It’s super pretty, but the central button is a lidar turret that pops up, so I can’t put googly eyes on the bot without blocking the sensors 🥺
The problem is, everyone moved on. Social media is driven by algorithms now, and that's what the overwhelming majority of users are used to and expect. So even if you build the perfect 1:1 clone of early Twitter, it just fails every time. At the time that was all there was, so people enjoyed it. 2/5
One of the coolest math things I've learned recently is the "wobbly table theorem". If you have an object with 4 legs, no matter how uneven the surface you put it on is, you can make it stable (all 4 legs touching the ground) by rotating it in place. It also never requires more than 90° of rotation.
I'm not really surprised that the active user count is in consistent decline and the only growth comes from random Twitter exoduses. But I am somewhat surprised by just how many people I follow have left within the last year. I'm also not joking when I say even LinkedIn has a better UX.
5/5
Anyway, if you're interested in tech/cybersecurity content and want to throw me a follow, I'm primarily active on Threads and LinkedIn at the moment.
threads.net/malwaretech
www.linkedin.com/in/malwarete...
It's not really an issue of personal preference, either. When you prioritize chronological feed, that impacts new user's ability to find content they like, and creator's ability to get reach. The only people who benefit are the early adopters who built huge networks and reach.
4/5
I bought one of those fancy automatic vacuum/mop things. Actually pretty impressed by the AI mapping software. It just did a quick run through of my place, not the full wall to wall mapping Roomba does, and automatically figured out which room is which.
