• Maxnmy's@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Twitter just has too much momentum. It’s unshakable from its cultural position as it is now. It will take more than the alt-right openly congregating in their own circles to scare ordinary people away.

    • fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de
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      4 months ago

      I disagree.

      If anything the momentum is moving against it. The only question is how long it will take for alternatives to become viable and / or for twitter to lose its network effect.

      Presently its only the inertia of users maintaining the network effect.

      When the owner starts publishing misinformation I’m order to manipulate an election, that’s something more than merely a consideration of features, users, and UX. Users really ought to emphatically withdraw their support, even in cases where it may be inconvenient.