For those who work there and those who use it, Twitter continues to be on a rollercoaster under the leadership of Elon Musk, who bought the firm for $44bn at the end of October.
You can have a vent and a rant. And there's somebody there who will either be sympathetic or maybe tell you off, but you will definitely get a reaction, and probably some quite honest feedback as well. I started off really using Twitter as a bit of a diary. I love Twitter. There's so many people out there that I feel very, very strongly about even though we've never met, which does sound a bit weird. Online friends are a different sort of friend from real-life friends, but they're really important. I feel like I couldn't have got through the last couple of years without those people. I'm very positive about Twitter, I think it can be an absolute force for good.
I've got brand ambassadors now on Twitter who retweet me, I've got repeat customers. I've worked with some amazing people. Tim Burgess from the band The Charlatans contacted me one day and said, "I really like your work". And then he asked me to design a turntable for him. So we designed a limited-edition turntable - it was brilliant.
I started the Ada Lovelace Day Twitter account at the end of 2008. And at that point, the idea of having a day celebrating women in Stem - well it was just an idea. I didn't have any resources or any way to reach people. Twitter was the obvious solution. In all honesty, I don't think Ada Lovelace Day would have become the movement that it did without the help of Twitter.
I think the BBC Twitter operators are now in fear of their jobs and are now moved to pen soft-soap articles about Twitter like this one. I have little doubt that the BBC will be manufacturing their withdrawal from the platform along with other AP news outlets. DefundTheBBC
Thought I'd woke up in the mirror universe, a positive BBC story about Twitter? Thankfully no....I'm in my own universe....3 wahmen worried Twitter will 'Break' and the BBC talking about 'hate speech'. BBC Hate speech = Any opinion to the right of Stalin. DefundtheBBC