Fascinated by the responses (particularly from right-wingers) of people just deciding to up and leave Twitter in exchange for Bluesky.
I’ve been on the internet long enough to have jumped from social media to social media. First it was with Xanga, then it was Myspace, then finally Facebook, which coincided for me with Twitter and such. But I’ve never seen the decision to move to another platform be met with the kind of emotions I’ve seen post-election. Even the jump from Myspace to Facebook didn’t feel that big in comparison.
Is it just because Twitter has always been a “public facing” platform? I recall an old joke about how people have to be more professional on Twitter than on Tumblr. Not to mention all those companies that advertise on there; Twitter does have a seemingly large importance for the rest of the world. Maybe that’s why people just going “I’m out” has received the reaction it has.
All I can say is, social media platforms come and go. And maybe we put too much importance on Twitter to begin with, idk.
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