If you've ever made a thing that took so much time that it has to be your job, and earn you money, you'd likely have a different view. If you're ignoring a percentage of your target market because they're on a platform you don't like, then your project might fail, and you don't get to keep your house.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip -2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Plenty of people make plenty of money and have plenty good careers without ever making a twitter account.

Sometimes doing the right thing is hard. Twitter became worth leaving a long time ago but anyone who is still on after the changes over the last 6-9 months just doesn't value their time enough. It's a self-respect issue. Like people who still moderate on Reddit after Steve and co made it crystal clear how much disdain they hold for their moderators and users 2 summers ago.

There are very few people/businesses/things that will fail simply because they leave twitter - you are being dramatic and you know it. And let's also not fail to realize that if your life or livelihood depends on Twitter to succeed, you are tied to a really sick horse and one day you're just going to fail. You better look for a second option starting today. But again, there are very few people who absolutely depend on Twitter in the first place. To argue it's that critical is ridiculous.

[–] Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If your stated downside to still using Twitter is that it's a waste of time, is that invalidated if your posting tool posts to all of your socials with one click? Like most professional social media users that have to maintain a bunch of channels with the same content?

Also, who is being dramatic about how important it is to be on or off twitter?

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip -2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

also, who is being dramatic blah blah I’m a contrarian

The dude above me literally said that if you don’t use Twitter you might lose your house. Are you being serious right now?

[–] Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Ok... but his thing can actually happen... your version of the bad things that can happen for still also posting news to twitter is all imaginary stuff that doesn't happen in real life. Being upset about the direction Twitter and Reddit took and are taking is a totally valid, and honestly the objectively correct position to have about it. But adding in imaginary penalties for using it is not.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I can tell you firsthand that companies are lowering their ad buys on and generally pulling away from Twitter. It is not 2015. You are not going to lose your house if you lose Twitter. It is over dramatic. What I said is not dramatic. How on earth you were defending people sticking with that sinking ship is beyond me. It is a right wing mouthpiece that becomes more impossible operate safely on every week. When you block people they see your posts and can comment all over your stuff now slandering you you just can’t see it. How on earth people want to live with that is beyond me.

The sheer number of journalists and media outlets abandoning the platform is about as big of a canary in the coal mine as you’re going to get.