On my machines twitter got blocked. That's what happened to twitter. At least for me.
It's a terrible website. Character limit leads to terribly shallow discussions that still need to be split into multiple posts. It's a dumb medium of exchange.
It's a terrible website. Character limit leads to terribly shallow discussions that still need to be split into multiple posts. It's a dumb medium of exchange.
Ultimately, the greatest danger to the written word is that, because it is so easily indexed, fascistic employers (pardon the redundancy) can, in a couple of seconds, search everything a target has ever written and find reasons either to reject him (after he has passed an interview) or reduce his offer on evidence of lower leverage. Social media is a fool's game. In ten years or so, the ultimate flex will be not to partcipate.
Twitter somehow survives in spite of this, because (a) it is an unserious format, a fact that lends some plausible deniability, (b) a fraction of people--arguably perversely, but also arguably nobly--enjoy gambling with their reputations, and (c) there is a defeated, demoralized understanding among the young that, given the destruction of the middle-class labor market, not to play the social media game is just as dangerous (it suggests having something to hide) as to play it. So today's savvy young people might tweet a little bit but mostly lurk, or use alternate accounts to post anything that might get serious.
wait till you find out about hacker news
Should be noted though that I only interact with twitter trough Tweetbot and with a extremely curated follow list. And in this specific way I find it's a great way to keep up to date on industry specific news and learn about new things (by following people in other industries).
It's far from perfect but I have not found any other way to keep up to date with the thoughts of people I look up to or find interesting. I had high hopes for micro-blogging but it has not caught on yet.