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Comment by 1shooner | Hacker News Reader

I think Twitter is the best counterargument to this defeatism. I don't personally know anyone that uses the platform any more, and I don't recall needing it for anything for years. From that remove, it's now just the platform for lazy politicians, lazy journalists, and scammers of one form or another. If there's more exclusive information there I'm not aware of, I really don't need it.

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Yes. And if something truly important should occur on the platform then it will be reported elsewhere.

What do we really think we're missing out on by not using X?

Also, for some reason, AI companies like DeepSeek who would rather post news exclusively there than vibecode their own news site.

Do you actually need that news?

No, but I'm referring to the AI news that gets posted on HN with a former Twitter link, because those companies don't have a proper news site of their own.

And love that after many years, despite going all in on the silly x name, it’s still Twitter to many.

I don’t really see X as Twitter anymore. The old Twitter is long gone, Bluesky for me is its spiritual successor and everyone I know from Twitter is there now (Mastodon is its own thing somehow, still nice but feels different for me).

However, I still call Meta Facebook, just because. :)

my understanding is twitter is primarily bots at this point

i'm surprised any human is still there

then your understanding seems to be quite limited :)

what even was the point of typing that? it just reads as kindergarten bully on an ipad.

dont see how its bullying? someone is demonstrating a very childish point of view , almost to the point of preaching. which I would say a little bit of critical thinking says is otherwise. why else would so many want xcancel in the first place?

not really, no

so people just want to be looking at X for all the bot posts.. got you :)

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