Please don’t take this offensively or as a rude comment, I’m genuinely curious- why is it so important to people to follow and keep up with celebrities? I feel like these apps wouldn’t have any traction if we stopped giving famous people so much extra attention outside of their mediums (movies, music, etc). People got updates about albums, movies, tours, etc all before the internet, so what is the draw?
It’s not celebrities but if you are part of a niche community that’s mostly active on Twitter then it’s the only place to go.
For example, esports communities are small but very active on Twitter and due to the live nature of the app, it makes seeing real time reactions to matches and collective shared experience. It’s still talked about on Reddit too but that’s usually post-match.
It’s similar for many traditional sports as well but those are larger communities.
Many fandoms for shows, comics, manga, anime, etc exist on Twitter and they have their own community of artists and others.
These were there before Elon fked the app but these communities still exist inspite of him.
Until Bluesky gains traction, Twitter is absolutely the best place for live updates/breaking news. I just don't look at the comments on anything and I can more or less curate my own experience with my follows.
I've definitely used it less over the last year but it has its uses.
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u/Glitter_puke 2d ago
The various scenes and most of the artists I follow haven't migrated over to bluesky yet and discord is shitty for my use case.