Twitter Behavior Comparisons

Commenters repeatedly compare the main post's issue or feature to typical Twitter behavior, often dismissively noting it's unsurprising or inherent to the platform, with references to its unreliability, new rules, and alternatives like Nitter.

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Activity Over Time

2007
10
2008
127
2009
322
2010
291
2011
341
2012
371
2013
330
2014
322
2015
286
2016
398
2017
349
2018
279
2019
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2020
667
2021
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2022
1,378
2023
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2024
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2025
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2026
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Sample Comments

dotcoma Aug 11, 2010 View on HN

isn't this what twitter is (or at least should be) about?

consultSKI Jun 22, 2018 View on HN

this is typical Twitter. no surprise.

carrolldunham Sep 4, 2021 View on HN

twitter. there is really nothing else to say

teclordphrack2 Jun 23, 2021 View on HN

I see you put the twit in twitter.

userinanother Oct 18, 2023 View on HN

Nitter still seems to work fine. Actual twitter is dead to me

unethical_ban Mar 4, 2021 View on HN

It's twitter - that's what it is designed to do.

vijayr Sep 25, 2012 View on HN

will this last long? with twitter's new "rules"?

verdverm Mar 30, 2023 View on HN

sounds like twitter's new strategy

hoodoof Apr 17, 2018 View on HN

Not on the Twitter I'm using.

achenet Feb 22, 2023 View on HN

twitter tends to do that to people