Comment by pcj-github 6 days ago
I like this.
I know this might sound petty, but the thing preventing me from signing up is your comfort level dispersing information through x.com. You said "meet.hn has a twitter page", but sadly, twitter is dead and has been replaced by something sinister. I can't support them, even tangentially.
Similar to the parent, I associate x urls with an increasingly unwelcome retail district.
I don't think it's petty, goofy or unproductive to feel uneasy in a once-open place that put up walls, gates and signal-heavy signage.
But even before our present-day Compoundia, Twitter was losing it's way. Prioritizing engagement over users is a bad road.
I also strongly dislike X being used as the primary host of public information not because of any moral disagreements with the company, but because of how inaccessible it's becoming.
Information should be accessible to anyone anywhere on any device, with or without an account. X doesn't fit that role.
Same reason I hate when companies have a Facebook page and nothing else.
Noted, appreciate your opinion.
The OP says in the signup that if you meet up in person and tweet a photo, he'll re-tweet you through the meet.hn x handle. Sounds benign, and it mostly is.
I'm just personally uncomfortable supporting an otherwise good cause wherein x.com gets more attention and data about the good folks on HN, because I really don't trust them and their data governance.
Twitter/X keeps spamming me with NSFW things so I deleted it
Imho, your take isn’t as “petty” as it is goofy and unproductive. I’m saying this as someone who has rejected social media entirely and deleted it off of my devices like 10 years go.