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I have a prediction that will make you happier: This is a temporary thing, that will generate a TON of press (outrage ; praise by the fans at the amazing bold strategy move) and will also generate a TON of signups right as there is a wave of people leaving Reddit.

And then it will magically open back up. (More press)

And that's the story of pretty much every one of the outrageous/bold/brilliant/terrible strategic decisions you've heard of since the Twitter takeover.

What's most amazing is that it works everytime, I'm surprised there isn't an Onion copy/paste article about this each time.

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This wasn’t the case for Twitter API pricing changes.

My Twitter usage is down a lot since they killed off 3rd party clients.

> My Twitter usage is down a lot since they killed off 3rd party clients.

Every user hostile move they've made basically halves my usage.

I used to spend way too much time on Twitter, now it's 10 minutes a week and I don't feel like I miss much.

It’s a gigantically dumbass move that’s killed off all amateur creators and consumers. My feed is just filled with full-time content creators churning out 1/20 threads that are consumed by other full time content creators.

Just a boring echochamber.

> 1/20 threads

Its the twitter equivalent of youtube thumbnail face with 10 million $$$$$$$ in the title.

This EXTREME EMERGENCY that Musk is talking about is not AI - it's Musk himself.

He is killing engagement and ad income, has to slow the bleed, and is now looking under every rock for some gains, GOTO 1.

New Coke anyone?

>will also generate a TON of signups

I've been meaning to make a Twitter account since I follow a few accounts for some games that I play.

Between Twitter not being owned by a loon anymore and finally a reason to overcome my laziness, why not?

And yes, I know I'm playing right into Twitter's hand. Whatever, I actually like Musk anyway (an unpopular opinion that will no doubt get me flagged around these parts).

hilarious how this is downvoted

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