[NoboruWataya]

Musk's politics aside, content on X has been getting less and less accessible. APIs have been shut down and it seems you need to be logged in to view most posts now. That means if you're a content creator relying on X as your main distribution channel, you now have less reach than ever before. The platform also seems overrun with bots. I'm not on X so can't speak directly to the moderation policy, but from reading others' accounts it seems inconsistent and, at best, not the bastion of free speech that Musk promised when he bought it.

Some of these problems pre-dated Musk's acquisition of Twitter, and some of them will no doubt eventually plague BlueSky as well. But that is kind of the way of social media, nothing lasts forever and people tend to hop from one sinking ship to another.

As for not understanding why people hate Musk. I am loathe to get into politics on this site, but he is (himself) actively using X as a platform to meddle and stoke tensions in a number of democracies throughout the world. That is part of why a lot of people dislike him, and it also casts further doubt on X's future viability as a global content distribution channel, if countries start blocking it.

[ezekg]

> As for not understanding why people hate Musk. I am loathe to get into politics on this site, but he is (himself) actively using X as a platform to meddle and stoke tensions in a number of democracies throughout the world.

What do you think was happening on Twitter before Musk turned it into X?