I.Am.Ironman Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 2 hours ago, c00kies said: Twitter is only useful for sports and porn, but other medias can cover this. Twitter is so depersonalized that it isn't even used for friends. Is twitter even good for that? Isn't that what the 'hub' is for? I like twitter for news and sports. If you follow the right people it can be good for educational content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Never had Twitter. And never will. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuckin_futz Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 (edited) If Twitter disappears it will be due to the mismanagement of Musk. I doubt it would ever disappear as some hedge fund would gladly buy it for 1/4 of what Dumb Dumb paid for it. White Twitter is an undeniable cesspool, it is also the fastest way to disseminate news that there is. If it did disappear something similar would appear in short order. Social media is like alcohol. It's great in moderation. Over indulge and you become walking, talking ***hole. Edited April 13, 2023 by nuckin_futz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toews Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 (edited) Twitter is a place where you get more engagement posting reductive/extremist/reactionary content than if you were to post intelligent/rational commentary. No matter how many times they increase the character limit it is still the dumbest tweets that get the most likes/retweets. The only way it will disappear is if humanity as collective became a whole lot smarter. And imho since the advent of social media, it seems to me that we are headed in the other direction, that doesn't seem like very likely at all. My prediction is that Twitter will outlive us all and will progressively get worse and worse with the passage of time. Edited April 13, 2023 by Toews 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 I have an account and have never tweeted or messaged anyone. I just lurk and have bookmarks for hockey and political stuff. It has never occurred to me to like or retweet or any of those other things I can't be bothered to understand or even care about. If Twitter disappeared, there will be something new and shiny where I can lurk and have bookmarks for hockey and political stuff. I am a simple man trying my best to live an uncomplicated but fulfilling life. No Twitter, no cry. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toni Zamboni Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 discord ftw twitter i wouldnt miss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drive-By Body Pierce Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Isn't it "Titter" now, and part of X holdings? Technically speaking, there is no more twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckleHorse Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 14 hours ago, hammertime said: Hardly twatted a twit in my life. You’re doing great keeping your twats from twits keeper going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJockitch Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 This is the closest thing to social media that I do. ‘Don’t care for social media or reality TV. They push a baser more fractured society. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mj2345 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 I have Twitter to follow Sports news, I never tweet…heck I only follow 7 accounts and have 0 followers.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B Cooper Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Twitter stinks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 No facebook marketplace is too handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Don't really use Twitter. I have an account, but don't really see the benefits of reading random celebrity thoughts. For news I still go to the websites of news providers. Instagram is probably the one I use the most. Still Facebook for the marketplace, occasional messaging, and quick scrolls through my feed. Was in some groups, but those are all pretty toxic and full of scammers. But yes, overall social media is not as exciting as it was. I still like the ability to get major updates from people I never see anymore. Whatsapp has pretty much replaced the group message function of Facebook though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 (edited) If you know how to use Twitter properly, it can be a valuable tool for real time updates for sports, news, and other things that you may have interest in. You just need to know how to navigate through it and make sure to avoid the cesspool that there is. If you know how to use Twitter you can get information alot quicker than if you just randomly use the internet and go directly to webpages. You need to follow alot of people and companies though in order for Twitter to work properly for you, as this is the way that tweets will show up on your feed. If you are not following anybody, then Twitter is basically useless as you would need to constantly do searches to find what you are looking for, which is similar to just using Goggle search. Twitter is all about getting as much information as possible in the shortest period of time. FYI, Vintage Canuck gets all of his information from Twitter, so if you are using this site then you are basically using Twitter and getting all of the benefits from it just by logging in. VC is helping you to get all of your Canucks news in one easy to use website. And that information is mostly coming from Twitter itself... Edited April 15, 2023 by Elias Pettersson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lock Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 I only use Twitter to keep tabs on the Ukrainian war. Otherwise, I hardly use social media to begin with. That being said, I don't see why it would make me quit social media altogether. Twitter's just 1 platform of many. It just happened to be a popular platform but, otherwise, it's nothing special in my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 On 4/12/2023 at 4:24 PM, iceman64 said: Honestly, if Twitter went down, people would simply use something else I think. Hardly the only platform out there, and there's always Facebook right? There would certainly be another platform to take over. The amount of engineers who have been fired would be hired elsewhere by another billionaire or Hedge Fund backed company to fill the void. Perhaps they’d be more socially responsible than Twitter and it’s recent odious Musk. However, the world needs less toxic ways for all of us to shit on each other, imo. Social media is a scourge. It shouldn’t have been, because there many positives about information sharing, but it’s a reflection of most of our worst natures. Social media is a technology that humanity isn’t always ready for because we’ve become socially de-evolved. Just my own thoughts and opinion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 8 minutes ago, Sharpshooter said: There would certainly be another platform to take over. The amount of engineers who have been fired would be hired elsewhere by another billionaire or Hedge Fund backed company to fill the void. Perhaps they’d be more socially responsible than Twitter and it’s recent odious Musk. However, the world needs less toxic ways for all of us to shit on each other, imo. Social media is a scourge. It shouldn’t have been, because there many positives about information sharing, but it’s a reflection of most of our worst natures. Social media is a technology that humanity isn’t always ready for because we’ve become socially de-evolved. Just my own thoughts and opinion. Yup. Do we, the average person, need information so quickly as Twitter can provide? Is it really that important. I guess some things are, but most aren’t. Maybe people are living too fast and not smelling the roses? Or like on Mayberry RFD not peeling the apple? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 3 minutes ago, Alflives said: Yup. Do we, the average person, need information so quickly as Twitter can provide? Is it really that important. I guess some things are, but most aren’t. Maybe people are living too fast and not smelling the roses? Or like on Mayberry RFD not peeling the apple? Some things are for sure. But, I find social media to be less about sharing information as it is about other toxic aspects to people of all ages and backgrounds. What a waste of technology when it’s used for ‘wrong’ or ‘evil’ purposes. Again, it’s a reflection of ‘us’. The Good, Bad, & Ugly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 1 minute ago, Sharpshooter said: Some things are for sure. But, I find social media to be less about sharing information as it is about other toxic aspects to people of all ages and backgrounds. What a waste of technology when it’s used for ‘wrong’ or ‘evil’ purposes. Again, it’s a reflection of ‘us’. The Good, Bad, & Ugly. Very wise. I just don’t know how we can control things like Twitter? Radio and TV were so much easier to monitor and keep control over. I just don’t see we can fo that with something like Twitter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 1 minute ago, Alflives said: Very wise. I just don’t know how we can control things like Twitter? Radio and TV were so much easier to monitor and keep control over. I just don’t see we can fo that with something like Twitter. No one can control it. It’s literally ‘Kitty bar the door’. The horses are out of the barn. The best that can happen now is regulation…which to some is more evil than what they propagate on social media. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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