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by joaq
3956 days ago
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No, I've tried it. I've really tried to like it, but it just didn't click with me. I know it's perfect for others, but it can never reach the growth of a platform like Facebook that is more universally liked. That's pretty much my point. |
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Facebook is pretty much engineered to give you what you like - the "news bubble". There's no "civil unrest" on Facebook, or is there any disagreements or arguments or storms - things you don't like just go away. There are upsides to this of course, there is better user engagement and there's no trolls. However compared to Twitter, Facebook is a Brave New World.
Twitter, once it clicks is an addicting source of news - and its so hard to get it to click, I only really started seriously using twitter when I had blocked Facebook, Reddit, HN, and other distractions in an attempt to stay focused on work - even still, I don't tweet.
My "twitterverse" is much more diverse than any other platform I visit - (my facebook feed is now nearly exclusively pictures 20-something yuppies on vacation or HN which might as well be heavily curated) and there are a lot more interests outside my own bubble that I can at least pretend to have insight to just be being exposed to it.
However without the curation nor the inherent network effects of Facebook I can see why Twitter can be hard to use - you really have to invest in the platform and it does take a while.