The social network began to go dark in the nation of 200 million, the result of an escalating fight between Elon Musk and a Brazilian judge over what can be said online.
But that doesn’t change the fact that Xitter is still number 1 by a large margin, unless I’m mistaken. And since no one here even seems to be disputing that, it seems we agree on that point.
So it’s the other point that seems to be what is controversial. That, even with all the bad shit Musk has done - maliciously gaming the algorithm so these things won’t rise naturally like they did before, actively banning “woke” accounts, etc.
Even with all these bad changes, Xitter is still the best way to get your crisis message to the masses, especially outside your country.
You can argue about idealistic things like “it won’t change until people are forced to look elsewhere”, but that’s not a luxury that people in crisis have.
And that’s exactly why I think this is more negative than positive. It takes away the most powerful tool available at getting your reality out of a war zone, out of dictator controlled media bubbles, etc, so that outside observers can get a glimpse at what’s really going on.
And until you have a real contender for a replacement that’s gaining massive traction, “not perfect” is a luxury of armchair activists.
When the need arises people will use whatever works best for their purposes. I doubt it will be Twitter again, but who knows.
The good thing about uprisings is you you can’t predict how it’ll spring up. That’s part of what makes them successful.
You’re better off focusing on a different platform though.
Ok. Agreed.
But that doesn’t change the fact that Xitter is still number 1 by a large margin, unless I’m mistaken. And since no one here even seems to be disputing that, it seems we agree on that point.
So it’s the other point that seems to be what is controversial. That, even with all the bad shit Musk has done - maliciously gaming the algorithm so these things won’t rise naturally like they did before, actively banning “woke” accounts, etc.
Even with all these bad changes, Xitter is still the best way to get your crisis message to the masses, especially outside your country.
You can argue about idealistic things like “it won’t change until people are forced to look elsewhere”, but that’s not a luxury that people in crisis have.
And that’s exactly why I think this is more negative than positive. It takes away the most powerful tool available at getting your reality out of a war zone, out of dictator controlled media bubbles, etc, so that outside observers can get a glimpse at what’s really going on.
And until you have a real contender for a replacement that’s gaining massive traction, “not perfect” is a luxury of armchair activists.
When the need arises people will use whatever works best for their purposes. I doubt it will be Twitter again, but who knows.
The good thing about uprisings is you you can’t predict how it’ll spring up. That’s part of what makes them successful.
You’re better off focusing on a different platform though.