The engagement farming is the one thing I dislike about Musk Twitter. People say stupid and annoying crap just to get the replies and retweets. Other than that it is fun again, before Musk I would log in once or twice in a month and immediately regret it.
I deactivated today after three years of being on it. The throttling and suppression of accounts never went away, they simply made it harder to detect. Some great RW accounts can be found on there, but for one to be in an endless feedback loop of obscurity where no one sees what you post finally became enough to quit. And as you state, the engagement farming slop has gotten out of control since it became possible to monetize.
This is a reason I have ceased my investment in Twitter. It is clear that my account remains throttled along with many others. I have to go to the profile of people like Charles Haywood to see their tweets. They never appear in my feed. I am told my stuff has the same issue.
For me, time is money, so investing time in Twitter when it never generates links to my content is a waste of time and therefore a waste of money. I get vastly more clicks from Gab than Twitter and I barely use Gab anymore.
Possibly missing in question #4 (where to live), and your answer to it, are considerations of where the questioner/answerer want to raise children. Maybe it is worth noting that in some cultures, including American blacks, 50-something men having children by teenage girls is considered normal.
Twitter doesn't really serve a purpose anymore. Musk accomplished two things with the acquisition: 1) he put a stake into the heart of tech optimism, and 2) bought political power. Without these aims to give the site its meaning and context, it is now just a misery factory. Not sure what comes next. Hopefully some form of tuning out
The engagement farming is the one thing I dislike about Musk Twitter. People say stupid and annoying crap just to get the replies and retweets. Other than that it is fun again, before Musk I would log in once or twice in a month and immediately regret it.
I deactivated today after three years of being on it. The throttling and suppression of accounts never went away, they simply made it harder to detect. Some great RW accounts can be found on there, but for one to be in an endless feedback loop of obscurity where no one sees what you post finally became enough to quit. And as you state, the engagement farming slop has gotten out of control since it became possible to monetize.
This is a reason I have ceased my investment in Twitter. It is clear that my account remains throttled along with many others. I have to go to the profile of people like Charles Haywood to see their tweets. They never appear in my feed. I am told my stuff has the same issue.
For me, time is money, so investing time in Twitter when it never generates links to my content is a waste of time and therefore a waste of money. I get vastly more clicks from Gab than Twitter and I barely use Gab anymore.
I've gotten zero traction on Twitter for a year but I've had success here. Not discounting it being a skill issue though.
Possibly missing in question #4 (where to live), and your answer to it, are considerations of where the questioner/answerer want to raise children. Maybe it is worth noting that in some cultures, including American blacks, 50-something men having children by teenage girls is considered normal.
Twitter doesn't really serve a purpose anymore. Musk accomplished two things with the acquisition: 1) he put a stake into the heart of tech optimism, and 2) bought political power. Without these aims to give the site its meaning and context, it is now just a misery factory. Not sure what comes next. Hopefully some form of tuning out