Anna Hidalgo today announced she's leaving Twitter/X
What tipping points are there that might lead to a collapse of the platform's relevance, especially in politics?
These are, I think:
1️⃣ Major players close their accounts
2️⃣ Advertisers abandon the platform
3️⃣ Worsening user experience
4️⃣ Legal action from the EU
5️⃣ Good quality alternatives to Twitter/X
Blogged here 👇
https://euroblog.jonworth.eu/twitter-tipping-points/
@jon I think the main tipping point is a critical mass of journalists and politicians forming on another network -- either bluesky or #fediverse.
@Sweetshark Which - if it works - needs the right technical functions *as well*. The blog post explains that.
@Sweetshark They aren't here. Full stop. Annoys me they aren't, as the functions just work fine. But honestly I have no answer *why* that is so.
@jon
It is so for the same reason public offices so rarely use FOSS and rather bind themselves to a benevolent software vendor with an ecosystem of shady developer firms.
It's what they know. It's considered sort of convenient. The alternative is considered risky (i.e. more work, omission bias, loss of followership).
And for what it's worth, I guess lots of politicians don't even use Shitter themselves. So, what assistant would suggest a risky change *and* manage it. Omission bias squared.
