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Aside from conservatives, what fascist dipshits still use Twitter? It's just a cesspool of disinformation and bigotry, so I just assume anyone who uses it is a lying bigot.
Unfortunately, there are still functions that Twitter serves that nothing else does. For breaking news, it's still unmatched. For celebrities, influencers, politicians, journalists, etc there's no other platform that has the same microblogging function with the user numbers and clout that Twitter does.
Until that changes, its still useful. It gets less and less useful, but as long as the site is up, allows users to post up to the minute updates and allows users to follow posters, there's only so far it can fall without real competition.
Which you really don't actually need. Nobody needs to know whatever bullshit is happening across the planet in .5 nanoseconds.
Iirc Amber Alerts ( not the ones notifying Amber Heard's coming to town ) are issued over Twitter. There were cases of people not being able to check, because now a login is required?
I never used Twitter. Here in Germany it has never gotten so far, that it would be the only place you would get some of the important government announcements that can save lives.
Edit: no hate for Amber Heard from my side. I liked to play this stupid joke in my head, long before The Shitshow happened.
Seriously though,what has really changed? It's always been a cesspool