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Murtaza Hussain
@mazmhussain
Suppression of links on Twitter and replacement with decontextualized videos and rambling, unedited "takes" seems very calibrated to make its users gradually dumber. The entire benefit of Twitter was as a news aggregation service that acted as a portal to find comprehensive knowledge and information. Its probably lowering the collective IQ at this point.
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Alexander C. Kaufman
@kaufman
The fact that I can’t get any traction on a post that isn’t a screenshot of an article with no link to said article totally defeats the purpose for me
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Icetoad 🎩🍕
@icetoad.eth
Twitter pre Elon was amazing as a source for breaking news. Things hit Twitter before they could be published by the likes of WP, BBC, NPR, NYT, LAT, WSJ, etc. The journalists that are still hanging around there have also started to develop followings on Bluesky etc. The Twitter algo at this pouint is geared toward, bigotry, misinformation/disinformation, and pure drivel.
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agusti
@bleu.eth
now its a weapon for elon against the people
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Callum Wanderloots ✨
@wanderloots.eth
Agreed, have been thinking this for a while. But the scary part is that the impact will remain the same regarding the attention spent
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Boiler(Chris)
@boiler
I wouldn’t know what is going on there now. I’ve deactivated my account and deleted the app a couple weeks ago.
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Yakuza
@iamtherealyakuza.eth
Spot on. Used to be a gateway to real info, now it’s just noise.
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Garance
@garance
Twitter at its beginnings was made for discovery, meaning to find links ! This is the worst centralizing anti open internet move one can do, and says a lot about its owner goals...
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keccers
@keccers.eth
It was making me do less. I think of that place like a drug now. Another friend of mine quit and with no X shipped a whole iOS app. It’s fucked up, honestly
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Tiki
@t1k1
Never was a huge fan of twitter but now it’s absolutely unbearable. The only reason i’d open it is if someone posts a link to a twitter post here and every time i make the mistake to venture into the comments it makes me nauseous. So very thankful for having farcaster now.
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L3MBDA
@l3mbda
twitter’s decline is a cautionary tale about what happens when a platform prioritizes profit over purpose
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85mdv6v5x
@85mdv6v5x
Twitter's shift undermines its news aggregation value.
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