Topic: I just can't get into Twitter/Bluesky etc

Anonymous A started this discussion 1 year ago #121,978

Does anyone enjoy them? You tweet something. Maybe you get a like. You reply to someone. Maybe you get a like or reply. It's like a forum but lower quality since tweets don't have a subject line and are limited to a low number of characters. You follow someone. They post a photo of their trip to Hawaii. What's the protocol here. Do you like the post? They post a photo of their teenage daughter in a bikini. Obviously I'm not going to reply with "🔥" but when do you reply and when don't you reply?

It just seems a great time waster.

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Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 3 minutes later[^] [v] #1,332,113

Twitter was designed to work over text message, and eventually copied the format and expanded what could be posted when everyone was on smartphones. Design limitations are there for a reason, and people just stay on what they had before. Texts couldn't be public, and even MMS didn't really support videos so Twitter extended the platform everyone was used to.

A lot of users will do something inappropriate on there, so it doesn't get that much attention or pushback most of the time, so the average person doesn't get too anxious about it.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 5 minutes later, 9 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,332,118

@previous (B)

Thanks but do you have a Twitter account? Do you enjoy tweeting? What do you tweet about, if you have one. I have a Twitter account, and I tweeted that my two android phones reverted their lock screen pin code to the previous code at the same time. That sounds like definitely a good thing to tweet about. I'm not sure what else to tweet about.

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 57 seconds later, 9 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,332,120

@previous (A)

Just blog

Anonymous B replied with this 1 year ago, 17 minutes later, 27 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,332,129

@1,332,118 (A)
No one is going to interact with a troubleshooting post, unless it's just their customer support account.

Find something shocking in your area and post short videos. @ someone with a lot of followers. Record yourself in an unusual place.

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 2 minutes later, 30 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,332,131

People tend to use it to post artwork or as a blog. This isn't Facebook during its height.

tteh !MemesToDNA joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 51 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,332,149

I made a few good friends shitposting in extremely niche little Twitter communities. Twitter was great for those.

But I don't really like the format in general. It's a lot of people shouting into the void. I've seen accounts consistently posting daily for years and yet they've got 15 followers and nobody engaging/interacting with their posts. Everyone's broadcasting but nobody's tuned in, and eventually even the static stops feeling like company unless you're insane. Everyone should use Minichan dot net instead tbh.

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tteh !MemesToDNA double-posted this 1 year ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,332,150

Also
@OP
> Obviously I'm not going to reply with "🔥"
Coward.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 7 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,332,151

I've decided to get back into the tweeting. Let's see if I can enjoy Twitter.

PS Minichan doesn't allow me to edit out this photo. I uploaded it thinking I'd refer to it, but changed my mind. Apparently you can't delete a post when editing.

modedit: fixed.

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Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,332,165

I had an account for like a week - followed the tech journalists and sci-fi actors I liked. It's fine for that.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 28 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,332,169

Thanks mod for deleting the image.

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 12 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,332,170

I'll fluctuate between using it a fair bit and not using it at all. It used to be pretty neat if you wanted niche news or hobbyist stuff. Now it's just /pol/ for gen x and boomers.

dw !p9hU6ckyqw joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 11 hours later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,332,238

I got threads but it's mostly just pics of 19yo white girls

boof joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 6 hours later, 21 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,332,286

I tried reading it years ago occasionally but I'd always get discouraged by the infinite scroll. I hated not having a sense of how much more there was to read.

And today I'm put off by the piece of shit that runs the place, and poor moderation

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