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> this is going to hollow out twitter

should. I hope it does. Treating users like they are deserves much worse.

> There's massive pent-up demand for an alternative

Nope.

If there was, we'd already have seen more attempts with some strong competition.

Twitter has always struggled to make more money. Founding team and CEO are gone. Musk tried all he could to get himself out of buying it. Twitter board was desperate to sell it.

Twitter's power users were happy with 140 chars and a textbox. They got there years ago. They're still there not because of what Twitter has become, but despite of it. Not many, not a growing community and they're not leaving.

What kept it alive en-masse was celebs and politicians. They're seemingly not missing Twitter.

Threads is about Ego. Musk burned $400 billion and Zuck $650 billion on shit ideas. This is them dueling, burning more money just to prove they know how to make popular products. In reality neither has a a fking clue about what people actually want.

We'll see this burn to ashes after the elections.



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