Much like pylon’s outlook on… life in general, I guess… Musk’s view of Twitter seems out of touch with reality in a way where he understands the general idea of something or that it might exist but has no idea why it exists or what benefits and drawbacks it has. Monetizing Twitter is a good way to make people leave, and as high as he says his user counts are, that’s not what matters to advertisers when we’re talking brand safety and ad effectiveness.
As far as what people are switching to, for me, nothing. Maybe Bluesky once it’s released. But much like any technological shift it’s unlikely that whatever people choose now is going to takeoff. Too many faults in too many of the options. Stuff like Mastodon absolutely sucks.
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