Some thoughts on social media 1/?: Tweetdeck
It finally happened. Elon finally noticed Tweetdeck still exists. I'd kinda stuck around Twitter saying that if Tweetdeck goes, I go. And Tweetdeck is going. So I'm off.
Tweetdeck was always great, because every stupid thing that Twitter users complained about happening to their UI didn't happen there. I had a reverse chronological feed of tweets from people I followed. And that's it. No ads, no Nazis ( mostly), nothing else. And I could add a bunch of lists for special interests that made me happy, like Doctor Who or Lego or Star Wars or whatever, that I wouldn't have followed directly. It was great.
New Tweetdeck does most of these things, but no way am I paying Elon to ride Twitter into the depths of Hell. So I'm out.
I've got some more thoughts on things now that I've been mucking around with Mastodon a bit more, I have some more thoughts on Fediverse things, but maybe I'll spin those off to separate posts. A blog series! I haven't done one of those in ages!