There was one huge part of twitters culture that I liked. It was a place where I could I read less filtered thoughts of influential people and get news that hadn't quiet met the standard to publish in reputable newspapers. It's a fine line. I just like the bar lowered slightly, not all the way so it is mental diarrhea or completely unsubstantiated rumors. I had to be careful about who I followed and keep a critical mind about what they posted.

I think a big part of what "Twitter culture" is it was many things for many people. Some people use as a place for weird shit posting, some use it for porn, some enjoy bias confirmation, some enjoy the drama and beef. I guess some people enjoy anime avatar reply-guys since some of the new offshoots seem to be catering to maximize them.

For me Twitter would have been better if it didn't have any of that but I get that using it as basically a shitty, short-form substack isn't the most popular usecase. So what I liked about "twitter culture" is that all of these things could co-exist on one site and just curating who you followed could dramatically change that experience.

With a lot of the current drama some of the more serious people are leaving. I'm not sure how it will all shake out in the end, but I don't expect my use case to stay intact.

I wouldn't say I like the culture because I don't actively participate in Twitter. What I do like is the curated list of folks I've built up over the last 15 years.

Twitter allows me to keep up with Technologists, comedians, journalists in one location which has made it very useful to me. That made Twitter sticky for me personally.

Unfortunately, Elon has probably pissed off enough people that I'm going to have to branch out to other services anyway so that immediately reduces the value of Twitter.

People who deem themselves to be important.

This is the key perceptive question!

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