Twitter Launches Invite-Only Communities to Compete With Facebook Groups

[wanha]

The worst social media app you could have on your phone is Twitter. It's filled with arrogant, group-think, pretentious, petulant, immature and vulgar takes from people who should really think twice before publishing their tweets.

Who the hell do you follow on Twitter???

My timeline is nothing of the sort.

 

[videosoul]

I really don’t like this. For me, Twitter is about openness. All this does is close things off and make them cliquey.

 

[yaxomoxay]

Twitter is a private company and can freely determine who is allowed within their square. Just like a comedy club or TV network — they aren’t required to let any politician say whatever they want via their company just because he or she is the current president. What a hilarious and ludicrous proposition.

While I don't disagree that Twitter can do whatever they want, the moment you compare them to a TV network (as you did) you make them liable of the content, which is something that doesn't happen in social media because they use the "public square" defense. However, they also claim that they are a media company. The question is then to frame social media under one or the other legal umbrella. It's a bit more complex than a simple "you signed the ToS" or "they are a private company". Now, what's the solution? No idea.

 

[tigerstyle0]

deeper into the echo chamber...

 

[blacktape242]

Jack Dorsey is a turd.... twitter is just down right terrible.

 

[stringParameter]

Twitter is the most toxic place on Earth. It is a viper’s den of cry bullies, virtue signalers, and wokeist religious zealots looking for their next target for personal destruction. I can’t imagine any feature Twitter could introduce that would expand their audience beyond their current echo chamber of horrors.

And yet, the media keep quoting 'tweets' as though Twitter is the real world that everybody lives in.

 

[wigby]

I don’t want anyone cancelled… I know it’s mind blowing

That's not the mind blowing part.

 

[JMacHack]

Letting normies onto the internet was a mistake.

 

[yaxomoxay]

Letting normies onto the internet was a mistake.

I do miss 1994-1997 internet.

 

[JMacHack]

I do miss 1994-1997 internet.

Traditionalist internet when? Return to BBS, reject social media!

 

[yaxomoxay]

Traditionalist internet when? Return to BBS, reject social media!

Man, I’d love to go back to BBS’s!!!! At least give me back IRC and Usenet as the only social media!

 

[hot-gril]

I really don’t like this. For me, Twitter is about openness. All this does is close things off and make them cliquey.

It was already like this when users started being able to control who can reply to (or view?) their tweets. At least don't show me those tweets if they're locked away!