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Musk is undeniably just trying to run twitter into the ground at this point. (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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[–] 25 points 3 years ago (2 children)

It's honestly extremely humorous. I made a Twitter account in 2015 because it was a requirement for a emergency management crisis communications class I was taking for work. After the course ended I didn't log into it again until Musk bought Twitter. I knew it was going to be a hilarious dumpster fire and wanted to watch it melt down in real time. It hasn't disappointed. But this most recent thing about the rate limits is so hilariously dumb I figured I'd seen enough. Deleted the app off my phone yesterday.

As you point out, Twitter's death is going to mean a huge improvement to journalism. Someone on Lemmy mentioned yesterday how nice it is to not be on Reddit which had gotten to be like 80% Twitter screenshots. Twitter and Reddit diving like this at the same time is going to be a net positive.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Not sure how good it is that the only remaining Social Networks are owner by Meta (I don't count YT as a Social Media as I never use it to engage in comments there).

    Edit: Ig there is tiktok now, too. Still it makes Metas slice of the Social Media pie bigger.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    But Meta doesn't own social media. They have some social media platforms that are finding direct, open-source alternatives to their service...for FREE. The days of uncontested, corporate-controlled, AI-manipulated social media have come to an end.

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