Still being on twitter but following the right people has it's perks. I don't really follow anyone on twitter who's on truth but many aren't on truth or gab or anywhere else. Many have been burned by trying to make the swap to an alternative. A lot of people made the move to Parler and then their data got stolen, twice, and then Parler went down and took forever to come back. Now they're gun shy abut alt platforms. Many people are not going to leave twitter for that reason plus the audience is huge compared to anywhere else. (and they have a working Android app)
Thirty years ago, conservatives lamented the dominance of the three alphabet networks, the big news magazines,the New York Times, the Washington Post, etc. They have been eclipsed by cable news and talk radio, which were in turn eclipsed by what are now legacy tech firms like Twitter, Facebook, Google, etc. The legacy tech firms are weakening, as evidenced by Elon Musk’s exposure of Twitter’s overvaluation with false bot accounts. Independent entities will sweep Twitter into the same irrelevant status, unless Elon Musk can eventually acquire it and clean it up.
It is the unfortunate reality of it. I quit Twitter quite a few years ago. Then went back to see if anything had gotten better after the Musk take over attempt.
Same old same old so I quit going again. But I do recognize that was indeed a handy tool sometimes just because of the shear number and assortment of sources.
Where else can you hit Taco bell customer service directly and actually get them to pay attention. Or a representative directly without going through the months long formal access that they never pay any attention to anyhow.
The “public embarrassment” factor there is priceless, it causes others to start asking the same questions in mass and forces an immediate response. It is what it is, and sometimes a useful tool not available anywhere else.
Unfortunately they know this and take advantage of it in negative ways.