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No, Twitter is worse IMO. Truth social has always been a steaming pile of shit that non-fascists avoid. Twitter used to be viewed in a positive light and a lot of organizations and governments still use it as a communication medium - sometimes an exclusive communication medium.
It never was though. Studies always showed that it increase anxiety in the users. Hell, I'm trying to use Bsky to support artists trying to move away from twitter and the while it's not too bad, the character limit is forcing me to simplify my thoughts to the point that they're no longer specific enough not to create new conflict. Is this how twitter always was?
I considered Twitter as one of the horsemen of the apocalypse, and that was years before musk bought it.
Twitter was awesome pre-2015 then something happened....can't quite figure out what brought a bunch of assholes to the platform....hmm...
And if you feel forced to simplify your thoughts to fit the character limit, you're simply using the wrong service
Partially coincidental but
russiatweets.com
(Found this yesterday because the same organization mirrors the presidentโs โTruthsโ)
Mastodon limits to 500 by default. Alternatives like misskey and pleroma are usually 5k or unlimited
Well, the person I'm commenting under is using the wrong service. But it's easier to simply not comment or even "engage" in anyway then it is to get into arguments because of a miscommunication.
It depends on what you mean my positive light but generally I would say you're wrong. Twitter had a dedicated fan base well into this decade and was where every business and personality had an account for a reason. Yes people knew of negative social media effecta but Twitter definitely had a fairly wide spread cult following.
to sell shit
Also, it seems weird to say a mainstream social media platform cult following.
I agree the word choice is a bit odd. I meant in the sense that Twitter had a dedicated userbase that used it a lot and sort of glorified it. You weren't talking with your friends or posting online, you were "Tweeting at your mutuals". The most succinct way I could put it was "cult", in the same sense that movies and TV have "cult" followings: a dedicated group that enjoys and bases some part of their personality around it.
"Cult following" refer to fanbases for obscure media, like Wraith or Ice Pirates. Star Wars does not have a Cult following.