[Moissanite]

I wonder how much people are secretly just hoping Twitter dies with no replacement. Skepticism about social media is basically the default position for educated professionals now, who are likely to already have distanced themselves from Facebook. The Twitter users I know would be happy to get rid of it, if not for the perceived career benefits (likewise with LinkedIn). When Twitter no longer offers any ladder-climbing benefits for technocrats, it will degenerate to be a shittier cousin of Instagram.

[KptMarchewa]

I want to have place where I can follow some people's written content without being "friends" with them.

[lithos]

You already can with bookmarks/favorites. There's also the somewhat murdered RSS protocol.

[bitlax]

I follow Nitter feeds with Thunderbird.

[exoterictruth]

What about ladder-climbing benefits for artists?

[Moissanite]

Not being an artist, I have no idea if this is a thing - but if so, I suppose the same logic applies; except I would expect artists to also be able to get value from photo/video content on Instagram or Tiktok to a much greater extent than technology workers.