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Topic	Elon's handling of Twitter tells me that Twitter itself was a mistake.
ItsKaljinyuTime 11/12/22 5:14:47 PM #16:	ReturnOfFa posted... that's definitely how it was on...certain websites, and not on other websites. you would go to an artist's official website if you wanted official news. your idea of everyone always being anonymous online is a fantasy. yeah, we're anonymous on here. I also have presence online where I'm not anonymous for definitely useful reasons. Twitter's 'verified users' dealio worked, still had some problems, and then Elon proposed an idea that has even more problems. I'd say this entire debacle is more indicative that some people (Elon) have put too much stock in the value of specific social media websites. If you screw one up, people will jump ship without it being a giant dilemma for them. He's acting like people owe him just because he thinks he's going to 'make Twitter better'. Even if he was, markets will change and different social media sites will gain or lose popularity. Acting like Twitter is the definition of 'the public square' was one of his first mistakes. It's a stupid website that is presently popular and may or may not have longevity. See MySpace, Tumblr, et al. It wasn't a fantasy, once upon a time. There was pretty much perfect anonymity before Facebook came along. And we were better off for it. I can't think of anything we've gained that was worth what we lost. agesboy posted... not all of the internet needs to be valueless shitposting drivel like 4chan or gamefaqs, you know. there are people doing actual good on twitter like Jason Schreier reporting on labor abuses in the games industry or the World Health Organization spreading important COVID and flu related information the existence of verified twitter doesn't even DO shit to anonymous twitter, anonymous twitter has been thriving for twitter's entire existence. like if anything it should be a plus. you can't ratio ben shapiro on gamefaqs but you sure as hell can on twitter! "I get to ratio Ben Shapiro" is one of the things I specifically hate about the now times. We were better off back when we couldn't "ratio" Ben Shapiro. We shouldn't care about ratio-ing Ben Shapiro, Ben Shapiro shouldn't have an account on the Internet where he reveals his real name, unless that website is an online news journal that he writes for. The damage that Verified Twitter has done to the Internet is letting people believe in things posted on random websites on the Internet. If Jason Schreier wants to do journalism, he can do it on a journalism website. If the WHO wants to publish information, they have their own website. Where we fucked up is taking consumer sites and letting major corporate/government entities set up shop on them. --- Kaljinyu <cite>ItsKaljinyuTime posted [p:969382646] in Elon's han... [t:80230940]...</cite> <quote>ReturnOfFa posted... </cite><quote>that's definitely how it was on...certain websites, and not on other websites. you would go to an artist's official website if you wanted official news. your idea of everyone always being anonymous online is a fantasy. yeah, we're anonymous on here. I also have presence online where I'm not anonymous for definitely useful reasons.Twitter's 'verified users' dealio worked, still had some problems, and then Elon proposed an idea that has even more problems.I'd say this entire debacle is more indicative that some people (Elon) have put too much stock in the value of specific social media websites. If you screw one up, people will jump ship without it being a giant dilemma for them. He's acting like people owe him just because he thinks he's going to 'make Twitter better'. Even if he was, markets will change and different social media sites will gain or lose popularity. Acting like Twitter is the definition of 'the public square' was one of his first mistakes. It's a stupid website that is presently popular and may or may not have longevity. See MySpace, Tumblr, et al.</quote>It wasn't a fantasy, once upon a time. There was pretty much perfect anonymity before Facebook came along. And we were better off for it. I can't think of anything we've gained that was worth what we lost.agesboy posted... </cite><quote>not all of the internet needs to be valueless shitposting drivel like 4chan or gamefaqs, you know. there are people doing actual good on twitter like Jason Schreier reporting on labor abuses in the games industry or the World Health Organization spreading important COVID and flu related informationthe existence of verified twitter doesn't even DO shit to anonymous twitter, anonymous twitter has been thriving for twitter's entire existence. like if anything it should be a plus. you can't ratio ben shapiro on gamefaqs but you sure as hell can on twitter!</quote>"I get to ratio Ben Shapiro" is one of the things I specifically hate about the now times. We were better off back when we couldn't "ratio" Ben Shapiro. We shouldn't care about ratio-ing Ben Shapiro, Ben Shapiro shouldn't have an account on the Internet where he reveals his real name, unless that website is an online news journal that he writes for.The damage that Verified Twitter has done to the Internet is letting people believe in things posted on random websites on the Internet. If Jason Schreier wants to do journalism, he can do it on a journalism website. If the WHO wants to publish information, they have their own website. Where we fucked up is taking consumer sites and letting major corporate/government entities set up shop on them. --- Kaljinyu</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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