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[–] RegularGoose 93 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Why are people still on there? Twitter has been sold; the old management is never coming back. X is, almost explicitly at this point, a platform meant for crypto scammers and white supremacists, and that is not going to change. If you aren't part of or adjacent to those groups, fucking leave it.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

I deleted two weeks ago. I hadn't tweeted in years but I used it to read other people, but I'm done.

[–] yt_deliveries@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm hanging on until I get a BlueSky invite. I think a lot of people are doing the same.

[–] ashok36@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Why? What could you possibly be missing at this point if you just stopped using it?

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There are a lot of informative artists and educators that are otherwise scattered to the four winds (or worse, only on Facebook/TikTok/Instagram). I've learned a lot from people posting about field work they're actively doing, people certified to do all kinds of jobs I'd never otherwise get to hear from, etc. There's not as many as there used to be, but there's enough that I'd rather see what they have to say while I'm waiting for my Bluesky invite.

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[–] Cybersteel@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

People just like to Twitterbate. Can't say I get it, but then again I don't like to be pooped on during sex either. Different strokes, I guess.

[–] stergro@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Niche communities that took years to built up and that I can't find anywhere else. For example Esperanto speakers are quite active on Twitter. They also have their own Mastodon instance, but it is not the same. (I use both now)

[–] jungekatz@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Not exactly a twitter user , what is tweetdeck?

[–] Unforeseen 68 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The only thing that made twitter useable. No ads. You put your lists of people into columns, so you only saw exactly what you wanted to see. No algos trying to shove "you may like" stuff down your throat.

I use it for work reasons but I'm not paying for it, I'll deal without and start digging into what needs can be fulfilled with mastodon. I stopped using it the first time it broke for a week due to elon and I thought it was over then.

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago

No algo is the big one for me. Don't have to worry about that with Mastodon. And the advanced interface of Mastodon is also pretty nice.

[–] Saneless@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I used regular lists on Twitter till I stopped using it a few months ago. No ads, chronological order. It was good

But people I followed, I started seeing only replies from shitstain bluetlickers so I dropped it for good

[–] SilentStorms@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've never used TweetDeck but there is the Control Panel for Twitter, which makes it usable. It can auto-block all the bluechecks with under a million followers, hide the "For You" tab, block ads, and restore the old Twitter branding.

Unfortunately the main reason I use Twitter is not the platform itself, but the public figures that are on it. Mastodon (mostly) doesn't have that, though there is a trickle of some coming over.

[–] Unforeseen 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah same for the content. I use it for economic news primarily and while I'm starting to cultivate it with other means most of it is still on twitter.

Now that I think about it, since I don't interact on twitter I could make do with cross platform posting bots. Will need to spend some more time digging into mastodon this week.

[–] FoxBJK@midwest.social 29 points 2 years ago

It was a very popular 3rd party Twitter client that Twitter actually bought way back when.

[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

A desktop Twitter client, meant for power and business users. You could have multiple accounts open at the same time, search for mentions, etc.

[–] Wage_slave@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If he means being on X as in the party drug, and being back in his days i think he means the drugs (x=Ecstasy) were more fun than that shit post paradise that is robbing the the porno and hamster industries favorite letter, then I agree wholeheartedly.

Or he just means was on xhamster, or xporn or so forth, still agree.

Now, back to today's X

I'm just think of it as TruthX. That's closer to what Twitter is becoming anyway.

[–] johnnybravo@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

or maybe xxnx, xgroovy

[–] Jay 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you continue to use this platform, you shouldn't be surprised at something like this.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I definitely gave it up. Not giving dingdong Musk any engagement.

[–] salient_one@lemmy.villa-straylight.social 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] oldlamps 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It was back working until a few days ago. I have faith they'll figure out a solution

[–] Contend6248@feddit.de 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

And nothing of value is lost.

The project is cool and worked fine, but the Twitter isn't worth the hassle

[–] salient_one@lemmy.villa-straylight.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

As does Reddit, Twitter still contains some valuable information.

[–] 22dobbeltskudhul@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

No dude, you have to hate these platforms with a religiously burning passion.

[–] bignuts700@pawb.social 10 points 2 years ago

Tweetdeck was so good for getting deal notifications within less than a minute, they crippled the old tweetdeck after the api changes and the new tweetdeck doesnt have sound notifications

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And yet you're still using it.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I'm not. Deleted it.

[–] synceDD@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Rent free jesus

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is that still in existence?

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Yup. Used by comms people with multiple social media accounts

[–] demlet@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I have no idea what that is, and I'm very thankful for it.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Never go on Twitter. Try Firefish, it's the fediverse too and it's adorable.

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