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Basically No One Has Joined Twitter for Months
- Thread starter LordOfLore
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Widdle Puppy
Banned
Yup.
Twitter is shady as hell and I'm pretty sure the site is an actual disaster if you were able to see under the hood of the engine.
I'm pretty sure it's just good for marketing and getting pop culture related info out there.
I bet most tweets are read in a web browser from someone linking what a famous person is saying.
Skellig Gra
Member
Twitter has been shit for years. Too much noise to do anything of substance.
...who?
Alpha Phoenix
Member
I use Twitter often, but I don't expect it to last for much longer.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
SoRuffShoNuff
Member
If the net gain is zero then we could use your statement to assume people are also joining in droves.
NYCmetsfan
Banned
How do people not use twitter but are on OT gaf?
Like everything people post is usually like at least an hour behind twitter.
Also news breaks on twitter, so I doubt it will go away.
Like everything people post is usually like at least an hour behind twitter.
Also news breaks on twitter, so I doubt it will go away.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
https://twitter.com/dril
This is big. Not only does the President announce policy on Twitter (ugh) but I can follow the journalists I want
Brawly Likes to Brawl
Member
Don't forget the biggest problem, people communicating nuanced statements and opinions through a thread instead of something more suitable like a blog post. Most infamous recent example was the series of tweets our Ass in Chief posted yesterday where in the 9 minutes between the first and second post, the Pentagon was freaking out because they thought he was going to announce military action.
DizzyCaffeine
Member
But I was told that Twitter is the pulse of the world and owns the moment anything big happens. Not adding new users seems counter to that notion.
News feels like slow mo on forums compared to my TL.
Ferguson and Trayvon Martin probably wouldn't have be big stories if it wasn't for Twitter. Hell, there's a great chance BLM wouldn't even exist if it weren't for twitter.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
Why would anyone need to use Twitter because they come here?
Twitter sucks and I hope it fails so something better will fill it's place. They have terrible moderation and the character limitation basically makes tweets the bumper stickers of the internet.
VeryGooster
Banned
Twitter is a goddamned mess visually and policy wise, and I hate that I still open the tab in the same vein I don't stop picking at a mosquito bite or scab.
Napoleonthechimp
Member
Anecdotal evidence in this thread says that people have joined. So saying no new users have been added is wrong. There's no net growth, not no new users.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
The thing about Social Media and Twitter in specific that I have studied is that it can make anything a story. I was able to follow what was happening in Raqqa because of the people ballsy enough to have their cell phone recording stuff. News can break on Twitter faster then you can blink, and journalists will pick up on those small rumblings.
Not only do world leaders and virtually every organization use Twitter, ISIS uses Twitter to spread its message and videos of executions and propaganda and no matter how hard Twitter tries to crack down on it (and they try hard) they wont go away. Its the same thing with those Russian bots you hear so much about. Now I am NOT comparing them to ISIS in any way, but the Black Lives Matter movement has also been powered through Twitter. It allows for people across the country to talk and mobilize. Would Ferguson have blown up as much as it did without Twitter?
Now the real issue with Twitter is that the people who run it wont stop making bad decisions. Liking a post can show up in your followers feed. You might be asking "Isnt that just a retweet" and the answer is no because you can control retweets. Twitter seems to care more about naughty curse words then verified neo-Nazi accounts siccing their thousands of kekistan/alt-right/scumbag followers on people. The whole shadowban debacle is when someone gets shadowbanned for saying "Eat shit" or "fuck you" to Richard Spencer and they are the ones who get banned.
Not only do world leaders and virtually every organization use Twitter, ISIS uses Twitter to spread its message and videos of executions and propaganda and no matter how hard Twitter tries to crack down on it (and they try hard) they wont go away. Its the same thing with those Russian bots you hear so much about. Now I am NOT comparing them to ISIS in any way, but the Black Lives Matter movement has also been powered through Twitter. It allows for people across the country to talk and mobilize. Would Ferguson have blown up as much as it did without Twitter?
Now the real issue with Twitter is that the people who run it wont stop making bad decisions. Liking a post can show up in your followers feed. You might be asking "Isnt that just a retweet" and the answer is no because you can control retweets. Twitter seems to care more about naughty curse words then verified neo-Nazi accounts siccing their thousands of kekistan/alt-right/scumbag followers on people. The whole shadowban debacle is when someone gets shadowbanned for saying "Eat shit" or "fuck you" to Richard Spencer and they are the ones who get banned.
HazySaiyan
Banned
I'm well aware of how net gaining works, it's still an issue if the people joining are just barely replacing the ones who left
Phrozenflame500
Member
Twitter really just feels like a e-drama network at this point. It holds none of the value that competing social networks have in supplementing real-world relationships.
Spaced Harrier
Member
One thing that frustrates me is the FGC has moved from Forums to Facebook, Twitter, and discord.
Great for discovery but It's impossible to have underthings conversation on those platforms.
Great for discovery but It's impossible to have underthings conversation on those platforms.
SomedayTheFire
Member
thelatestmodel
Junior, please.
If you are into collecting things or purchasing limited-run items that sell out quickly, or hearing from particular people, groups, or companies in a timely manner, Twitter is by far the best platform.
There is literally nothing better for getting news and up to the minute announcements, it's not a "garbage platform" at all. Everyone in here saying it is just doesn't know how to use it.
gutter_trash
Banned
I created a Twitter account 4 years ago about, got swamped by Femme-Bots scam accounts.
Deleted my account.
Fuck dat shit
Deleted my account.
Fuck dat shit
sixteen-bit
Member
Interesting metrics. Has anything similar been going on with other social media platforms?
Billy_Pilgrim
Member
Twitter is marketers talking to marketers about marketing
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Discord or Slack would be a much better service for sneaker drops or Mondo posters or whatever. It may be the case that there's not a critical mass on those services within those communities, but if that critical mass did move, the software would be a lot better for a number of reasons.
thelatestmodel
Junior, please.
I don't disagree, but all the places I buy from use Twitter as their announcement platform.
Yes, technically other platforms might work better, but very people / companies say "hey join our Discord", it's "follow us on Twitter".
JetBlackPanda
Member
0 new users in 3 months seems fucking crazy.
edit: is it the loss of old accounts is > new accounts?
edit: is it the loss of old accounts is > new accounts?
It's the snarky pointing out of small typos and spelling mistakes that put me off. Seems really mean spirited
I love how the article opens up by saying Twitter attracted no new users. Then halfway down, it said it attracted 1 million new users 'internationally'.
So it attracted 1 million new users then. Why is America SO self obsessed to the point articles can be written talking only about America without any 'in America' caveats in the sentence.
As a non American it's at best confusing to read an article which appears to talk about the whole company which is later revealed to be just the US part, and at worst very irritating.
So it attracted 1 million new users then. Why is America SO self obsessed to the point articles can be written talking only about America without any 'in America' caveats in the sentence.
As a non American it's at best confusing to read an article which appears to talk about the whole company which is later revealed to be just the US part, and at worst very irritating.
This is a good post.
MetalFearSolid
Banned
I use twitter strictly as a news feed.
I rarely tweet or retweet stuff anymore
I rarely tweet or retweet stuff anymore
Dictator93
Member
I laughed quite loudly when I got to that part and then closed the article.
TarpitCarnivore
Member
Twitter has always had an user acquisition problem since their IPO, and a little before, this is nothing new.
Netherscourge
Banned
Every news site and Facebook feed on the planet auto-adds Trump Tweets to their main pages.
No need to even look at Twitter.com or a Twitter app anymore.
No need to even look at Twitter.com or a Twitter app anymore.
I like using Twitter and it's great to look at during events or breaking news. But they need to do something. Something.
They need to introduce heavy moderation because it basically doesn't exist. If you get reported for attacking someone, you should be suspended. Again? Banned.
Reported for saying a racial slur? Instantly banned. Permanently.
Simple as that.
They need to introduce heavy moderation because it basically doesn't exist. If you get reported for attacking someone, you should be suspended. Again? Banned.
Reported for saying a racial slur? Instantly banned. Permanently.
Simple as that.
Frozenprince
Banned
Hey remember how we almost got bought by Disney but they told us to curate and moderate our users better and we told them to fuck off?
Good times.
Good times.
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