Luu Tuyen@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoBluesky adds 700,000 new users in a week / A ‘majority' of the new users are from the US, indicating that people are searching for a new platform as an alternative to X.www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10cross-posted to: fediverse@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkBluesky adds 700,000 new users in a week / A ‘majority' of the new users are from the US, indicating that people are searching for a new platform as an alternative to X.www.theverge.comLuu Tuyen@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square51fedilinkcross-posted to: fediverse@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
minus-squarefutatorius@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoAn even better alternative is to replace it with nothing. The Twitter-like messaging paradigm is only good for trivia and rumor-mongering.
minus-squareEnekk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI used Twitter for emergency updates, saved me multiple times.
minus-squaremarx2k@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month ago…or following people and interests you want to follow and keeping up with their updates. ffs stop gatekeeping social media
minus-squaremoitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoSome use/used it as an RSS feed for researchers sharing papers.
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoKnow what else is great for that? RSS feeds.
minus-squaremoitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoYeah but no. It’s not an RSS feed per se. It’s researchers sharing what they publish and what other publish with ints or resumes sometimes. Then people would comment and researchers reply.
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An even better alternative is to replace it with nothing. The Twitter-like messaging paradigm is only good for trivia and rumor-mongering.
I used Twitter for emergency updates, saved me multiple times.
…or following people and interests you want to follow and keeping up with their updates.
ffs stop gatekeeping social media
Some use/used it as an RSS feed for researchers sharing papers.
Know what else is great for that? RSS feeds.
Yeah but no. It’s not an RSS feed per se. It’s researchers sharing what they publish and what other publish with ints or resumes sometimes. Then people would comment and researchers reply.