Quick Google search shows engagement is down. This post references registrations not engagement. I wonder how much this guy believes what he’s saying.
The flipping robots underneath this post which have nothing to do with his message demonstrates to me the ridiculousness of X, that is a reminder of the cess pit that these social media platforms have become.
Not to mention the crypto scams, sensationalised untrue “news” etc.
Which links show the engagement data?
At least X has Community Notes. It's not present on reddit, substack, HN, etc. Easy to spread misinformation on reddit/substack while hardly anyone reads the correction.
Why aren't the community notes subject to manipulation too ?
Oh, they're crowd-sourced internet UGC - of course they're subject to manipulation. But frequently having something is better than nothing.
I think it's ultimately a positive thing to have a mechanism for users to flag content as being questionable and have that flagging be subject to some kind of court of public opinion.
If anyone spends much time on Wikipedia they're familiar with this kind of public debate. Community Notes are a bit like a less sophisticated Talk page. Obviously it's imperfect and obviously ideological shades leak through, but it's still better than forum-style god-mod autocracy.
They are. The "proposed" ones you see if you are a CN moderator show you all the crazy, biased ones. Those then get whittled down to the ones you see. The published ones are generally high-quality, with a small percentage of wrong or bogus ones.
The algorithm is specifically designed around manipulation resistance. You could think of it as being sort of like the difference between mob rule and trial-by-jury.
Certain users were handpicked to be able to write community notes. Nobody else can.
No, you unlock the ability. I think it's just account age + submitting ratings on existing community notes.
This is not correct. You apply to join the program. Somehow my account applied and I am in it. I am not a twitter power user at all.
Every once in a while I get a notification that says "the community needs your help."
I usually never weigh in unless it's something I know intimately.
> The flipping robots underneath this post which have nothing to do with his message demonstrates to me the ridiculousness of X, that is a reminder of the cess pit that these social media platforms have become.
Who are the flipping robots you're talking about? Do you mean HN posters or X users?
It's a shame you've had such a poor experience on X. The site isn't perfect by any means, but it's become one of the only places online for new humor. The fact that reddit, Imgur, and Instagram front pages are frequently just X screenshots is a good indicator that this platform still has legs.
Where did you read that engagement was down? I was under the impression the platform was getting more usage than ever.
> It's a shame you've had such a poor experience on X. The site isn't perfect by any means,
This line is identical to what deluded Twitter users said when they wanted me to join the site. "Yes, look past the NFT features, ignore the bots and the advertising and the brand accounts, disconnect from the hustle culture and make sure to block this list of artists. Used ironically, then the site is great!"
X and Twitter are not just imperfect. They are both unprofitable and untrustworthy brands, a net-negative service provided to humanity as a mechanism for selling ads and manipulating public opinion for brands and governments. It is an extremely ridiculous website and you're looking equally ridiculous as the Twitter zealots trying to defend it's merit. X is the piss-take of social media, there's no point in trying to vindicate it this late in the game.
Thank you for speaking truth; I hope you don’t get flagged like I did.
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