Kevin Beaumont on Nostr: Back a few years ago when Twitter was on the ropes, I remember saying it needed to ...
Back a few years ago when Twitter was on the ropes, I remember saying it needed to not collapse as the technical and human infrastructure wasn’t there to take the load elsewhere.
It really wasn’t - they burn billions on infrastructure alone each year.
I think between Mastodon, BlueSky and Threads there’s enough technical and human infrastructure now for the wheels to fall off X relatively comfortably. It would still be a roller coaster, but it feels like a much more comfortable place.
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