It's a mix of Twitter and TikTok. There is no feed to just see the people that you follow, there are no hashtags or trending topics. It was glitchy at first but it's missing a ton of stuff. Elon Musk has been tweeting nonsense about how much Twitter is being used right now.
As Meta launches its Twitter competitor, The Verge’s David Pierce says that we are watching the end of the social internet in real time.
This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Michael Raphael with help from Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King.
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