Christos Argyropoulos MD PhD3d ago

Some further thoughts about the reappearance of chronological ordering of posts in #twitter / #X

First an observation: I am seeing that people in the sciences use X for tweetorials/threads and mostly limit interactions outside their field (except when something really far out originates within our admin). The trolls will ofc resurface when one posts something popular that the PTB dislike (whether it is #ai , #covid , #climatechange, #vaccines). Nevertheless, since engagement is down ....

Show threadChristos Argyropoulos MD PhD3d ago

the unpleasantness is now at a minimum (especially if one resists the urgency to feed the trolls).

Effectively #twitter / #X is now back to functioning as a microblogging platform for many people worth following.

But if one is using X for microblogging, why not #fediverse (longer posts for free) ? When #WordPress fully integrates with #ActivityPub, one can monetize on WordPress and distribute via the Fediverse (and get the interactions in a moderated environment).

Christos Argyropoulos MD, PhD3d ago
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I am afraid that Elon and Zuckerberg cooked themselves in when they allied with certain interest groups and #enshitified their product in the quest for ad money. #Facebook will start limiting links too for professional accounts trying to keep people on a platform that is dying from scamming, reels and AI slop. History of business is not going to be kind to those who destroyed global agoras for ephemeral gains.
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Show threadAuscandoc3d ago
@ChristosArgyrop Yes… would much rather see the content here.. longer posts, better threading, hashtag following, multiple hashtags…
Show threadChristos Argyropoulos MD PhD3d ago
@auscandoc We are having a conversation over at #bluesky with @mike_johansen who was asking about the interactions around medical content. The truth is that those are minimal but unless one builds it people will not come.