On: X is changing its algorithm to highlight smaller a...

[whywhywhywhy]

This is good. Was insane that it used to literally penalize your account if you interacted with sub 1000 accounts before.

Seeing how TikTok treats its creators really shows old Twitter management squandered something bigger by chasing only the desires of journalists and celebs on their platform.

Never seeing the bigger picture of what was possible.

[dauertewigkeit → whywhywhywhy]

Twitter was the first platform to get celebs posting on the daily so they had something new and exciting on their hands. TikTok then said, what if we turn normal people into celebrities?

TikTok would not exist without Twitter and I think Twitter could not have been TikTok. The two cater to different audiences. The elitism of Twitter is what kept the celebs posting there.

[brightball → whywhywhywhy]

So wait…all this time it was actually useful to get a bunch of fake followers because the numbers alone amplified you?

I always assumed that fake followers were pointless since they wouldn’t ever actually see anything.

[tmaly → whywhywhywhy]

I missing being able to go viral on TikTok.

I understand why it happened https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/

Looking forward to see where X takes it. Recently it has been an echo chamber of big news events.

Just before Elon took over, I was able to see more teachers posting STEM projects.

I hope it gets back to that.