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purplecthulhu) wrote2022-04-26 10:53 am
purplecthulhu) wrote2022-04-26 10:53 am
The Great Twitter Resignation
With Musk about to absorb Twitter it looks like there is going to be a great migration away from the annoying bird, but where to?
I'm not sure how many people's reading lists I'm still on here, but any of you who have comments on where to go please let me know.
The great advantage of twitter was its reach - while 280 characters is shallow, the large membership and open access meant that one could reach many people. This isn't something that applies here.
I'm beginning to think that social media platforms have a lifespan of about 10 years. I started off with newsnet back in the mid-to-late 80s, moved to LJ in the late-90s, early 2000s, and then largely shifted to twitter in the 2010s.
Now that Musk has come to shit all over twitter it looks like time is up on the latest platform.
Anyway, hello to anybody who has missed me here!
I'm not sure how many people's reading lists I'm still on here, but any of you who have comments on where to go please let me know.
The great advantage of twitter was its reach - while 280 characters is shallow, the large membership and open access meant that one could reach many people. This isn't something that applies here.
I'm beginning to think that social media platforms have a lifespan of about 10 years. I started off with newsnet back in the mid-to-late 80s, moved to LJ in the late-90s, early 2000s, and then largely shifted to twitter in the 2010s.
Now that Musk has come to shit all over twitter it looks like time is up on the latest platform.
Anyway, hello to anybody who has missed me here!