Good thing twitter is dead or this might have mattered.
What is it? Never used twitter
It was a way to view multiple lists at once, your home feed, various accounts, hashtags, your mentions, notifications, DMs, etc. Super useful. I stopped using Twitter altogether when they updated it earlier this year and made it significantly clunkier UX + promised to make it paid.
It was the only way to use Twitter for me. Custom feeds for lists etc, chronological, and all on one page. Such great information density.
I would have gladly paid to use it before the new ownership too. Then again the new update for it added a couple things I hate so that makes it easier to move on too.
The only way to use Twitter for work
Basically now you have to choose between quitting or giving money to the biggest asshole on the planet
what the fuck was he thinking with the rebrand? not only did he throw all of the brand identity that twitter had, x. com and especially x premium don’t exactly sound like social media sites if y’all get what im sayin
His goal is apparently to eventually make X an “everything” tool. It’s stupid and will flop.
He has all the money and capital in the world to force his dumb idea in to prominence.
People seem to think he’s trying to make X successful. That’s not the point at all. He’s trying to convert what was once a useful commons into a smoking hole full of trolls and conspiracy theories. There’s just no other reasonable way to look at his actions.
I’ve been saying this for awhile now. It’s the only reason he made that very public offer at the specific price he put out. He knew he couldn’t back out. He knew the line he was crossing so it wasn’t a spur of the moment purchase. He got Larry Ellison and a Saudi Investor involved. They didn’t all have the same crazy idea. These guys know they’re on the hook to the bank for whatever but between the 3 of them they’ll cover the losses and this big hub of rumor/news sharing will die. and they can stay mostly unharmed.
If you’re still on Twitter, you’re part of the problem.
