I did my fair share of talking about Hive on Twitter to some users yesterday, (been doing that for a while now) but after Elon Musk announced the 6k and 600 view limits for verified and non-verified users I decided to take the opportunity to reach users who are panicking and trending the #RIPTWITTER hashtag, it was saddening to see these people panicking, the FUD have been crazy.
However, because of these changes, there has been a rejuvenated attempt by some hive users to jump on the trend and the attempt has been decent.
I mostly follow #hivekeychain and @theycallmedan, because they do great and comprehensive promotion, so I follow the thread, retweet, and quote tweets, to increase the reach and views of the original tweet. So I did this for 3 to 4 hours until I reached the view count limit
A lot of people on Twitter have threatened to quit, these same people did the same thing when Twitter blue tick became monetized, the view count has now been introduced and these same people are threatening to leave.
The truth is that even if Elon Musk decides that the view count will now be 100 per day and unverified users will no longer be able to tweet at all, these same people will only threaten to look for alternatives without actually looking for alternatives
this is because they've spent years building their followers, they lose the fame, and the money that comes with being influencers. But that's one thing web2 does. It creates the illusion that you cannot build somewhere else, just to keep you locked.
A lot of Twitter users with massive followers know that Twitter is gradually pulling the rug from underneath them, but they're just scared of leaving and influencing their followers to come too.
When Elon Musk took over Twitter months back, it was clear that massive monetization would happen, costs will be cut, the workload will be reduced, and the number of workers will be cut down, but people were focusing on free speech and not paying attention to the obvious.
It's true that the cost of running Twitter is high and runs into billions, it's also true that the man (Elon Musk) has introduced some cool things to Twitter but Jack Dorsey did it admirably well, the only difference is that the aim for Elon Musk is to make money, hence, the cost must be cut, so that those "loose money" will be profitable.
To be very honest, he is doing what he should do, I wonder why people are angry. You cannot make web2 into what it isn't, the core of web2 cannot change because web3 is on the horizon.
Some users/influencers think that web2 will bend over
......but no matter the changes that happen to web2 you cannot change the core framework and you still cannot own or truly have anything no matter how long it took you to build it.
It's important for people to understand that Twitter might be a completely different place in a year, squeezing harder and trying to milk profit from every corner.
Musk is trying hard to make everyone verified, but we know it's impossible to do that. The core numbers are the ones that are not verified, and there's a reason why they should remain like this.
Trying to get everyone verified will still create attempts at limiting what they can do, will turn Twitter into a social media for oligarchs, and soonest, the advertising will no longer favor the people who are ardent Twitter advertisers, because when the regular people can no longer reach more tweets due to view counts, how will the businesses of the people who pay money be potentially seen? Oh, it's possible; show more ads, to users and reduce the number of tweets they can see
The ordinary users are integral to the Twitter ecosystem
.....and if these people are forced out due to viewpoint, I cannot even begin to potentially imagine what might happen.
But as I said earlier, you cannot expect web2 to be different. It's important to keep telling people about the usability and applications that come with web3.
The SEC and BTC ETFs issues have temporarily lost traction, but still there are people who are genuinely looking to fill up their bag for the next run, it's possible to still reach these people individually; put the knowledge and idea in their faces, and leave the rest.
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