X glitch wipes out most pictures and links tweeted before December 2014

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X glitch wipes out most pictures and links tweeted before December 2014::Ellen’s famous ‘most retweeted’ selfie from the 2014 Oscars has had its image restored, but most old tweets have broken short links instead of the media or links that should be there.

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Is anyone still on twitter? Why?

Because of this fucking online press embedding tweets into every article, even weather reports

Momentum. It's still the most popular platform for many niches and it will stay popular as long as it's popular....

And English speakers are only a fraction of the user base. Current events in the US social media bubble barely penetrate the general public in the US, let alone across international and language barriers.

It's probably the largest social media platform in Japan, for example.

It's probably the largest social media platform in Japan, for example.

Really? 😯 I'm surprised they don't have a local solution, that's interesting!

Also reach and variety of users. Bussiness and self-employed people need it.

I think you overestimate the user base.

Unless you happen to be in one of the countries or niches where Twitter is really popular, you won't reach a relevant amount of people on there.

That goes without saying, I mean in places like the US/UK/Japan etc, it's useful. Many artists almost depended on it.

"It will stay popular as long as it's popular..."

You dont say? Yall are making it popular. If you y'all stopped using it, then it will not be popular and it would die.

I haven’t deleted my account - it’s 17 years old! But I also haven’t posted in a couple months other than saying I’ve moved to Mastodon. I said I’d hold on to the bitter end & I will. I’m not leaving, they’ll have to evict me.

I'm not leaving, they’ll have to evict me.

But... Why?

I can't speak for the previous comment but in my case they wanted me to remove 2fa (or pay to keep it) just to log in

I didn't remove it, and I've never been back

It’s the principle of the thing. I’m not going to delete myself, pretend I wasn’t there for all those years. The record stands. (Except for any media posted prior to 2014, which now exists only on my personal cloud storage, I guess.)

More power to you I guess, I think our brains just work differently on this subject. I used TweetDelete and nuked my entire account a few months back. I was going to let it just sit there with no activity but then he did another stupid thing (I forget which thing) so I wanted my content completely off the platform.

Because I like it.

Hope that clears things up for you.

Yes, but you're not a celebrity, government official, weather station or corporate marketing office. The question is why they remain on ex-Twitter when they really need a more stable platform.

It's fine that common folk like Gab or Parler or Truth Social, but they're not great for official business, And now, neither is the ex.

Weird response.

The question wasn't “why are you the celebrity on twitter?”

There are still seven million MySpace accounts as of 2019. So yes, any half-functional social media platform is going to be utilized by rando loyalists.

But Pre-Musk Twitter was the general announcement platform for most VIPs, what has been blighted with problems ever since Musk took over, and one-by-one, they're departing, as ex-Twitter becomes increasingly brand-unsafe.

So the question (as I read it) is not why is Twitter not empty? but why is Twitter still full well populated? Your answer because I like it doesn't clear things up. I can find seven million people who still like MySpace.

I think the answer is more nuanced than that. I also think as VIPs and services find alternative places to make their announcements and engage fans and constituents, we'll see ex-Twitter bleed out its general population.

Your answer because I like it doesn't clear things up.

It really does, though. Especially if you’re not looking for some ulterior motive and you just enjoy the platform.

I follow a bunch of scientists and I can’t think of another place that would allow me to, say, follow the LK-99 fiasco in real time the way twitter allowed me to.

I was able to watch people synthesize stuff pretty much live.

So to answer your question again, I like it, so I use it. I can only imagine lots of other people are also using it because they somehow like it.

Again, hope that helps you understand something so simple.

I can’t think of another place that would allow me to, say, follow the LK-99 fiasco in real time

Wait until you find out about IRC...