[manmal]

OP makes it sound as if Twitter were a good platform for public discourse - it’s not. It’s a cesspool of indignation, racism, faux wokeness (white-knighting to feel superior over others) etc.

If you don’t have a thick skin like Musk, you must self-censor yourself pretty heavily to avoid backlash and sometimes humiliation. Just liking a controversial tweet or following a problematic account can get you on the bad side of people.

I‘m not even sure I‘d consider Twitter worth saving.

[slantedview]

> It’s a cesspool of indignation, racism, faux wokeness > I‘m not even sure I‘d consider Twitter worth saving.

Obviously the people who use it think it's worth using. Either way, the point isn't how bad Twitter is in your personal opinion, the point the author rightly makes is that it will get worse.

[manmal]

I was referring to the favorable state of Twitter OP was describing, which doesn’t hold up IMO.

> Obviously the people who use it think it's worth using

I‘m an ex heavy Twitter user. I primarily use it for keeping up to date with tech, but the signal/noise ratio is not great nowadays. I can see myself switching to Reddit and HN completely.

> the point the author rightly makes is that it will get worse

That remains to be seen, no? What’s the use of writing that a week after an acquisition?

[slantedview]

The author is definitely projecting, but he's basing his projection on real signals: increases in hate speech, advertisers leaving, mastodon currently trending, etc.