return2ozmaThe year Twitter died: a special series from The Verge
SquizzyEntertain the Elk on the YouTube does a great series on this format.
nothing of value was lost
Strongly disagree
Twitter as a venue for influencers to yell at brands and for brands to make risque jokes and for people to have hot takes? Good riddance
Twitter as a venue to allow the people being directly impacted by oppressive regimes, ethnic cleansing, and natural disasters to speak directly to the world? That is very much something that will be missed. My hope is that that would migrate to Mastodon (which would have a lot of benefits) but there is nothing quite so ubiquitous and “simple” that still allows the people being erased by brutal regimes to have a voice.
Twitter as a venue to allow the people being directly impacted by oppressive regimes
Twitter has played a large role in supporting said regimes.
Yes. That is the nature of an open platform. If you can find a way to keep the bad people off while not preventing the good people from having a choice, the world would love to hear it.
You say this as if the entire world used Twitter.
Day to day? no
When shit hits the fan? The Arab Spring is probably the quintessential example. But en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter#Usage_2 and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter_usage are good reads to be aware. Rather than just, ironically, do a drive by hot take.
Plenty of people are linked to it, but that would be the same without Twitter, too. Twitter is not new nor is it unique. It’s a flavour.
I think you are stuck in your own bias.
Yes. If a different service had the same market share and the same base concept it would fulfill the same role.
But twitter is what fulfilled that role in this timeline. And, as many of us have been lamenting since the chudstain bought it, that is a very major loss.
The world is not and was not a better place with Twitter in it. Grow up.
People are generally stupid and easily influenced. Not sure if you’ve noticed but (“western”) society has pretty much taken a nose dive over the last couple of decades. Social media such as Twitter and Facebook are a big reason for that.
Personally, I think giving a voice to the voiceless is important and twitter’s role in many of the protests listed in the wikipedia links I assume you ignored have been incredibly important. Especially as it gives a venue to convey information that news outlets might shy away from for a range of reasons.
If supporting civil disobedience and a way for people to rapidly communicate and coordinate searches in times of emergencies is childish then I hope to never “grow up”/
so long and you will not be missed
ForestOrca"the year twitter died" is passive, and generally not a preferred way to write this, as there are specific actions by one (EM) or several individuals. The active phrase, "the year twitter was killed", is more reflective of the actual situation, and thus better communication. FTFY.
but this is the news, and as much fun as it might be to point fingers, that could get the office in trouble. Better to just use the passive voice, avoid ruffling any feathers, and maintain neutrality.
No, that’s still passive voice. A complete active voice would also require a subject to do the killing, so it would have to be “the year Elon killed Twitter”.
z500But “was killed” is literally a passive construction
And "died" is active too
How about murdered
200M users and it’s dead? OK then…
it’s literally called x now
Trustworthiness in the platform is dead. Musk uses it like his personal sandbox. Advertisers are quickly pulling out. I don’t know how they’re possibly financially staying afloat.
Twitter was so engrained in communication that it’s difficult for many users to leave (sports, etc.). So, I agree, it’s not dead yet, but Musk seems to be doing everything he can to poison the well.
I can’t imagine how removing the communications department from a company that specializes in communication seemed like a good idea…
Ashley GravesTwitter’s userbase went down by 20% while all other big tech platforms had a ~5% increase
200m active users on a platform that has 1.4 billion accounts? Okay.
In my personal case I will not miss it… go fuck yourself twitter rot in hell.
Hal-5700XHey everyone! It’s the yearly “Twitter is dead” article.
I love how people are now saying Twitter sucks now. But the problem is Twitter always sucks. Yes even under Jack Dorsey it sucked.