Thanks for the reply! That's a good list. Of those, I would break them down accordingly:
- Cool new features
- Encrypted direct messages
- Video streaming
- Ability to edit posts
- Communities (IDK what this but it sounds cool)
- Bookmarks
- Cashtag feature (?)
- Improved analytics for content creators
- Trivial decisions about policy
- Long-form content
- Bold and italic text formatting
- Untrue, or at least unverified
- Better verification system (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-confusion-and-risks-surrounding-twitters-verified-account-changes, https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/24/tech/musk-twitter-blue-check-mark/index.html)
- Open-sourced algorithm (https://www.wired.com/story/twitters-open-source-algorithm-is-a-red-herring/)
- Premium features (?)
- Improved search (?)
- Same shit different day
- Grok
Which, tbf, is a lot more cool features than I was giving them credit for! I still think the whole 'nazi' and 'arbitrary moderation' thing outweighs those changes by a lot, but they did add stuff.