"Follow me on X"

Why... just why? Why do people keep insisting on using it?

travisgriggs a day ago | parent | next [-]

I certainly won't.

I wonder if it's because they don't see other relevant low-cost/overhead solutions. "Follow me on facebook" certainly isn't going to be a win. "Follow me on Bluesky or Mastadon" is going to be ignored. "You can see my comments on insta" won't be relevant. "My TikTok is where it's at" might get you some young followers.

Other solutions (your own blog, medium, substack, etc), all come with more overhead and setup.

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rootusrootus a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The charitable explanation is "because that is where most people are." Network effect is real.

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platevoltage a day ago | parent [-]

Was that ever true, even during the Twitter days?

	▲	rootusrootus a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I guess that depends on the scope. For people who like that flavor of social media, Twitter was where it was at, and X remains the main place. But if the scope is 'of all people' then of course it is not true -- most of us (myself included) never got into Twitter or any of the similar social media sites.
	▲	spiderfarmer a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
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worldsavior 17 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Because that's what he uses. Instead of shaming about using X and going off-topic, don't comment at all or comment something about the project.

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self_awareness 16 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Because people like using social media?

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userbinator a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

"Remember to like, share and subscribe."

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bigyabai a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Form over followers over function, the 21st century design ethos.

	▲	dcreater a day ago \| parent [-]
		you mean followers over form over function?

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cbeach a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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	▲	quietmonkey a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Why do you assume it’s political? Child pornography is, at least ostensibly, not a partisan issue.
	▲	gwilikz a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		[dead]

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hasperdi 19 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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antfarm 18 hours ago | parent [-]

Same here, it reads like a political statement. Easy enough to remove it though.

https://github.com/richhickson/claudecodeusage/blob/0bb26c05...

	▲	RichHickson 17 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Thanks for the feedback. The new version is being notarised now.