Micah LeeAug 1, 2023

An excellent article.

"They need us. We don't need them:" The fall of Twitter is making the trolls and grifters desperate https://www.salon.com/2023/08/01/they-need-us-we-dont-need-them-the-fall-of-twitter-is-making-the-and-grifters-desperate/

"They need us. We don't need them:" The fall of Twitter is making the trolls and grifters desperate

The business model depends on "triggering" liberals — but they're running out of progressives to bait

Salon.com
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@micahflee

That looked like a fun article. I skimmed it. I didn't see any numbers or references. No way to tell if it isn't something a writer spun up from nothing.

Aug 1, 2023 at 4:18pmWeb
Show threadDwevilAug 1, 2023
@beforewisdom Same. Maybe Twitter is dying off popularity wise but that article didn’t have any numbers to back itself up.
Show threadWilliam GunnAug 1, 2023
@beforewisdom @micahflee The author has more than a few axes to grind: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Marcotte
Amanda Marcotte - Wikipedia

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@williamgunn @micahflee

I skimmed the page you linked to correctly. I didn't say any connection to this conversation about the article being a fluff piece.