Debian is Ditching X (Twitter) Citing These Reasons

[deathbird@mander.xyz]

The "safety" thing is a bit hyperbolic. I wish they'd just say "the quality of the interactions is going down" or "poor moderation" or something else a little more honest.

Twitter is a shitty platform in structure, format, and moderation. I'm glad Debian's not on it. But I am disappointed in them for using hyperbolic rhetoric.

[spoopy@lemmy.world]

Safe is a very broad term. Its not being used hyperbolically here. It's not referring to physical safety.

[deathbird@mander.xyz]

Yeah I'm aware that it means "emotional safey" the way they're using it. But they're still being hyperbolic, because emotional safety in the context of opinions on the Internet is just not meaningful. In a relationship one can speak of emotional safety in context of emotional manipulation or violence, but on a microblogging platform? The axiom of Tyler the Creator still applies, and we're not even talking about targeted harassment.

[chaoscruiser@futurology.today]

That’s what happens when people don’t know how to use the system properly. They just throw their files and announcements into random places without any thought, and expect everyone to be able to find them.

In cases like that, you just need to ask a more experienced user for direction, because nothing else works. It’s not your fault you can’t find your way around a labyrinth like this. It’s the fault of everyone who turned that place into a labyrinth.

Can we also blame the software? Maybe, if the marketing was misreading. Mostly though, this sort of mess emerges as a result of ignorant people abusing the system.

[ora@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

I mean, have you seen YetAnotherForum.net? .Net Core, PostgreSQL/MySQL Support and the old VBulletin styling from the hayday of internet forums.

[topherclay@lemmy.world]

What is "The Axiom of Tyler the Creator"?

[mwa@lemm.ee]

Good job Debian.

[shortrounddev@lemmy.world]

eh the design is very flat

[deathbird@mander.xyz]

It's a bit of a gloss (as most microblogging posts are), but the essence of it is that words in themselves can't really hurt you unless you let them: https://x.com/tylerthecreator/status/285670822264307712

[txtechnician@lemmy.ml]

Fucking awesome