I deleted X off my phone. I still have to reference it for my job but will not be browsing it for fun Its frustrating how many people (especially in AI) still use it - ThreadSky

benjedwards.com • 29 days ago

I deleted X off my phone. I still have to reference it for my job but will not be browsing it for fun

Its frustrating how many people (especially in AI) still use it

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eonrecoil.bsky.social•29 days ago

I’m constantly seeking AI folks here to follow.

alfredwrigley.bsky.social•29 days ago

To be honest, I still use both; however, when the Switch 2 teaser video was released, I saw so many more reaction posts here.

That was the moment that I realized that there really has been a shift. Bluesky "broke" a story that took my Twitter feed about an hour to catch up to.

spaghettijaguar.bsky.social•29 days ago

nitter instances are good for this: https://xcancel.com

todddixon.bsky.social•29 days ago

Ditto!

https://bsky.app/profile/todddixon.bsky.social/post/3lg3jbqqaic2d

chris-lee.bsky.social•29 days ago

Despite the people still actively supporting X by using it as their primary social media outlet, many people seem to be transitioning away from it, which shows there are lots of people who are willing to put their morals above all else.

alfredwrigley.bsky.social•29 days ago

Agreed. When the teaser video for Switch 2 released, my Bluesky feed had more responses and my Twitter feed took about an hour to catch up.

That was a first for me for a story that big.

breadbrowser.bsky.social•29 days ago

I still use AI. What do you have against it?

benjedwards.com•29 days ago

It’s frustrating how many people in AI still use X, because they make announcements there that I have to follow for my job

breadbrowser.bsky.social•29 days ago

I fully agree with you. It's mostly because they are in a echo chamber and they don't want to escape it

bradchacos.bsky.social•29 days ago

Been using X as a web app I can run blockers on since new ownership, but on it very very infrequently now. All work. It feels weird abandoning 1000s of people who chose to follow me over the years, so I go on it to share gpu articles mostly. Seems less worthwhile since links deprioritized but still

bradchacos.bsky.social•29 days ago

It’s a shame, and a sadness. I’ve worked from home for 15 years and Twitter was the equivalent of my digital water cooler. I’m pumped bsky is where it is, but it isn’t quite the same. Whims of an impulsive billionaire tangibly affected my life, alas

benjedwards.com•29 days ago

Yeah golden age Twitter was fun

retrohistories.bsky.social•29 days ago

It became unusable for me when third-party apps became unusable. I’m glad they did that early so I didn’t have to see how far down it could go.

jonabrams.com•29 days ago

I know, wtf is with AI and X?

bordercore.com•29 days ago

Yeah, I pretty much just use X to follow the AI community. A few people are over here (eg Simon Willison and François Chollet), but not many.

benjedwards.com•29 days ago

Simon is here too but still more active on X. I keep trying to get him to be more active here :)

benjedwards.com•29 days ago

He does cross-post a lot here, to be fair

10marc.bsky.social•29 days ago

Jumped ship there December 1st and don't miss it a bit. The few retro computer friends still on there exclusively will live on fine without me. It had become a very, very sick place and was only getting worse.

discardedthings.bsky.social•29 days ago

Like Facebook I keep Twitter as a web browser app because it's the only way to keep in to touch with certain mutuals

Awful experience on both each and every time

kendoka.bsky.social•29 days ago

AI people and Rocket fans tend to skew right a lot more than other demographics

amyhoy.bsky.social•29 days ago

this is telling you the ethics of people in "AI"

benjedwards.com•29 days ago

Very techno libertarian

amyhoy.bsky.social•29 days ago

there's no such thing as a libertarian, only rightwingers with makeup

amyhoy.bsky.social•29 days ago

you can't be a libertarian and use AI, which is based on stealing other people's intellectual property. you can only be a lying rightwinger.

frankprovo.com•29 days ago

This individual makes a salient point.

tedunderwood.me•29 days ago

Also deleted it from my phone.

It’s slow but movement is in the right direction

benjedwards.com•29 days ago

Excellent to hear. Eventually and hopefully we will be able to quit it for good

techchattv.bsky.social•29 days ago

You could run a custom app for recording local copies of the tweets that whatever accounts you want to follow make. Useful in case something gets deleted.

API access is $5k/mo for what you'd need.

https://devcommunity.x.com/t/whats-included-in-free-and-basic-plan/208338/2

markhachman.bsky.social•29 days ago

I'm on it to primarily share links, but I refer people here for interaction.

zodypop.bsky.social•29 days ago

I've always felt that, if you could convince sports reporters to go elsewhere, it would truly become a ghost town.

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