“I’m not gonna leave, Twitter won’t shut down. Everyone keeps saying FA is gonna die and it’s still there!”
I just wanna grab these folks by the shoulders and give them a ‘lil shake and ask, very calmly
Why do you want to stay??
Even if the site is still resolving, Twitter suffered traumatic brain trauma three weeks ago. Even if it continues to serve pages, it’s not the same site. The person in charge has stated, publically, the changes they want to implement that will fuck you over.
For artists and everyone that made a living on that site, I get it. But are you gonna have the same audience when the site is either dead or Truth Social wearing a blue-feathered cap?
The best time to establish alternative online presences was three weeks ago. The second best time is right now.
I'm glad you at least recognize that creatives and other independent workers made a living on there. But the fact remains that there currently isn't a platform that has the sheer REACH as Twitter. Obviously we're working on building other platforms like Cohost up so that people don't have to ONLY rely on Twitter. But to patronize folks who don't want to lose that huge pool of eyeballs, despite the pure awfulness of many of the site's users feels quite disrepectful to these people. In my case personally, I don't want 4,000-some-odd followers (and potential clients) evaporate.
Ideally, we won't NEED Twitter in the longer term as these other platforms build up in user base as well as stability and functionality. But for now, I think it's just rude to want to "grab these folks by the shoulders and give them a lil shake" just because they're not ready to fully break away from the bird site quite yet. Let them make the transition from there to these other platforms. You see many of them making new accounts elsewhere and learning how to use these platforms. Give them the time to get used to these new waters and adapt.
