For a bit I was a little baffled by the mass migration to Hive. It seemingly popped out of nowhere and is only an app with no website, which I completely detest and don’t see how anyone could enjoy. Hive feels like Twitter: The Squeakwel right now. Looking between the two timelines feels the same.
People keeping lauding the UX of the app, but it’s just Instagram that allows text posts.
I had trouble wrapping my head around why people would want just another Twitter. I love Cohost because it is different. A resurgence of the internet as it used to be. Cohost doesn’t feel like a panopticon, it feels like an art fair filled with random booths. I don’t have to worry about “mutuals” here. If someone unfollows me, I’ll never know. They’ve moved onto other booths.
I guess all the stuff I hated about Twitter is what others liked. I didn’t like how much time a day that website sucked away from me, but it looks like others want a time sink. I’ll never understand how out of the three major options available to us, Game Dev Twitter chose the only option that has fucking ads on the platform.
Maybe I’m just growing in a way that’s incompatible with that format.
