• IronKrill@lemmy.ca
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    17 hours ago

    It depends on what you mean my positive light but generally I would say you’re wrong. Twitter had a dedicated fan base well into this decade and was where every business and personality had an account for a reason. Yes people knew of negative social media effecta but Twitter definitely had a fairly wide spread cult following.

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      17 hours ago

      where every business and personality had an account for a reason

      to sell shit

      Also, it seems weird to say a mainstream social media platform cult following.

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        15 hours ago

        it seems weird to say a mainstream social media platform cult following.

        I agree the word choice is a bit odd. I meant in the sense that Twitter had a dedicated userbase that used it a lot and sort of glorified it. You weren’t talking with your friends or posting online, you were “Tweeting at your mutuals”. The most succinct way I could put it was “cult”, in the same sense that movies and TV have “cult” followings: a dedicated group that enjoys and bases some part of their personality around it.

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          15 hours ago

          “Cult following” refer to fanbases for obscure media, like Wraith or Ice Pirates. Star Wars does not have a Cult following.