As for "technical reasons" why twitter is declining (and I am looking for an alternative).
The promoted ads, every 4 or 5 tweets, by absolute bottom bin unappealing companies, are outrageous. I just scrolled thru the app, 4 ads in 20 tweets, some candle company you can add a picture of your cat, some weird mattress company, some Automotive company that offers "appearance protection" for your car, and some activewear company I've never heard of. It is fucking ridiculous how many promoted ads there are, it is fully 1/5 of the platform/experience now. Which of course is Elon's fault for running off the big advertisers, by being a piece of shit, now he has to take on these tiny companies with little ad budget.
Then there is the whole buy a blue checkmark. Now Elon's "town square" is basically Texags or SECRant's political board. Click on any topic and boom, you are overrun by boosted accounts that are screaming about absolute BS. It is as much a town square as Elon is sane. It is awful. And Elon is actively encouraging that (for $8 a month).
Then there are the bots. EVERY SINGLE post from any account with more than say 10K followers, is littered with these gambling and porn bots. TOWN SQUARE!
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