I do wish that Twitter had not been bought by someone I do not trust. It remains very useful. The other day, two fighter jets flew over and of course I took to Twitter to find out what others knew what was happening. Within a minute someone said this was a practice run for a flyover for the University of Virginia football game. A conversation between many led to more understanding and awareness of something that will no longer make the news.
I have not decided to leave yet, but I am very fearful of a tyrant dictating terms of use when that dictation will not be applied universally. But, the utility of Twitter as an information clearinghouse in realtime is what I will hate to lose.
We have a very active Reddit community here, but it's not quite real-time. It's fairly close, though. Facebook is too siloed.
I don't know the answers, but appreciate your perspective and thoughts.
Thanks again for your well thought out and fluid essay about personal journeys.
I do wish that Twitter had not been bought by someone I do not trust. It remains very useful. The other day, two fighter jets flew over and of course I took to Twitter to find out what others knew what was happening. Within a minute someone said this was a practice run for a flyover for the University of Virginia football game. A conversation between many led to more understanding and awareness of something that will no longer make the news.
I have not decided to leave yet, but I am very fearful of a tyrant dictating terms of use when that dictation will not be applied universally. But, the utility of Twitter as an information clearinghouse in realtime is what I will hate to lose.
We have a very active Reddit community here, but it's not quite real-time. It's fairly close, though. Facebook is too siloed.
I don't know the answers, but appreciate your perspective and thoughts.