twitter is really bad recently isn't it

[serpentinemalign]

This is just a really quick post to whine about twitter crashing and burning which perhaps isn't the Best use of this platform but it's been weighing on me. My feed is so much more depressing and discoursey since they rolled out For You/Following. The dark patterns even down to the level of making it hard to swap to the functional feed and access other options if you're using your phone one handed, with your right hand. or the complete nonfunctionality of the desktop versions account switching.

Even on the Following page, now the takes seem vastly more negative because people are dropped into the new For You page by default! It's exhausting! I have no idea if they changed the algorithms for this, or if they're just the same algorithms but now I have to see them and it's really easy to forget to change to Following because it's now the default, and you're locked into starting there. no thank you. it is so manipulative and gross and it should come as no surprise.

also I'm 100% seeing more side accounts of people whose mains I've blocked which. lol. I think this is just a coincidence, but it's unfortunate! :')

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[linky]

I 100% agree with you here. I recently got the For You/Following update and it is truly the worst. I'm coming across so much more discourse and depressing posts. And even the following feed isn't entirely chronological at times too? So that doesn't help. And you articulated something thats been on my mind about this new update too perfectly about how it feels (and definitely is) purposely designed to be hard to switch with one's right hand if that is what they are one hand holding the phone with.

Twitter has become the worst I've seen in a long time, maybe even the worst it's been. And that's saying a lot because I was sadly on there during the 2016 US election cycle.

[serpentinemalign]

Yes!!! You're so right. And I didn't even notice that the following page isn't always chronological 😭 what a disaster. I guess that's what laying off most of the people who'd notice and fix that does lol.

God that really puts it in perspective. I didn't use Twitter much back then but I trust you :((( I'm gonna have to use the site much less I think, and get even more judicious with muting and blocking.