You can push a button and wipe one social media platform from existence - which do you choose?

Moggy wrote:

Return_of_the_STAR wrote:Facebook causes me the most issues at work with people harassing and bickering on it but twitter annoys me the most, it’s changed tv shows, news media and the spread of false information.

Whenever I read I news story who’s source is Janet on Twitter I just want to hit my head against the wall. The amount of articles that start with ‘tv show causes outrage amongst viewers’ then you read on to find that it was a couple of people on twitter complaining.

Mafro wrote:Twitter is the easiest of all the major social networks to curate to exactly how you want it.

Oblomov Boblomov wrote:

Mafro wrote:Twitter is the easiest of all the major social networks to curate to exactly how you want it.

Doesn't that also make it the worst for becoming an echo chamber?

Oblomov Boblomov wrote:

Mafro wrote:Twitter is the easiest of all the major social networks to curate to exactly how you want it.

Doesn't that also make it the worst for becoming an echo chamber?

Mafro wrote:

Oblomov Boblomov wrote:

Mafro wrote:Twitter is the easiest of all the major social networks to curate to exactly how you want it.

Doesn't that also make it the worst for becoming an echo chamber?

I couldn't care less about that for the purposes I use it for.

Mafro wrote:

Lotus wrote:Twitter.

I'm baffled as to how it's become so embedded in society. Seems to be full of absolute cretins, it spreads misinformation, gives a platform to utter morons, its layout and design is gooseberry fool, and I rarely see anything funny, interesting, or useful on there that can't be found elsewhere already. I also hate the effect it's had on news and journalism: tweets from random plebs seemingly being the basis for news articles (i.e. "social media is saying..."), tweets being embedded in articles instead of the journalist doing actual work themselves, and journalists and politicians using it as a platform for spreading news/shite. Plus all the hashtag bollocks.

Of course other social media platforms have their issues, but Twitter seems like the worse. Feels like it disappearing would do more good than harm.

You could just easily replace Twitter with Facebook and your post would basically be the same btw. And if you want to talk about effects on news and journalism, Facebook royally strawberry floated plenty of media outlets that went for the whole "pivot to video" boom by massively inflating the viewing figures on their videos to the point where it caused layoffs or sites shutting down completely.

The spread of misinformation is also arguably worse on Facebook due to the age range of its users being much wider resulting in more usage from older generations who are much more susceptible to fake news nonsense.

And in terms of layout and design it's objectively one of the worst I use.

Mini E wrote:

gaminglegend wrote:Can we bring back MySpace?

It's still there. You've prompted me to search for my profile, reset my password, and look at some extremely old school photos!

Fade wrote:

Victor Mildew wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Fade wrote:
Twitter just promotes extreme narcissism,

Instagram is my favourite

Lol.

I used to hate Twitter for the very reason that (from what I saw here) it seemed to be full of "just got out of bed!" Pointless crap. I recently got in to it however by realising you can thin down exactly what you do or don't want to see. Mine is mainly sports I'm interested in, along with a few people from here and some comedians I like. Best part for me is that you can interact with these people directly as most seem to engage with you.

Any people that post about their breakfasts or how great their life is in a self indulgent way get blocked.

Same goes for Instagram though (Which I use on private). With the bonus being you can instantly look at someone's page and see how narcissistic they are (like when every single picture on their page is a selfie).

I just find it much easier to sort through things on there and not miss people's posts. It's also great for showcasing art which I like.

Also you get this kind of thing

[instagram]https://www.instagram.com/p/B_wUdlJD4S-/?igshid=1izbgfjlvi7ah[/instagram]

(Can't be embedded in the forum right?)
Winckle edit: It can now, I just added a bbcode instagram embedding

Rocsteady wrote:

Fade wrote:

Victor Mildew wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Fade wrote:
Twitter just promotes extreme narcissism,

Instagram is my favourite

Lol.

I used to hate Twitter for the very reason that (from what I saw here) it seemed to be full of "just got out of bed!" Pointless crap. I recently got in to it however by realising you can thin down exactly what you do or don't want to see. Mine is mainly sports I'm interested in, along with a few people from here and some comedians I like. Best part for me is that you can interact with these people directly as most seem to engage with you.

Any people that post about their breakfasts or how great their life is in a self indulgent way get blocked.

Same goes for Instagram though (Which I use on private). With the bonus being you can instantly look at someone's page and see how narcissistic they are (like when every single picture on their page is a selfie).

I just find it much easier to sort through things on there and not miss people's posts. It's also great for showcasing art which I like.

Also you get this kind of thing

[instagram]https://www.instagram.com/p/B_wUdlJD4S-/?igshid=1izbgfjlvi7ah[/instagram]

(Can't be embedded in the forum right?)
Winckle edit: It can now, I just added a bbcode instagram embedding

Speaking of narcissism. Imagine making your friends watch that at the start of a call.

Fade wrote:You do know she's a comedian right?

Rocsteady wrote:

Fade wrote:

Victor Mildew wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Fade wrote:
Twitter just promotes extreme narcissism,

Instagram is my favourite

Lol.

I used to hate Twitter for the very reason that (from what I saw here) it seemed to be full of "just got out of bed!" Pointless crap. I recently got in to it however by realising you can thin down exactly what you do or don't want to see. Mine is mainly sports I'm interested in, along with a few people from here and some comedians I like. Best part for me is that you can interact with these people directly as most seem to engage with you.

Any people that post about their breakfasts or how great their life is in a self indulgent way get blocked.

Same goes for Instagram though (Which I use on private). With the bonus being you can instantly look at someone's page and see how narcissistic they are (like when every single picture on their page is a selfie).

I just find it much easier to sort through things on there and not miss people's posts. It's also great for showcasing art which I like.

Also you get this kind of thing

[instagram]https://www.instagram.com/p/B_wUdlJD4S-/?igshid=1izbgfjlvi7ah[/instagram]

(Can't be embedded in the forum right?)
Winckle edit: It can now, I just added a bbcode instagram embedding

Speaking of narcissism. Imagine making your friends watch that at the start of a call.

Cuttooth wrote:

Oblomov Boblomov wrote:

Mafro wrote:Twitter is the easiest of all the major social networks to curate to exactly how you want it.

Doesn't that also make it the worst for becoming an echo chamber?

I’ve tailored my Twitter to just be people complaining Twitter is an echo chamber.