, and to a lesser degree Reddit, has been a weird tragedy to watch unfold over the last few months. Technically it’s been happening for years, with countless controversies and issues that always made the future of social media look just a bit worse. The most recent issues, howe

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ftl Jul 25, 2023

@Wanderbot Yeah, this feels so right...

It feels like a lot of of the value of social media is unlocked when there's one place that "everyone" is. Which means that "indie" sites that don't growth-hack never get there. But the same stuff the companies need to do to try to get to be the "one place everyone goes" naturally makes that place turn to shit, because it means optimizing for engagement and stickiness above all else (and aggressively monetizing.)

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@Wanderbot Best of luck figuring it out. I'm not a creator at all, I just read and boost things, my approach has just been to sign up for half a dozen different sites and see what interesting stuff there is in different places, but that's a heck of a lot easier when I'm just looking for a few people to follow to kill time on the internet and am not counting on a following to make a living.