Twitter Alternatives and Social Media Changes

[Zardnaar]

Never used Twitter thought it was crap from the get go. Made worse by Musk. Screw Melon Husk.

Use reddit and Facebook messenger mostly private groups 4 D&D or local food reviews.

Social medias a race to the bottom polluted by American insanity ymmv of course.

 

[Umbran]

I'm cynical here. I think too many people have gotten used to free access for too long. It'd probably be much better for the social media ecosystem if you're right, but I'm unconvinced you are.

Well, I'm not convinced anyone is going to try, so...

 

[CleverNickName]

Reddit is losing its collective mind over TikTok now. Apparently it went dark, then people figured out how to keep using it with a VPN installed, and so now it's back but hobbled somehow?

I don't use TikTok--it always felt a little too chaotic and distracting for my tastes. I still think the whole situation is interesting, and I think it says a lot about us as a "connected society."

 

[Micah Sweet]

Reddit is losing its collective mind over TikTok now. Apparently it went dark, then people figured out how to keep using it with a VPN installed, and so now it's back but hobbled somehow?

I don't use TikTok--it always felt a little too chaotic and distracting for my tastes. I still think the whole situation is interesting, and I think it says a lot about us as a "connected society."

The government shut it down because it's primarily owned by a Chinese company and there were national security concerns.

 

[TiQuinn]

I think the worst thing that I’m seeing now is people are acting out their online personalities IRL

 

[Ryujin]

I think the worst thing that I’m seeing now is people are acting out their online personalities IRL

There's a whole Youtube schadenfreude genre of watching streamers/TikTokers crash and burn. One of the current 'darlings' is an American who is currently being kept from leaving Korea, for a large number of public nuisance style charges. Some have some very serious potential consequences.

 

[TiQuinn]

There's a whole Youtube schadenfreude genre of watching streamers/TikTokers crash and burn. One of the current 'darlings' is an American who is currently being kept from leaving Korea, for a large number of public nuisance style charges. Some have some very serious potential consequences.

Last week it was some lady at work openly talking about the LA fires and how people were “reaping what they had sowed” and how she was happy with what they were getting. WTF.

 

[payn]

I don't think it even has to be based on too long being accustomed to having free access. Any fee is going to act as a barrier to entry - not necessarily because people literally can't afford it, but because it's hard to really see the value you're getting from the social media service without spending a lot of time with it and seeing how the community you're interested in it grows. Does anybody really want to spend money subscribing to social media if you don't know anybody on it yet, or not know if you will ever do so? Facebook's main value to me has grown over the last 16 years as more and more people I know have gotten on it and we've connected. There are people I keep in touch with or keep track of nowhere except on Facebook, so even though Zuck's decisions have put my fondness for Facebook into freefall, I'm still kind of loathe to leave it because of the value that has built over that time. And I know of people on Twitter who feel similarly about the communities they've built over there despite despising Elon Musk's drug-addled leadership.

I am on vacation and my cousin and I were joking about Facebook being the new MySpace. I ditched Facebook very quickly since it just seemed like it’s intent was “people’s cats and racist rants “ I just find good old fashioned forums superior for discussion and taken to discord for organizing meetups and such. Largely because the ads intrusiveness is limited and moderation tends to be much better.

It does feel like legacy social media is a shifting target for the new hotness every other year or so.

 

[Umbran]

The government shut it down because it's primarily owned by a Chinese company and there were national security concerns.

That's not quite accurate.

TikTok shut themselves down on Jan 18th, for people with accounts registered from the US, as the law that would ban it was about to come into force. On the 19th, the incoming President said that he was going to issue an order delaying enforcement of the law, after which the company turned the service back on for US users.

 

[Ryujin]

That's not quite accurate.

TikTok shut themselves down on Jan 18th, for people with accounts registered from the US, as the law that would ban it was about to come into force. On the 19th, the incoming President said that he was going to issue an order delaying enforcement of the law, after which the company turned the service back on for US users.

Something, something, Musk buying 20%, something....