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Twitter's one point of uniqueness was the ability to make an instant connection to a specific human. And they've done everything they can to kill that

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Jul 4 '23, 20:43

I mean, the specific human might not have been known ahead of time. It could have been from subject discovery or geo discovery. But twitter allowed such folks to connect with each other, cutting through all the noise.

And that is dead.

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Elon wants an echo chamber for the same dumb tweets that the rest of the world dunked on him before he bought it - hollywood big shot Jul 4, 20:59
Arguably, Twitter’s hook was “Hey, everyone! Look at this!” And now that’s no longer possible. -- nm - Mop Jul 4, 20:48 1
- Now it is pay $8 and we will show everyone that you are an asshole. -- nm - Qale Jul 4, 20:52

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Twitter's one point of uniqueness was the ability to make an instant connection to a specific human. And they've done everything they can to kill that

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