[lukan]

"The changes to the algorithm turned the platform into a form of attention roulette."

Twitters artificial limit of 140 character made the plattform always a shallow clickbait rage addiction thing to me. I never ever enjoyed reading anything there, before or after Musk aquired it. Anything good I did find, always would have been nicer to read as an ordinary blog post. But blog posts don't get as much attention as clickbait tweets, so people stay on twitter, as long as there is audience.

[mrmlz]

Meh, i've read and continue to read many great twitter-threads of linked posts. Sure 10 years ago that might have been a blogg post.

Really the content you get on twitter is 110% dependent on those you follow (on the for-me tab at least), I follow about 90-100 people and you really notice when you follow someone who reposts crap how quickly your feed deteriorates. Its a sensitive beast but can be quite good actually.

[lukan]

But don't you enjoy one coherent post more, than a fragmented series of short posts, all mixed with distracting side elements for enhanced engagement?

So I get, that people still use twitter to get interesting content, but yeah, I do not get, how one can really like the experience.

[mrmlz]

Depends on the topic to be honest and the quality of the post. I consume more varying topics now than i did during the blog-era.

But sure - a well crafted blogpost is wonderful and I miss that. But there was a lot of crap back then aswell.