Do you still use Twitter/Facebook? What do you love or hate about it?

I am a product designer and builder drawn to social products, social networking and culture.

Every other day, I think about mainstream social platforms, what they offer and what they are missing.

Twitter and Facebook, for example, are legacy platforms that have been there for a while.

Most established platforms, as they focus on growth and scaling the product, they end up solving the “priority” pain points, which may not address our specific problems.

In addition, there’s this phenomenon I call the “Goliath effect” where the existence of such platforms imply the problem space they exist is solved.

This leaves creates platforms that do not really meet you at the point of your need

Let me know your thoughts!

Which legacy platform(s)? How do you use it? What do you think Twitter/Fb would have done to improve your experience?

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ToneNo3965•about 1 hour ago•1

I like Facebook for the groups and marketplace.
I watch stories on IG.
TikTok used to be my favourite but I wasted too much time on it.

I don’t have any on my phone anymore though, except reddit. But I’ll probably delete Reddit too.

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