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I made accounts on Mastodon and Blue Sky but most people still use Twitter, so if there's info you're looking for, or if you want to share things, you're forced to use what most people are using.
I deleted my 2007-era Twitter account in 2022 and not once have I felt like I was missing out on any “info” or felt like I wasn’t able to share things.
I've never had a Twitter account and never felt the need for one, also haven't been missing out on that junk. I've read lots of tweets, on occasions when I was offered a twitter link for whatever, but just never felt like I needed to join up at all. Just seems like a waste of time to get on social media where all the posts are just small bits of opinionated content without much depth.
Seriously, I just dont understand microblogging. It seems deliberately shallow.
Well how could you feel that way when you don't even know what you're missing out on?
I have over 1200 users and communities blocked on Lemmy as well as dozens of word filters that hide content from me. I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything either but I know I'm - it's by design.
Saying “I’ve never once felt that I was missing out” is not the same as saying “I know I’m not missing out.” You seem to be addressing the latter when I said the former.
I feel that way because it’s how I feel.
Thats cool but it is a transitional thing. If you keep going back the transition doesn’t happen. Stand your ground.
What info do you need from Twitter you can’t get elsewhere unless you’re a journalist? Genuine question this isn’t bait lol
I just accepted I'm not getting the information now; but a whole bunch of small creators will basically only talk about their content and schedule on twitter. Like if something is going to be late, they are going on vacation or they are doing an extra stream or etc.
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sdfsafWhat's the pod?
I’m not sure, but wanted to add another hot take: if you’re a journalist and you use Twitter as a primary source for your work, you’re not a journalist.
You can do your part to get that info off of Twitter.
Get a separate browser just for Twitter use. If there’s info that’s only on Twitter re-post it elsewhere.
I hear you ... most people are still there (I've claimed in the past that it will be the MS Windows of social media, that no one really openly talks about using but is actually everywhere).
But I feel it may be useful to distinguish FOMO and social media gossip from actual useful information. I'm not saying there's nothing useful on Twitter (I don't actually know). But we're talking about microblogging and social media here.