I stopped when it became X. However it was full of racist, bigotry and hatred before then as well.

I used it to keep up with some content creators and tech companies but I did so by getting an API key and running a cli that only pulled down messages from who I followed. Made it much more bearable and useful.

Since the Xittification, API keys are expensive and I’ve either followed them elsewhere, or mostly just given up. Some dropped it, but when you have thousands to millions of followers on a platform, from their side, it’s hard to lose that audience.

I used to like Twitter when it started, following people and small companies/communities was super easy and the 140char limit nice and terse for both the posters and the ones following. Then it shat the bed and then it got bought out and while some still post there because of followers, most have left or just disappeared.

Time for a pull request to remove it!

Jan 14, 2026 – Looks like SparkFun (Nate) is trying to drag Limor and I on hackernews, here is the post and discussion. And… Paul maker of “teensyduino” for the Arduino-compatible teensy, emailed and said there is “concern” about us saying teensy-compatible for the future unreleased unnamed open source alternative.

That not cool, bro.

Apparently a large percentage of people buy cars without test driving them… so probably.

I feel like the problem here is that you get people who are curious or like the other features the fridge has and just get what they can when theirs goes out. And while, sure, those people learn not to do that again, by that point the industry used that sales data as a “they must like it, lets do it across the board!” Instead of asking people or taking anything else into account when figuring out what products to continue making.

In 10 yrs when those fridges die and people who “learned their lesson” go to buy a new fridge, there will be zero fridges without AI because marketing thought thats why they bought it and no one has any ability to buy a non-AI fridge anymore.

Anyone have a non-video summary/article?

On one hand, its not that bad on a Mac… but that’s because the OS is designed in such a way where there’s nothing there and it sorta gets lost. Windows isn’t like that at all.

On the other hand, At least its not right above the keyboard like some of the ones we have at work… the “up the nose” cam is not flattering.

Satya, I really want to stop saying it too… But it’s everywhere, so i call it like it is. Stop making the Slop and I’ll stop saying it.