X 17+

The exclusivity was gradual but total and complete now. I’ve been along for the ride, the transition to X. I know Elon gets incredible criticism but I don’t understand. The platform has real people, reporting from the community, as well as the media. Elon, himself, is a wealth of info. Plus community notes is an equalizer, you see the original info, the correction, and the verification. I couldn’t find that anywhere but here. Yes, there are players providing interesting perspectives but you can easily mute, block, and eliminate those voices. This platform allows you to dial in different settings, like different radio stations, for you current interest, ie current news, space, education, entertainment, etc. I wasn’t able to achieve this on any other apps. Yes, you can subscribe to a news app or a social media app but this app has all of it in one place. Facebook was overly curated n felt more n more juvenile as time progressed. Instagram is an advert platform and I could go on about other apps but we all know the evolution of each one. At this point in my life, I don’t need someone else to curate my news, information, or track every little thing. I believe in free speech n support opposing views that are counter to my own. With the option to dial in any station that you prefer, this is the only app to have. I love the connectivity to the world, not just my city or state, and the immediacy is critical. Thank you X team and Elon.

I am a professional ceramic sculptor and have had 17 Instagram accounts deactivated on false reports, mod bias, and hackings, so to say I cherish the freedom on this platform not found elsewhere is an understatement. However, Twitter has put other restrictions on my account that arose from nowhere, probably due to competitors and their incessant spam of reports in attempts to get my work taken down so that theirs can appear like the original. Three stars because due to their 30 day policy of account deactivation prior to deletion, an account with almost 2K followers was accidentally deleted with me forgetting to re-login while overseas. It also doesn’t make the platform look good to have users who post content that gets hits elsewhere be unable to grow a following like before on their platform. I’ve been back on Twitter with a new account (post ig deactivation of an account) for 3 months, post several times a day each day, and have only around 50 followers due to my account not being searchable and the professional option removed and no way to appeal and reach support. If these issues can be fixed, naturally the app rating could be as well.

Twitter was already not that great, but it feels as if it has gotten worse over the last few months. All you see now are far-right extremist talking heads, Elon’s sycophants, or the most annoying scam bots for t-shirts, porn, and crypto. Elon says this is the “digital town square”, but honestly he’s just constantly propping up known racists, conspiracy theorists, and maniacs. Now that these creators can be paid based on comment counts, ads etc we’re seeing these creators up the ante in just how insane their posts are getting in order to cause further reach. I went from using this app regularly to maybe checking once a week and have been playing with the idea of just deleting my account in general. Changed the name to X which is just stupid, changed the API policy which makes 3rd party apps totally useless, and anyone who knew what they were doing either quit or was fired. Paying for the app feels pointless as it honestly doesn’t do anything for you other than you have a check mark, which you can hide btw because they realized people were getting laughed at for subscribing to Twitter. The alleged benefits aren’t worth the money. Editing can only be done within a specific window after posting the tweet, and you get 2FA through text. All in all it just isn’t a very engaging or interesting app unless you feel like laughing at goofy people, and even then it gets old quickly.