Twitter still resolves to a working webpage but what it was as a cultural element is dying. The closest thing to a digital city square we had, and techbro shows up to enshittify it and let his minions vandalize the place.
I kinda agree with the X/Twitter name change but I really want to stress that it is STILL the same service.
I am a large account/heavy user and it’s still very good.
The worst part was changing how DMs worked. Before you could get in touch with Celebs or famous people and know it was them. Right now it could be a parody account, it’s tough to tell. Is that really pmarca in my DMs or a twitter blue user?
Beyond that I think the site has improved. And it will probably get better and you should hop on.
It’s not just political hell fire (which was ‘nerfed’ if you will, in virality during the for-you algo update). I have qualms too but I really do mean it: the site is still very good.
> And it will probably get better and you should hop on.
Nothing advertises desperation more than seeing someone begging people to use the service while dismissing problems with the service in a thread that is literally about a huge problem in the service (but one of a long line of threads about newly-introduced problems with the service).
That's not what enshittifying means. I noticed that there are many assumptions in your post:
1. all leftists/progressives are obnoxious/preponent/deranged (I personally disagree)
2. only leftists/progressives are alienated by the recent changes (I disagree, and know many counterexamples)
3. leftists/progressives even exist as a well-defined group (I disagree, unless you're talking purely in context of American politics - in this case it's worth specifying, since Twitter is used worldwide)
But thanks for your perspective. I my social group nobody is happy with the way Twitter is going, so it's interesting to know that some people see it completely differently.
