true? 

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Twitter was pretty good before he bought it

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By necessity true social networks lean into strengthening intra and cross ties between groups. 

That’s the whole point of a network in the first place. 

I think we’ll see a renaissance in social media apps with the balkanization of the internet of groups

Based on X’s direction it doesn’t feel compatible tbh

Yes but it’s mostly an issue of classification imo. 

All “social media platforms” today have morphed into “performance media platforms” because building loops for people to make virally engaging content is what makes money. 

Useful social networks are inherently smaller and…

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This one’s pretty okay ngl.

@survey are any existing social networks great?

"we will try our best" meaning "I will make decrees on a whim with zero research, and my staff will snap to it"

agree but also twitter is not going in the direction of "social network". it goes in the direction of "social media", where it's more about consuming content from big accounts than vibing with your friends

It feels like Twitter is going in the wrong direction — no dedicated moderation resources (e.g. scams, bots, trolling, platform manipulation still rampant), misaligned incentives (payouts are encouraging the worst kind of social media experience), getting rid of blocking (?), etc.