Journal Entry (Monday November 14, 2022)
It is with a fair bit of reluctance that I share these thoughts about Twitter. I don’t really care if it survives the Musk takeover or not. I have sympathy for the laid off workers and I hope they all find work soon, at better companies. I think Musk is getting what he deserves, a struggling company that he has no clue how to run, and likely is heading it towards becoming worse, not better. Even though he is telling advertisers he does not want Twitter to become a “hellscape,” I think his statements and antics are sending a very different message. In short, if I were an advertiser I would do exactly what many seem to be doing, abandon the platform..
Twitter has become a platform for the rich and powerful, for robots and foreign actors, and even for a fair share of just plain clinically disturbed people. I never used Twitter myself, and I’m actually quite proud of that fact. (I’m old and I also don’t use Facebook, so there’s that to be proud of as well.) If you’re asking yourself why am I writing this, the answer is simple. I enjoy writing, and Musk and Twitter are low hanging fruit. Perhaps one day I’ll be good enough to write about more important stuff, until then this is good practice. I try not to be hateful. I try not to anger people. I suppose if you are a huge Twitter fan (or clinically disturbed) this could make you angry, but that’s not my intent. You see, I just like to write, and I find it satisfying to put my thoughts out here for the world to see. Ironically of course, this is a corner of the internet with very low traffic, almost zero in fact, but I still find it satisfying.