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The Age of Twitter is finally ending. Can Substack take its place?www.noahpinion.blog/p/the-age-of-twitter-is-finally-ending
225 sats \ 4 comments \ @k00b 27 May tech
Musk also made two key changes to the platform that have undermined its former use cases. In early 2023, X started defaulting its users to a “For You” tab that shows a TikTok-like algorithmically generated feed, instead of a feed created by the people you follow. You can toggle over to the old-style “Following” feed, but lots of people don’t. Second, Musk deprecated external links — any tweets that link to articles, videos, or other websites outside the platform are suppressed in the “For You” feed.
IMO X can reverse the trend by removing the penalties on external links. It's like building a city that only has roads going to the city but not out. Instead of being a central hub, it's a prison island.
Occasionally, my 'for you' feed isn't bad and something great is surfaced, but most of the time, when I'm strong, I try to fight off its attention vortex to get to my lists.
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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undergotten 20h
Seems like he's doing it so people start putting more content on the site. Smart move, I think. I know many people here prefer the same thing on Stacker News. I would much rather read an Article by DarthCoin on here, for instance, than be taken to some other random website where I am prompted to open an account, turn off my VPN, click a bunch of shit to get to the article, etc... Although, I still love a good link. I guess we'll see if the move pays off.
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 27 May
I don't use Twitter, but I know I don't like the "for you" feed on Rumble.
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59 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b OP 27 May
Gotta love Rumble's ads though.
"Navy SEALs don't want you to have this. Only true patriots should listen to this ad."
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 27 May
Apparently the Rumble audience is on the aggro side.
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