I have no social media accounts. I checked out the Twitter feeds of several journalists, scientists and historians that I admire every day, but that stopped when Musk closed the app to non-account-holders. As now is definitely not the moment to sign up for Twitter, I'll just have to miss these people's input.
My thoughts, exactly. I am still fond of Twitter (definitely cannot be recreated!); I share my creative work (quilts) on Instagram.
I'll confess to having initiated a Mastadon account when Elon bought Twitter. I haven't tooted (!) there yet. I then initiated a Post account (haven't posted there). Last week, I initiated a BlueSky account; I haven't posted there yet, either. Interestingly, I have followers here on Substack, though have yet to post anything here, either. My peeps seem to find me whenever they want to.
We're in a new space and time; I look forward to building communities and sharing insights, though I'd love to have access to all the news -- in one place -- that I found in Twitter when I first joined in 2013. Bygones!
I don’t do the forum chasing dance. I left Twitter and never missed it for a second. Never liked it at all and I sure missed seeing “Twitter, a real-time, global online news network” in action. All I ever saw was, Post - praise or attacks that could go on for days - and to what end?
And isn’t Substack a new forum asking for participation and separating us by paid and unpaid? How is that so different? Or better?
I know that no one is looking for me, nor should they. But often those we are looking for, aren’t worth it. Nothing can stop trolls except moderated comments and nearly everyone gets overwhelmed and gives up on that.
Thank you for this sentence. It was exactly what I needed to read.
"Stop looking for your old Twitter community. It no longer exists and can never be replicated, not because it is technically impossible, but because Twitter was the product of a certain time and social media culture."
I have no social media accounts. I checked out the Twitter feeds of several journalists, scientists and historians that I admire every day, but that stopped when Musk closed the app to non-account-holders. As now is definitely not the moment to sign up for Twitter, I'll just have to miss these people's input.
My thoughts, exactly. I am still fond of Twitter (definitely cannot be recreated!); I share my creative work (quilts) on Instagram.
I'll confess to having initiated a Mastadon account when Elon bought Twitter. I haven't tooted (!) there yet. I then initiated a Post account (haven't posted there). Last week, I initiated a BlueSky account; I haven't posted there yet, either. Interestingly, I have followers here on Substack, though have yet to post anything here, either. My peeps seem to find me whenever they want to.
We're in a new space and time; I look forward to building communities and sharing insights, though I'd love to have access to all the news -- in one place -- that I found in Twitter when I first joined in 2013. Bygones!
I don’t do the forum chasing dance. I left Twitter and never missed it for a second. Never liked it at all and I sure missed seeing “Twitter, a real-time, global online news network” in action. All I ever saw was, Post - praise or attacks that could go on for days - and to what end?
And isn’t Substack a new forum asking for participation and separating us by paid and unpaid? How is that so different? Or better?
I know that no one is looking for me, nor should they. But often those we are looking for, aren’t worth it. Nothing can stop trolls except moderated comments and nearly everyone gets overwhelmed and gives up on that.
Well done, as always, Kevin. Sharp and to the point.
This post is about visual misinformation, an issue the authors believe is even more prevalent in social media: https://theconversation.com/visual-misinformation-is-widespread-on-facebook-and-often-undercounted-by-researchers-202913
Thank you for this sentence. It was exactly what I needed to read.
"Stop looking for your old Twitter community. It no longer exists and can never be replicated, not because it is technically impossible, but because Twitter was the product of a certain time and social media culture."
Thanks, Marie. Glad to hear that this post resonated with you.