Poll, will Musk buying twitter change your twitter usage?

[Takket]

76 votes, 3 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	No, I use it now and will continue to use it.
	17 (22%)
	No, I don't use it now, and don't plan to start.
	37 (49%)
	Yes, I use Twitter and will quit it now.
	21 (28%)
	Yes, I didn't use Twitter, but now I will sign up.
	1 (1%)
	3 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[BlueGreenLady]

1. I'm taking a wait and see position

I hate to miss out on Jeff Teidrich and lots of other Tweeters.

[spooky3]

2. I am too. Nt

[Dorian Gray]

38. That's where I am

You can control your feed. If I see more trolls than I used to, and it makes it unusable or a chaotic mess... I'll drop it. But as an aggregate of information (I follow non profit feeds, news feeds, and education feeds), it's quite useful for me.

[mahina]

3. Deleting one and keeping the other acct.

Changed my email addy on there and deleted my number.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

26. That's interesting. I know my friend signed up on a new site

Just in case we needed to change. If Dingbat comes back it's not like you have see his posts you can just block or not follow. But the entity as a whole is sullied.

[calguy]

4. Won't change my usage

Never had it....

Never will.

[relayerbob]

5. Gotta stand our fucking ground

Can't just surrender at the first sign of conflict.

[Crunchy Frog]

6. I've mostly been on Twitter recently.

I'll decide what to do based on how things eventually shape up under Musk.

It's very toxic already in terms of trolls, and could get much worse. I could also see the administration becoming far more arbitrary, and favoring certain views over others.

Waiting to see, and wondering about potential alternatives.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

27. So you don't block trolls? I love how you can just pick

The people you want to follow and not the rest.

[Crunchy Frog]

30. There's so many of them right now that it's overwhelming.

I block or mute almost all of them as soon as I see them, but with some of the people I follow a majority of the replies will be from trolls. If I want to read an actual discussion, I have to spend most of it zapping trolls, and there's always more of them.

The Russian troll factories are obviously really busy right now.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

32. Got it. Don't experience it though. I guess I don't follow

Anyone who doesn't block them out. Because those people would never communicate with you directly then could see how the effort would feel too much.

[Crunchy Frog]

33. I've mostly been focusing on the war in Ukraine.

Some of the otherwise best posters don't seem to do much blocking, so you can imagine that Russian trolls are all over them.

I've probably got a few thousand accounts muted by now.

[reymega life]

7. why did JACK DORSEY QUIT?

WE NEED HIM NOW

[Sympthsical]

9. Jack Dorsey wanted Musk to buy it

It was in those texts that were released last month.

[RainCaster]

8. Yes, I use it and will try harder to get banned

As a hyper-critic of conservatives, it will be my mission

[50 Shades Of Blue]

10. I have a Twitter account so I can subscribe to others' accounts. I never Tweet anything.

For now I'm keeping my account, because I do find it useful, but I'll see how it goes.

[jmbar2]

11. I use it extensively as a day trader.

There is no good alternative right now, so I'm stuck. But if it gets too screwed up for the traders, they will probably move en masse to whatever viable alternative is available. Can't think of one right now.

I hate being captive to another mad man.

[Historic NY]

12. Probably more on its going to become trump greviance chamber.

[LeftInTX]

13. I mostly use twitter to read tweets.

Media will still use it. It's a great source for breaking news and this will probably continue.

I rarely post on twitter. I also rarely "browse" on twitter.

[brooklynite]

14. No reason to leave that I can see.

[Gore1FL]

16. JFC, you and I agree! nt

[Marius25]

18. Trump will be back and Elon wants to allow unlimited speech

meaning tons of Antisemitism, homophobia, transphobia, pro-terrorism, calls for violence, etc. with no moderation.

[leftstreet]

21. Twitter will roast, mock and LOL Trump's ass

I can't wait

[Buns_of_Fire]

41. If unlimited and unmoderated, Ol' Fishylips is going

to be treated to a barrage of insults like he can't imagine. It almost makes me want to sign up for an account.

[Gore1FL]

15. Wrong question.

What change in policy will change your Twitter usage? is more apt.

Ownership is a trivial consideration unless and until they impose a policy change.

[sarcasmo]

17. I will quit if Twitter charges a monthly fee.

[Ace Rothstein]

19. Hopefully this will result in fewer DU posts that are just a Tweet.

Looking at the poll results that is.

[haele]

20. It will when he starts charging for usage as he says he will.

He's made statements for the effect that he's not going to allow Twitter to remain a "hot mess" of garbage posts. He's also talked about subscription tiers of usage, especially for "blue checks", to continue to post.

He doesn't understand the economics of a social Media. For a trust fund man-baby 'tech bro' he really does not have clue one about how real (and admittedly not so real) people think and act.

Twitter will go the way of MySpace, only quicker. No wonder he fired the Twitter execs who actually knew how the platform worked.

Haele

[Bettie]

22. Wait and See

but, I do expect it to turn into more of a cesspool than it already is.

But, there are some delightful corners of twitter.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

29. Glad I don't see the cesspools :). I've created a perfect

Little fake world of just people I agree with
Lol

[ColinC]

23. Haven't decided

Social media is fairly toxic regardless of who runs the platform. If I stop or reduce my social media usage, it will because I think social media is more negative in its effects generally than not. Not because of the business structure or rules.

[róisín_dubh]

24. I'm on it and I'll keep it.

Besides, if threat of termination didn't get me to stop tweeting (my uni just instituted a series of social media "restrictions&quot , that jackass and the orange jackass won't either.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

28. +1

[Septua]

25. Maybe Musk won't keep it

He tried to nullify the deal for some reason, so it might go up for sale shortly.

[Initech]

31. I'm staying. I'm fighting fascist authoritarian extremism

Bring it on, MAGA losers!

[Demovictory9]

34. I will probably cut back

[Meowmee]

35. I am not sure

I have been on twitter for a long time, but I have not used it for years and hardly every read anything there unless it is posted here or sometimes in an article. It did help me out once in a situation. M is a nutso, narcissist. I guess we will see what happens there. I doubt me still being there makes any difference since I don't use it anymore and hardly ever used it at all. But I guess it would be good if there was an alternative if he lets unowho back on there. 😩 I will not pay to be on there, that is for sure 😹

[shanti]

36. When there was talk in the summer

about Musk buying Twitter, I knew it was time to bail. Super glad I did.

[GoneOffShore]

37. Twitter - Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans - But you only get the vomit flavoured ones.

[Elessar Zappa]

39. I will continue to use it.

I don’t think liberals should abandon Twitter to the nutjobs. Twitter is a big part of the zeitgeist and if liberals leave, that window will move to the right and infect the minds of non-political Twitter users.

[whistler162]

40. What is Twitter?