As we move to ban TikTok, and as we use that move as an excuse to pass a new supercharged Patriot Act for the entire internet, every other social network including Twitter moves to transform itself into TikTok. Twitter under Elon Musk is unique in that it has a second goal, a mission of the utmost importance. To charge you $8.
Haven't read the full post yet but an update to "That means most accounts you follow won’t even be eligible to appear, and the others won’t appear often." -- Elon clarifies this is not the case: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1640800519894736896
Thanks for a useful summary of the impact of all this change. My web 1.0 system of dealing with Twitter: I don’t have an account, have a small number of bookmarks of accounts I like on nitter, and periodically review them when I want something to read. It led me to subscribe here so I must be doing something right!
You forgot your obligatory TikTok Is Chinese Spyware, Do Not Use warning.
As usual, thanks for keeping me up to date on Twitter so I can keep a pulse on social media developments without using it. It's good to know what's happening to everyone else's information flows.
Haven't read the full post yet but an update to "That means most accounts you follow won’t even be eligible to appear, and the others won’t appear often." -- Elon clarifies this is not the case: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1640800519894736896
Thanks for a useful summary of the impact of all this change. My web 1.0 system of dealing with Twitter: I don’t have an account, have a small number of bookmarks of accounts I like on nitter, and periodically review them when I want something to read. It led me to subscribe here so I must be doing something right!
Skipped... I do zero social media, unless substack counts. My kids like/use Tik-Tok.
You forgot your obligatory TikTok Is Chinese Spyware, Do Not Use warning.
As usual, thanks for keeping me up to date on Twitter so I can keep a pulse on social media developments without using it. It's good to know what's happening to everyone else's information flows.
I split that post off from this one and the warning didn't make the cut. Also with S 686 I may want to rethink my strategy on that...
(It is still Chinese Spyware, don't use it, everyone.)
Is it not just safe to assume every phone app is spyware, including Twitter? A bit like preferring to be killed by a Chinese or US AGI, I suppose.