i wish people like me who have quit twitter would speak up.n Why sand when did you quit. i left the day Musk walked in with his sink and have been happier with that decision every day. i read several Substacks, he NYT, Washpost, WSJ, NYRB, The Atlantic, and occasionally other media. I am more informed and less angry.
Dan, at what point do you throw up your hands and say "Enough!"? That point for me was when Musk tweeted to vote Republican. Why should I give attention and money to some narcissistic jackass with poor judgement and impulse control?
An analogous (or apophenic?) example in my mind are Lotus 1-2-3 and WordPerfect. I'm an old enough user of those products that I remember clearly the articles saying their competitors (chiefly Microsoft's Excel and Word, respectively) were bootless endeavours. I had people in my office assuring me that my fondness for Excel in particular over 1-2-3 was deeply misplaced, that "no one" among our clients would switch away, because they were so invested in 1-2-3. "Gradually, and then suddenly."
I will say that I am saddened by Twitter's decline. I'm very much a "reader", not a poster/engager, but I had a feed curated to make me happy. It's harder now.
It’s odd to watch allegedly progressive people continue to tweet, it’s almost like they’re trying really hard to prove that much of publicly professed politics is about virtue signaling, and self interest trumps one’s professed political views. The profit motive eclipses any claimed morals.
Do you think NPR will continue to not tweet? It looks like some of their affiliate stations are removing themselves from the discussion as well.
Could this be the beginning of something! Or do you think other companies whom Elon has deemed undesirable- like the New York Times - will just take his bullshit and decide that it’s worth it?
Oh I definitely think it's the beginning of something. I'm just not sure how long it's going to be until the end. Consider that Musk has spent the last six months making Twitter less friendly and less useful for most people in a vain attempt to gin up revenue. Despite this, none of its competitors come close to matching its reach. So this could go on for a spell.
And it looks like none other than Matt Taibi has chosen Substack over Twitter since Elon has broken the linkage between the platforms. Then again, Substack seems to be handily paying his bills and all he got from Elon was a chance to go on Mehdi Hassan’s show and make a fool out of himself when he got called out for the biased nature of the “Twitter files” and had no response.
i wish people like me who have quit twitter would speak up.n Why sand when did you quit. i left the day Musk walked in with his sink and have been happier with that decision every day. i read several Substacks, he NYT, Washpost, WSJ, NYRB, The Atlantic, and occasionally other media. I am more informed and less angry.
Alex Clarkson and some college football/ college football media/conference realignment guys I follow would have to start free substacks.
Dan, at what point do you throw up your hands and say "Enough!"? That point for me was when Musk tweeted to vote Republican. Why should I give attention and money to some narcissistic jackass with poor judgement and impulse control?
So, there is a great deal of ruin in a (dominant) network?
An analogous (or apophenic?) example in my mind are Lotus 1-2-3 and WordPerfect. I'm an old enough user of those products that I remember clearly the articles saying their competitors (chiefly Microsoft's Excel and Word, respectively) were bootless endeavours. I had people in my office assuring me that my fondness for Excel in particular over 1-2-3 was deeply misplaced, that "no one" among our clients would switch away, because they were so invested in 1-2-3. "Gradually, and then suddenly."
I will say that I am saddened by Twitter's decline. I'm very much a "reader", not a poster/engager, but I had a feed curated to make me happy. It's harder now.
It’s odd to watch allegedly progressive people continue to tweet, it’s almost like they’re trying really hard to prove that much of publicly professed politics is about virtue signaling, and self interest trumps one’s professed political views. The profit motive eclipses any claimed morals.
Dan…
Yes Ana?
Is there IR in this real life cautionary tale?
There is also a critique of capitalism!
Do you think NPR will continue to not tweet? It looks like some of their affiliate stations are removing themselves from the discussion as well.
Could this be the beginning of something! Or do you think other companies whom Elon has deemed undesirable- like the New York Times - will just take his bullshit and decide that it’s worth it?
Oh I definitely think it's the beginning of something. I'm just not sure how long it's going to be until the end. Consider that Musk has spent the last six months making Twitter less friendly and less useful for most people in a vain attempt to gin up revenue. Despite this, none of its competitors come close to matching its reach. So this could go on for a spell.
And it looks like none other than Matt Taibi has chosen Substack over Twitter since Elon has broken the linkage between the platforms. Then again, Substack seems to be handily paying his bills and all he got from Elon was a chance to go on Mehdi Hassan’s show and make a fool out of himself when he got called out for the biased nature of the “Twitter files” and had no response.
KCRW in Los Angeles emailed all their donors (including me) about their no longer tweeting.
Serious answer: it’s a possibility, especially given the parlous nature of Substack’s finances.