Great news — social media is falling apart - eviltoast
I don't know where to post: there are too many social platforms, and the old giants are dying. The age of social media is splintering.

Great news — social media is falling apart::I don’t know where to post: there are too many social platforms, and the old giants are dying. The age of social media is splintering.

  • P03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    741·
    1 year ago

    I wished they mentioned Lemmy, but at least they are talking about Mastodon. I don’t understand why more media outlets aren’t switching to Twitter, given how brazen Elon is with his enshittification.

    • Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.worldEnglish
      251·
      1 year ago

      Inertia and that it still has a large userbase. The media outlets and corporations won’t leave until something causes a mass exodus – like Twitter/X becoming subscription only.

      • Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
        18·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, seeing a lot of places capitulating, replacing the Twitter bird with an X. Though the BBC has been experimenting with Mastodon for a few months, lately…

        • P03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          5·
          1 year ago

          Along with MSNBC, ProPublica, The Intercept, Voice of America, The Mirror, Rolling Stone, Al Jazeera, and a bunch of others.

      • P03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Use both Mastodon and Twitter, and then jump ship from Twitter once the time is right. Once Twitter is completely gated by a paywall, the whole thing will just collapse.