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Comment by DennisAleynikov | Hacker News Reader

yeah still waiting on this so called twitter sudden death as people keep hyping up.

"this isn't an airport you don't need to announce your departure" - aristotle probably

I stopped using Twitter months ago. Stopped Tweeting and only visit the site if I need to follow a link. I never announced it. There was a trend of high profile Tweeters announcing their departure, and some may well have relapsed (I don't keep track) but it would be interesting to see how many people just stopped bothering with the site and all its drama.

you're announcing it to me right now, must I quote Aristotle again?

if twitter is dead to you, let it rot and die in the corner. free yourself from caring about its outcomes

With the notable exception of Digg, big-bang deaths are rather rare for social networks (and even Digg's wasn't _quite_ as big-bang as people tend to remember); they drift slowly into obscurity. While there might be a triggering factor that could be remembered as the cause of the decline, it's generally hard to pinpoint a time of death.

It probably is polite to announce when you switch communication channels if you have any kind of audience.

twitter's a bit of fun. i'm loving this wrestling match hype between zuck and musk.

and watching wagnerPMC storm moscow was no snoozefest

Un/fortunately, they didn’t storm Moscow. It was rather interesting to see them advance, however. Though whether this was a distraction to hide something else (say, “banishing” a PMC closer to the border) or a genuine coup has yet to be seen.

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