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[-] prwnr@programming.dev 82 points 1 year ago

people seem to be in a big need of something different than Twitter.

and also the FB/Instagram users are likely not to hesitate to join one more Meta app that preys on their privacy.

[-] unplug@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago

I really wonder how they managed to make the Twitter experience so bad. Musk took a working platform and made tons of weird choices. Now you can't even read Tweets without having an account.

[-] Javish@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

Cuz he's loco in the cabeza.

[-] _cerpin_taxt_@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Now you can't even read Tweets without an account.

Why would you even want to look at it at this point? It's Nazis all the way down now.

[-] unplug@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

As much as I like decentralized alternatives there are plenty of information accounts that are quite useful. For example in my country the rail company informs about interruptions and other issues on Twitter, which is useful to know.

[-] frozengriever@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Such public services should not rely on a single communication channel controlled by a capricious private entity.

[-] stiirfry@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Agreed, got an AMBER alert on my phone the other day and the link for more info leads to their twitter account... Which I couldn't see without logging in.

[-] PantsOnHead@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's because Musk sniffs his own farts and has bullshitted his way into more and more money his entire life. He wanted to morph Twitter into the platform he wanted, but also tried to make it net a profit, by 1) fucking over people/companies to whom he owed money, and 2) trying to squeeze money out of users who had used the platform for free for over a decade.

He's one of those asshole kids who start bum fights, but he's trying to get the bums to pay him for participating and he's not paying out to the bettors who won.

[-] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 4 points 1 year ago

Now you can’t even read Tweets without having an account.

They did walk that back, at least.

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