Ten years ago I wrote about my desire to ease back from Twitter, now I feel the same way about X. What has really changed?
Notes:
- Recently I have become disillusioned about posting content on X, because the engagement rate is so low.
- For example, I can post on X and get 50 views in 24hrs from 9k followers, or post a short video on YouTube with 20 subscribers and get 500 views in the same period.
- Follow count on X is now utterly meaningless as a signal of how much engagement you will actually get.
- X is just not worth it anymore, as the return on the time invested there is terrible.
- If you look at the For You tab on X, you can see that the algorithm promotes accounts posting recycled memes, or recycled videos designed to provoke a shocked reaction.
- Meanwhile original content producers like me are finding it increasingly difficult to reach an audience on X.
- Over ten years ago I wrote about my desire to ease back from Twitter, now I feel the same way about X. What has really changed?
- I will read that article to you now (ref: https://techleader.pro/a/395-Easing-back-from-Twitter), and please ask yourself the following two things as I read it:
- What has really changed about Twitter / X in the past ten years?
- How many of the issues I raise in that article are still true today?
- (article read)
- The last time I felt this way, I deleted my Twitter account permanently. Note my current account is a new one.
- I am not planning to delete my account again, but will lock it in private mode and take a break for a few months before deciding what to do with it.
- In the interim, I am hoping that X does something to entice original content producers to use X as their main platform, because right now the value proposition is too poor.
- Did I mention I am paying for this account?
- What I am working on this week:
- Media I am enjoying this week:
- The Revenge of the Rose by Michael Moorcock.
Notes and subscription links are here: https://techleader.pro/a/646-Easing-back-on-X-(TLP-2024w23)
