Ask HN: Should I Leave Twitter (as a user) ?
Now that Twitter is owned by (currently) the richest man in the world, is it time to leave the platform or is a wait-and-see attitude more appropriate?
It’s not like Facebook is much better. Google plus.. got googleaxed… You could get of social media all together.
Plus I can’t imagine Twitter is going to improve. I imagine it’s a slow slide as it tries to make more money..mastodon and it’s ilk aren’t popular, though I imagine this might push some to it. You end up following people where they’re posting, so to the extent those people are on Twitter you will be.
If Musk can’t keep his operations engineers happy it might be a moot point. I have no idea how they keep a site of that scale working, but I imagine it isn’t easy.
It's basically guaranteed to get worse what with Musk planning on bringing back more Trumpism, Covid misinformation, etc.
McCathy left a long shadow and a truly bicameral insanity wrt political discussion.
From a French perspective, where there's a literal communist party, and empty far-right populists, and everything in-between, seeing what would be classified as center-right here be labeled as "far-left" is funny. The two party system really is a disaster.
Ironically, only people in the US would think it is not.
US politics is pretty dang progressive on the global scale.
(Edit: I assume the question is about using Twitter; the answer indirectly addresses working for Twitter as well)
Established communities are highly sensitive to tectonic shifts in the underlying power structures.
The new management has come with an agenda to stir said structures, but does not make the impression of being particularly sensible or skilled at nurturing communities at large.
In other words, as soon as a community reaches a certain size, only very persistent policing can keep it bearable for members. Tampering with the moderation will likely upset that, and by the time the new management learns the ropes, it is likely that most communities will disband and move elsewhere. Hence my conclusion.
Proper disclosure: I don't have a Twitter account.
I really value some of the opinions and discourse I find on Twitter. However, I despise Musk, his brand and vision. I’m torn, but I’m planning to discontinue my Twitter usage and evaluate if there is a successor in 3-6 months.
I still have an account because I like to connect with other people of similar interests.
Can’t take Kanye seriously, I wouldn’t mind if he was allowed back on.
The problem is Kanye’s identity is now clearly bound to his convincing everyone else to do things his way, the man believes he is a prophet.
He really shouldn’t not be given a bullhorn to worsen his disability under the guise of ‘free speech’.
Elon Musk is a dick head and you shouldn't support his work.