Day 936 - Twitter β π - https://golifelog.com/posts/twitter-x-1690235891623
The end of an era. Sigh.
I know, I know. Change is the only constant. Yet it's never easy when it actually happens. I tweeted out my first tweet on 6 Nov 2014, got more serious about it in the past few years.
It's been almost a decade on the platform. And while my usage on other social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram had only ever downtrended, I've only ever increased my usage on Twitter. That says a lot about the staying power. At least for me. Because posting updates on my life, vanity selfies and all doesn't last. Having practical utility from peer support and collective learning is more sustaining. I don't think I will ever stop needing to learn how to indie hack β there's new things to pick up at every stage, and there will be always new people to learn from.
While these changes on the platform are unsettling, I hope they don't kill the community aspect of it. The really smart people are still here, but many are leaving. I hope the exodus will be stemmed somehow even through the chaos of Elon Musk trying to find profitability for the app.
Right now, I'm looking forward to staying on the platform for the peer learning.
By the way, some semantic woes:
What do we call tweets now? Xaps (like zaps)?
Are we all ex-es to each other now?
How weird if to say, "Oh I saw it on π"...
π€£
I know, I know. Change is the only constant. Yet it's never easy when it actually happens. I tweeted out my first tweet on 6 Nov 2014, got more serious about it in the past few years.
It's been almost a decade on the platform. And while my usage on other social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram had only ever downtrended, I've only ever increased my usage on Twitter. That says a lot about the staying power. At least for me. Because posting updates on my life, vanity selfies and all doesn't last. Having practical utility from peer support and collective learning is more sustaining. I don't think I will ever stop needing to learn how to indie hack β there's new things to pick up at every stage, and there will be always new people to learn from.
While these changes on the platform are unsettling, I hope they don't kill the community aspect of it. The really smart people are still here, but many are leaving. I hope the exodus will be stemmed somehow even through the chaos of Elon Musk trying to find profitability for the app.
Right now, I'm looking forward to staying on the platform for the peer learning.
By the way, some semantic woes:
What do we call tweets now? Xaps (like zaps)?
Are we all ex-es to each other now?
How weird if to say, "Oh I saw it on π"...
π€£