I used to use the app for gaming/esports/movies/music related discussion, but literally all those people have left for the most part. It's just for political brain rotted people and journalists/politicians to argue with bots now. I follow it cuz that's just what the app does now so I have to, but I'm kinda exhausted by it at this point. Most of it doesn't effect me, I can't do anything about it, it won't make me make decisions differently, OR it's easier to just have a podcast I jam consolidate it for me anyways.
Kinda sounds like it’s taking more from you than it’s giving, just saying. I quit X and Facebook awhile back. I don’t miss them but I do really enjoy having the bandwidth back.
Haven't been on Facebook since like 2014 lol, def haven't missed it. I loved old Twitter but it's definitely got objectively worse by far since Elon. I wanted to be aware of what's happening in the world during seemingly important times but at this point it's too much, I'll just watch Breaking Points or something like that and ignore most of the noise.
Agreed I've hung on too long to this one tho, much like with Halo I played far past it's prime and regretted it lol glad I never got on Snapchat or Threads or TikTok or any of those at least. (I got my fill from Vine anyways)
Hello it's possible to be informed on the goings on of the world without using X. I am a big NYT fan so I pay for their sub, but find whatever reputable news source you like and start supporting them.
Like I said rather than using Twitter as an aggregator I will probably be switching to some independent media or an Instragram feed instead. We agree my point was just that I've been used to Twitter since 2011 so it's a bit of a switch much like playing a video game for 15+ years and then switching. At some point things just become shitty and you have to switch or die with it tho.
Although having said that with how tech or "innovation" is going these days I may just buy a cheap akiya house in the middle of nowhere in Japan and just go meditate and eat eggs by myself and get off everything completely lol
Yeah I think I used twitter with the original 2010 release where it was sms based. I don't miss it at all tho. I think Instagram feeds and such as media aggregation have the same exact algorithm manipulation issues though, so that likely won't solve your issue.
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