D&D General Is the Community Moving Away from Twitter? If so, Where?

[LuisCarlos17f]

Twitter is too limited space to chat. It is more to share links and pictures. And the forums with moderatos are more confortable to avoid toxic people.

Today the people have got a different opinion about the social networks because we have watched certain things weren't allowed to be told.

 

[J-H]

Has "the community" ever been on Twitter? It's a terrible tool for corporate communication.
Haven't been on it since about 2009. The only tweets I see are ones that are reposted somewhere else.

 

[MNblockhead]

I stopped using twitter over three years ago. Actually, I closed all my social media accounts: Facebook, LinkedIn, Xing, etc. I didn't need it for my new job and just wanted the attention-destroying narcissism out of my life.

I did rejoin LinkedIn earlier this year though. It has real value for job hunting, posting job opportunities, and has replaced the business card. But I rarely use it to post or read updates. I go days or weeks without looking at it. Having gone so long without Twitter, Facebook, et. al. I find even linked in uncomfortable. After you step away for a while from sites like these, I really notice the addictive nature of following updates, the heightened levels of comparison to others, and the sense of wasting time doing something that has low value. It is similar to when you have not watched network TV for a long time, how disruptive, stupid, manipulative, and annoying commercials are.

 

[Morrus]

Has "the community" ever been on Twitter? It's a terrible tool for corporate communication.

A community is, of course. These days there isn’t just one gaming community. It’s quite spread out across all forms of social media.

 

[Argyle King]

Personally, I feel that it is odd that people have only just now have decided that Twitter is a toxic community.

Beyond that I've seen other threads suggest Mastodon.

I'm annoyed admittedly behind the times when it comes to social media choices. I haven't found that the newer options offer enough benefit to outweigh the choice to just stick with what I've been using.

 

[MockingBird]

I just come here for news, updates, and to read and post.

 

[Kurotowa]

Certainly people are setting up accounts on Mastodon and Hive, whatever that is.

Those are certainly the two names I'm seeing most. Well, them and the people going back to Tumblr. The analogy I've seen is that Mastodon is the Linux of social networks; a small and dedicated community but rather user-unfriendly if you don't have enough techie skill points. Meanwhile Hive is young and small, but aspiring to be the Apple to Twitter's Windows. Similar features but more widgets and a polished user experience.

At least, that's what I hear. I never used Twitter beyond checking particular threads that got linked on forums, so I'm in no rush to pick a successor.

 

[LordEntrails]

A question to consider here: What are they trying to achieve? I don't mean that in the sense of what are they trying to do to Musk's agenda - I mean what do they want to get out of wherever they go? News? Conversation? Twitter became popular and then absorbed a bunch of uses into it. That doesn't mean it was well designed for all of those purposes. Newer options may be better for particular purposes. So - to that end - what are they trying to do on social media?

I don't know. I don't think their is one "they".

I can guess different companies see different benefits from a social network. I can imagine they would be; Hype, word of mouth, marketing, engagement, making themselves top of mind to their customers, exposing new people to there name/product(s), and advertising new or upcoming things. i.e. it's a lot of commercials, print ads, and sponsorships used to be. What I think companies want is to expand their recognition and build customer engagement.

I can tell you from my wife that is in Advertising that companies are fleeing Twitter. They don't want to spend their time and money on a space that is now considered toxic and unmoderated. Advertising on Twitter is no longer worth the risk of damaging a brand by mthe illions of dollars or more of value. That money is going to go somewhere. And that is hundred of millions or billions of dollars. That is plenty to create the next platform.

And I don't see why RPG companies won't do they same. Many of them are just as savvy in marketing as the big mega corps.

I'm sure they are going somewhere, but I just don't know where, yet.

Has "the community" ever been on Twitter? It's a terrible tool for corporate communication.
Haven't been on it since about 2009. The only tweets I see are ones that are reposted somewhere else.

Yep, their is certainly an RPG community. And I don't know the numbers, But I suspect the number of users, tweets and shares far outweigh the number of posts on RPG forums like ENWorld, Tenkar's, RPGNet, etc. I don't have the numbers, but instinct tells me it's so

 

[Yora]

The analogy I've seen is that Mastodon is the Linux of social networks;

As someone with no prior experience with social media more recent than internet forums and IRC chat, that has been my impression so far as well.

Though I don't see why anyone would call it user-unfriendly. Everything seems easy enough. Maybe some people want it to do things that it's not meant to do.

 

[Steel_Wind]

I was a heavy user of twitter (@VCSteel_Wind). Not for gaming, but mainly for my interest in sports (Leafs hockey, in particular). Yes, I also participated in some policial discussions, both American as well as Canadian politics.

After Elon's purchase, I was pessimistic but hung in for a time. Then Elon replied to a poster who voiced concern over Twitter peddling misinformation like Infowars -- and Elon replied with, and I quote, "So what?".

I disabled my account upon seeing that response. I'm out. It's a shame as it is a highly useful form of communication at times, but I have my limits -- my line in the sand -- and Elon crossed it.