sh is a retroflex sibilant whereas x is an alveolo-palatal sibilant. They are both sibilants so they have a shared quality, but indeed “xitter” and “shitter” doesn’t sound quite the same.
News, businesses, and celebrities continue to use it for some reason. It won’t die until they stop.
Look how deep Twitter is in sports reporting. Any article about an event in a game (a goal, a hit in hockey, etc.) has the video… from Twitter. It’s the default and just won’t stop. Until that mindset changes, I’m afraid Twitter will continue to exist.
Just because people want to hear about celebrities, doesn’t make them relevant. News, Business, and Politics has an effect on your daily life and quality of life. Should effect how you vote, where you shop, or where you look for a job, etc.
Celebrities do not. They’re propping up a site run by a eugenics supporter because they’re voyeurs.
The “people want to hear about celebrities” part is relevant to the fact that interests drive a big part of the audience to the site. Meaning, you and I both want celebrities to be off Twitter because if we can convince them to go elsewhere, that would be an effective way to cripple Twitter.
Complaining that people like celebrities when they’re not “relevant to your daily life” doesn’t really do anything to further your goals. It just makes you sound like an asshole who isn’t relatable to the kind of people that we want to listen to us.
Did ages ago. Unfortunately, as long as politicians and other public figures use it as their go-to method of communicating with the public, it’s not going to be allowed to die.
No matter how awful it’s become (and I agree that it’s absolutely abysmal), it’s still a very convenient tool for some very powerful and cynical people and as long as that’s the case, it’ll keep limping on.
I really wish there was an alternative for complaining/publicizing stupid shit that businesses do. Last year I had friends working at a Target when that bomb threat bullshit over Pride merch happened - their store refused to let the employees EVACUATE after a threat was called in. Twitter would have been the place to shame that.
If there’s an emergency, just leave. There’s no way HR can approve a disciplinary action for leaving an unsafe work environment. Put all your money and stuff away and leave.
Stop using Xitter, people. Let it die.
And that’s an X with a Chinese pronunciation, no doubt.
Chinese has sh, x is a different sound.
sh is a retroflex sibilant whereas x is an alveolo-palatal sibilant. They are both sibilants so they have a shared quality, but indeed “xitter” and “shitter” doesn’t sound quite the same.
News, businesses, and celebrities continue to use it for some reason. It won’t die until they stop.
Look how deep Twitter is in sports reporting. Any article about an event in a game (a goal, a hit in hockey, etc.) has the video… from Twitter. It’s the default and just won’t stop. Until that mindset changes, I’m afraid Twitter will continue to exist.
News and business can be found on News sites. Celebrities are irrelevant.
Maybe to you, but not to the masses.
Like it or not, people are interested in celebrities. I wouldn’t call that irrelevant in the attention economy.
Just because people want to hear about celebrities, doesn’t make them relevant. News, Business, and Politics has an effect on your daily life and quality of life. Should effect how you vote, where you shop, or where you look for a job, etc.
Celebrities do not. They’re propping up a site run by a eugenics supporter because they’re voyeurs.
The “people want to hear about celebrities” part is relevant to the fact that interests drive a big part of the audience to the site. Meaning, you and I both want celebrities to be off Twitter because if we can convince them to go elsewhere, that would be an effective way to cripple Twitter.
Complaining that people like celebrities when they’re not “relevant to your daily life” doesn’t really do anything to further your goals. It just makes you sound like an asshole who isn’t relatable to the kind of people that we want to listen to us.
Cool, cool.
I just separate “wants” and “needs” and wants aren’t important enough to a site run like someone like Musk.
Did ages ago. Unfortunately, as long as politicians and other public figures use it as their go-to method of communicating with the public, it’s not going to be allowed to die.
No matter how awful it’s become (and I agree that it’s absolutely abysmal), it’s still a very convenient tool for some very powerful and cynical people and as long as that’s the case, it’ll keep limping on.
I really wish there was an alternative for complaining/publicizing stupid shit that businesses do. Last year I had friends working at a Target when that bomb threat bullshit over Pride merch happened - their store refused to let the employees EVACUATE after a threat was called in. Twitter would have been the place to shame that.
If there’s an emergency, just leave. There’s no way HR can approve a disciplinary action for leaving an unsafe work environment. Put all your money and stuff away and leave.
The people working at Target might not be able to afford the time or the lawyer it takes to defend their rights.
I think the question was about the step after that.