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Comparing Twitter to Tumblr is laughable. The same thing that happened to tumblr cannot happen to twitter.

by ym555 4y ago

borski 4y ago
Why?
- braingenious 4y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=ym555 https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=ym555 This appears to be the only comment this account has ever made
  - themitigating 4y ago
    Now that's odd right? Account created in 2019 and not a single comment until now. The comment is also just a quick rebuttal with no substance, the type of comment made by someone who you'd think would comment often. So either People who manipulate opinions for some group, country, or company on social media keep accounts stored so when needed they can perform their job. Or, this person read hackernews for 3 years and never commented (ignoring deleted comments) until just now and only to basically say "no".
    - 65a 4y ago
      Even better, no response to this as of the time I write this comment (1667104702).
    - ym555 4y ago
      Ever heard of lurkers? > Or, this person read hackernews for 3 years and never commented (ignoring deleted comments) until just now and only to basically say "no". Yes, comparing tumblr to twitter was so idiotic I just had to say no.
      - themitigating 4y ago
        I have heard of lurkers, that was the second option I offered
    - regpertom 4y ago
      “Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, bots, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data.” Sometimes people lurk because they know they’re going to be scrutinised by self appointed gatekeepers and so try and wait until they have something perfect. Only to later just jump in the pool with something simple. Your either is not complete, there are plenty of other possibilities.
  - tsol 4y ago
    This doesn't really mean much. I know people like to use this as 'see they're a shill'-- but does Elon really need to pay people in order to get into petty fights about him? This literally is completely inconsequential. He's a billionaire, he owns twitter and can do what he wants. People can complain all day and it has literally no effect. He says things that piss people off literally every single day. The best thing to do is just ignore him instead of feeding him more attention
  - Thorrez 4y ago
    So? That seems off topic.
braingenious 4y ago
Can you elaborate on that? How do you establish the impossibility of future events?
- ym555 4y ago
  Tumblr was very North America/Europe centric platform, with most users often posting about very niche topics that most people aren't interested in. On the other hand, twitter is a pretty global platform, yes a big share of its users is from the US, but japan, brazil, the middle east constitute a huge part of its userbase, so while I wouldn't say that losing the part of twitter that hates elon and his policies won't be a problem (if that ever happens), it's impact won't be as large as tumblr, because no one cares about elon in japan. The topics discussed on twitter are also far less niche and more current, politicians, celebrities, artists, companies all use it, so it mostly can't experience meltdown by changing its policies, because what's keeping people on twitter is other people, not the policies. Yes this does mean that if those people leave every one will with them, but there is simply no alternative to twitter to leave to right now, mastadon is a joke, discord and reddit are just a different form of social media that wouldn't satisfy twitter users Maybe someone can make a new platform just like twitter? but I doubt that elon's decisions can be that bad. He mostly has to keep it the same, and he won't lose a single user.
  - braingenious 4y ago
    > the part of twitter that hates elon and his policies Can you elaborate on his policies? I personally do not have first-hand knowledge of them. As far as I know, it’s currently a big question mark.
    - bumbledraven 4y ago
      Elon has expressed support for free speech and treating both left and right equally.
      - Eisenstein 4y ago
        What has Elon done that makes you think everything that he says is reliable?

Comparing Twitter to Tumblr is laughable. The same thing that happened to tumblr cannot happen to twitter.

by ym555 4y ago

Comparing Twitter to Tumblr is laughable. The same thing that happened to tumblr cannot happen to twitter.

borski 4y ago

Why?

braingenious 4y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=ym555 https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=ym555 This appears to be the only comment this account has ever made
- themitigating 4y ago
  Now that's odd right? Account created in 2019 and not a single comment until now. The comment is also just a quick rebuttal with no substance, the type of comment made by someone who you'd think would comment often. So either People who manipulate opinions for some group, country, or company on social media keep accounts stored so when needed they can perform their job. Or, this person read hackernews for 3 years and never commented (ignoring deleted comments) until just now and only to basically say "no".
  - 65a 4y ago
    Even better, no response to this as of the time I write this comment (1667104702).
  - ym555 4y ago
    Ever heard of lurkers? > Or, this person read hackernews for 3 years and never commented (ignoring deleted comments) until just now and only to basically say "no". Yes, comparing tumblr to twitter was so idiotic I just had to say no.
    - themitigating 4y ago
      I have heard of lurkers, that was the second option I offered
  - regpertom 4y ago
    “Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, bots, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data.” Sometimes people lurk because they know they’re going to be scrutinised by self appointed gatekeepers and so try and wait until they have something perfect. Only to later just jump in the pool with something simple. Your either is not complete, there are plenty of other possibilities.
- tsol 4y ago
  This doesn't really mean much. I know people like to use this as 'see they're a shill'-- but does Elon really need to pay people in order to get into petty fights about him? This literally is completely inconsequential. He's a billionaire, he owns twitter and can do what he wants. People can complain all day and it has literally no effect. He says things that piss people off literally every single day. The best thing to do is just ignore him instead of feeding him more attention
- Thorrez 4y ago
  So? That seems off topic.

braingenious 4y ago

Can you elaborate on that? How do you establish the impossibility of future events?

ym555 4y ago
Tumblr was very North America/Europe centric platform, with most users often posting about very niche topics that most people aren't interested in. On the other hand, twitter is a pretty global platform, yes a big share of its users is from the US, but japan, brazil, the middle east constitute a huge part of its userbase, so while I wouldn't say that losing the part of twitter that hates elon and his policies won't be a problem (if that ever happens), it's impact won't be as large as tumblr, because no one cares about elon in japan. The topics discussed on twitter are also far less niche and more current, politicians, celebrities, artists, companies all use it, so it mostly can't experience meltdown by changing its policies, because what's keeping people on twitter is other people, not the policies. Yes this does mean that if those people leave every one will with them, but there is simply no alternative to twitter to leave to right now, mastadon is a joke, discord and reddit are just a different form of social media that wouldn't satisfy twitter users Maybe someone can make a new platform just like twitter? but I doubt that elon's decisions can be that bad. He mostly has to keep it the same, and he won't lose a single user.
- braingenious 4y ago
  > the part of twitter that hates elon and his policies Can you elaborate on his policies? I personally do not have first-hand knowledge of them. As far as I know, it’s currently a big question mark.
  - bumbledraven 4y ago
    Elon has expressed support for free speech and treating both left and right equally.
    - Eisenstein 4y ago
      What has Elon done that makes you think everything that he says is reliable?