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by add-sub-mul-div 566 days ago
I wonder what's the motivation for a normal person to leave replies on Twitter anymore. The top replies will be porn spam and other blue check self promotion bullshit. In hindsight it makes sense the people left on Twitter would continue to post into the void but not engage.
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That pay-for-attention reply prioritisation thing really was the most bizarre product decision. Like, everyone already knew it didn’t work; dating apps have been dealing with the problems with pay for attention for about 25 years now.