jdw

foregoneconclusion said:

jdw said:

But CHANGE is better than what the old Twitter did.

How would you know what the old Twitter did? You're claiming you only used it a couple of times a year in another post in this thread. 

Yet more complaining/trolling of me.  Crazy.  Especially so when the answer to your own question is obvious.  How much usage does it take to know what the old Twitter did?  Please quantify that for us, because you obviously are suggesting a few uses per year is impossible for you to know anything about Twitter.  Too bad, because it isn't impossible for me.  Especially so when I read the tech news daily to supplement my usage.  No one can say they are in the dark about the new or old Twitter, and especially not someone who has used it before.

Stabitha_Christie said:

If that fallout is folks like that stop reading AppleInsider the it's a net win. But they won't stop,,,, you are still here. So I guess the fallout is having to listen to you complain that AppleInsider had the audacity to publish accurate information....... what exactly are you afraid of in this situation, why does knowledge frighten you?

Hilarious.  Here you are doing your own set of complaining, except your complaint is minor -- about me, a single guy in a forum.  My issue looks at the broader picture of all the silly media coverage of Musk/Twitter.  Just roll with the punches and enjoy the ride.  That's the entire point.  There's too much complaining about CHANGE.

And as to deleting accounts, I so no need.  I have a Twitter account I only use a couple times a year to enter a giveaway.  That's it.  Interestingly, I won something in the past too.  But despite my almost not needing Twitter at all, I see no need to waste my time deleting my account.  Maybe it will interest me one day more than it does today.  Even so, I wish Musk well.  It is his baby now, after all.  And the rest of the world who didn't put their money on the line or contribute to the creation of Twitter merely sit around complaining. Madness.

The upside to the AppleInsider on FaceBook is that Comments are never banned under Articles posted there, even when comments are banned under a particular article here.  And when you read them today, you can see that I am not alone in having a "what the...!" reaction to the "How to delete your Twitter account..." article, even if it was inspired by requests.  Consider the fallout...

I personally feel folks need to leave Musk alone.  He bought Twitter.  He can and SHOULD try things.  You win sometimes and you lose sometimes.  Not all decisions are good.  But CHANGE is better than what the old Twitter did.

I am mainly writing this post because I spotted a separate article here on AppleInsider today entitled "How to delete your Twitter account on iOS & the web."  I couldn't help but feel that was pushing the "We think Twitter is bad, and we think you should feel that way too" narrative.  And what do you know?  Comments are BANNED under that article, thereby giving credence to my suspicions.

The world has gone mad.  The very fact people spend so much time on social media is partly evidence of that.  Calm down.  Take a deep breath.  Look outside at the beautiful world instead of your mobile phone.  Think positive thoughts rather than be so critical.  There is a batter way.  Most people simply chose not to pursue it.

What a terrible looking device.  The horribly small screen is a bigger DISTRACTION than any iPad with full notifications turned on.  Seriously!  Let's review a version where the eInk display spans the entire width of the device.  They we'll have something to get excited about.