Comment by akira2501
1 year ago
> Things just got worse.
I hated twitter 5 years ago, and I hate twitter today. People act as if Elon's presence changed anything. From an outside point of view, it changed nothing, the site never had any value to begin with.
It's original existential proposition was: "Artists can now talk to fans directly instead of going through third party media companies."
It really has done a _fantastic_ job with that. It was never possible that it could effectively do more. Unsurprisingly, the people who need this media exposure, are the most devoted to pretending that it could be, as it would mean their time spent there is not just naval gazing but somehow "social activism."
It's typical lazy American politick.
> Things just got worse
I quite like twitter now. I wasn't enough of a user five years ago to judge if it's better or worse.
Even the 'free speech' stuff is not so bad. The mainstream media can be a bit prone to blocking things at times.