 Let's review just some of what we've learned about Twitter within the past 24 hours: 1. VIPs have been privileged with prioritization Twitter is no longer a social media service. It’s a mass media service. “Social” implies bi-directional communication whereas “mass” is one way. Twitter clearly desires to be a one way communications service. As social media, it is dead. 28 comments
The ongoing story about the Internet — what’s been true for decades now — is how media conglomerates try so very hard to pivot social media towards mass media. And they fail every time. It didn’t work for MySpace. It didn’t work for Digg. It certainly won’t work for Twitter. You’d think they would learn but they don’t.  i visit comment threads on the bird; tonight i learned how to pronounce 'bureau' like a native Baltimorean and laffed myself silly -- but i also saw several !! promoted tweets !! in a comment thread ?? what the dung is that going to do ... geez desperation is somethin, ain't it. Media conglomerates are convinced that they should be gatekeepers of information. They have the money. They have the connections. So why shouldn’t they decide what is seen or unseen? Genuine social media challenges this notion because it says, “Away with the gatekeepers!” If you’re Rupert Murdoch, this is unacceptable. People have asked me, “How can you say Twitter is dead? Disney or News Corp. could cut a deal with Twitter, and it will dominate!” Dominate in what sense? As yet another vector for broadcasting? Neat. Now Twitter is no better than Google News or BBC. Actually, it’s worse because neither Google nor BBC pulled a bait-and-switch. For people who actually want two-way social media communication, it’s dead. Big media conglomerates want a world where everyone is a passive consumer of content. They don't want you to have a conversation. They certainly don’t want you asking questions. And they don’t want you to be critical of media in any shape or form. “Just shut up and consume!” is their demand. Is it any wonder why they try so intently to hijack social media? Why they don’t mind Elon Musk — even though he demonstrates contempt for them? @atomicpoet capitalism is the culprit, passive consumption. Amalgamate everything from culture to technology and feed it back as stylized entertainment.   There's a weird thing happening in Australia, our taxpayer funded ABC channel, still puts twitter and FB comments up on some of it's current affairs programs, and has polls that it runs on twitter and FB, one in particular, Q&A, a panel discussion show, pretty much ignores all other SM. @atomicpoet Everyone on Twitter is equal, but VIPs are more equal… I don’t care about their features or technical aspects or any of that. That’s not the issue. I will never get a Twitter account again, no matter what. @atomicpoet lol paying to be able to vote in a Twitter poll is absolutely LOSER VIBES and I guarantee you some peeps will pay up bc of it. Twitter has been antisocial, 1way listen while unheard media for all the regular accounts with less than 10k followers from before Musk. It's worse now, true, but also some bigger accounts are finally noticing the poor experience of their followers.   @atomicpoet Thing I keep coming back to: This is exactly what Musk's investors wanted from him - just, not like this, not this hamfistedly, not this blatantly. Not this self-destructively - at least, not so fast. They did want to kill Twitter. But they wanted to use it for a while, first.  @atomicpoet I'm still getting unpaid accounts when twitter switch me to 'For You'..obviously I switch back to 'Following' ASAP when I've realised! @atomicpoet I've now spent enough time on the Fediverse that I'm convinced it's the future of the Internet, and I'm all in. |
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@atomicpoet who is still on tweeter?