Twitter dying is a weird beast.
On one hand, I have this great sentiment of good riddance, I’m glad we’re going to be finally free of that hell-scape platform that is entirely built on the back of chronically online people arguing with each other and just discourse for days.
On the other hand I am seeing an increasingly large portion of twitter users making tumblr accounts, and posts on tumblr giving like, guides to twitter refugees, and it’s sort of like, is this not just the neon billboard pointing towards the peaceful, half-dead safe haven of tumblr becoming ransacked by problematic and argumentative twitter users stirring up drama and just trying to turn this place into Twitter 2.0
Tumblr feels like this, nature reserve that’s been hidden away from the world and yes, it has it’s own issues, we have never been a perfect platform, we have our own bunch of weirdos, strange culture, and are not immune to things like witch-hunting and starting drama entirely. Twitter on the other hand, started off as a state park, which just got increasingly more popular and overmarketed to the point where it’s a barren waste destroyed by consumerism and entitlement, no focus on preserving the nature.
Weird analogy, but just stick with me.
Maybe just some old nostalgic bones in me would rather see this place keep riding it’s last wispy breaths for another decade and then fall over, with the worst discourse being over which supernatural ship is the best, than have it be revived by a wave of twitter refugees only to crash and burn into the ground, choked by people who don’t harmlessly argue over fictional characters, but rather, make personal attacks at others and rile up others to burn them into the ground.
A fresh wave of Artists would always be nice for this platform though, just as long as they can de-twitter-ify themselves.
If you are a twitter refugee reading this, I’m going with a horse analogy for you;
Hey! tumblr is an old girl, she’s been riding round this old part of the internet for a long time, but her prime is long since gone and I can think all her old and current riders would agree that she deserves to wander around the ranch, rest, relax, and enjoy these last few years in peace. She’s more than happy to see new faces, and you can have your turn taking a ride! but she can’t take the rodeo tricks and ruckus you’re used to, so keep things calm, and everyone can enjoy her :)
