RE: LeoThread 2024-12-16 07:10
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Another New Twitter? Good Luck With That.
Users are now flocking to Bluesky. But every social media platform becomes a wasteland in the end.
Recently, while talking to a friend who used to run a large media website, I casually mentioned the rise of Bluesky. More than a million users have deleted their X (formerly Twitter) accounts and moved over to the upstart social media site, which they see as a healthier replacement.
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“I don’t get it,” my friend said, his voice (and apparently his heart rate) spiking. “Why? You’re free!” After all, we had witnessed X’s unraveling, as it turned from a genuine community space into an often venomous one. Why should we imagine Bluesky would avoid that fate? And more to the point: Why keep trying to recreate the internet of the past? Why not accept where we are and move on?
We have officially arrived in late-stage social media. The services and platforms that delighted us and reshaped our lives when they began appearing a few decades ago have now reached total saturation and maturation. Call it malaise. Call it Stockholm syndrome. Call it whatever. But each time a new platform debuts, promising something better — to help us connect better, share photos better, manage our lives better — many of us enthusiastically trek on over, only to be disappointed in the end.
i don't think twitter/ X can have a competition. I remember vividly when everyone was jumping into threads thinking it will over shadow X but , the story is now different.
Not directly because X is moving away from being a social media platform. This is a point I have made for months now. Focus upon building on social media is a loser. There has to be a lot more.
I can only imagine what Elon Musk has in store for us regarding X. But as for me, if I want recent updates on things happening here in Nigeria and around the globe unfiltered, I turn to x.