Twitter revenue sharing, TLE Projects and the weird reason I'm gaming again - Patroncast S03E06

True, it might just be a case of beng able to articulate that preference, or at least analyze it! It's still a nice reminder that the best software won't feel right unless the hardware it runs on is also good, and vice versa!

The Linux Experiment

Tools and tool co-adaptation is very core in the human condition. Your preference is quite natural. The difference is you have had a career in tools development (software) and now run a channel based on analysis of and reporting on tools. So you are better able to articulate _why_ you like one tool (software + hardware) better than another. Others feel the same, but generally don’t explore more tool combos or try to explain beyond “I just like it better”. With my in-home streaming setup I have the exact same considerations. The upside here is I have a broader selection of clients (as anything which can run the stream will run the game identically) so I get to focus exclusively on client form-factor.

Emil Johansen

Yeah, they're basically sacrificing the long term viability of their platforms for short term profit. Making more money is OK if it also means your users will have a good time, but in this case, I can only see more and more people leaving Twitter: people who don't pay for Blue will get more ads, and they won't have any interaction, as their tweets and replies aren't prioritized by the algorithm, and users who pay and want revenue sharing will make more and more weird tweets to get more replies and ads. So, in the end, the platform will be split between paying customers that post inflammatory stuff, and non paying stuff that try and reply but can't be seen by anyone, and end up leaving. It's basically going to turn into a nice echo chamber for Twitter Blue customers

The Linux Experiment

Twitter’s direction makes perfect sense to me. It’s all about €$£¥. It’s the best move to make if you don’t care about the quality as a platform, nor about hosting good content or the long term. It ties in with your previous concerns about big tech: create growth and good quarterly (short term) figures. But without a true vision for the future. You could say Twitter was ahead of Google and Microsoft firing staff. There is also Twitter blue. Now this is the next step. Non of this improved the quality of the platform or is for the benefit of tweeters/content creators. And this revenue sharing is just an incentive to sell more Twitter blue AND creating more engaging content to generate profit. It’s a double win, brilliant. … if you only care about profit. I’m sure their next idea won’t make Twitter better for its visitors and tweeters either. But I’m sure Twitter will continue to exist for at least a few more years. Though it’ll be a ghost of what it was. At least shareholders will probably have bigger pockets.