In my opinion generalised news content that is not Mac specific has no place in MR. Therefore news items such as Musk buying Twitter has no place here BUT news about Musk making changes to Twitter and how is affects mac users IS relevant and should be reported in here.
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Why does MR report on Twitter's company drama?
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MR has no hesitation to report on political tech stories; plenty of posts have the political disclaimer at the end. There is clearly an obsession with twitter lately which has really no impact on Apple users. There are stories of users data like TikTok which do have direct impacts on Apple users, but those are not covered here.
TikTok Says Some China-Based Employees Can Access U.S. User Data, Outlines Plan for Better Safeguards
TikTok is working on a plan to better safeguard the data of its U.S. users, the company said in an open letter [PDF] to several U.S. Senators that...
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TikTok's In-App Browser Reportedly Capable of Monitoring Anything You Type
TikTok's custom in-app browser on iOS reportedly injects JavaScript code into external websites that allows TikTok to monitor "all keyboard...
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FCC Commissioner Calls for Apple and Google to Ban TikTok Over 'Surreptitious' Data Practices
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While I have not participated in discussions regarding twitter, its been quite active and at the end of the day, MacRumors is a discussion forum and there's certainly is a lot of discussion regarding Musk and Twitter. Its not like the Twitter take over has zero impact on Apple fans, and their interaction in the thread supports that.
Also, we also have a number of other forums that are not specific to Apple, i.e., picture gallery, console games, digital photography, even the Community forum which is basically anything other then apple industry, and tech.
I think overall, having threads/stories that impact and/or that are interesting to us and gives us an avenue to discuss them is largely a positive move and I'm glad MR has been covering this and other topics similarly.
Also, we also have a number of other forums that are not specific to Apple, i.e., picture gallery, console games, digital photography, even the Community forum which is basically anything other then apple industry, and tech.
I think overall, having threads/stories that impact and/or that are interesting to us and gives us an avenue to discuss them is largely a positive move and I'm glad MR has been covering this and other topics similarly.
The interaction in the thread just means that people are triggered by drama, they react to anything with a dollar sign in the title, and like to form teams. If MR opened a porn sub forum it would likely get traffic as well— the question isn’t what will people click, it’s what’s appropriate for MR. All the others you mention don’t go to the front page. Musk bought Twitter, ok that’s maybe front page news. I don’t need frequent updates on their changing pricing structure.
As you point out, there is already a sub forum for iOS apps. Let people discuss it there if they want to.
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I agree. I was about to post this very topic. Enough with Elon Musk and Twitter news. I remember last year when there was much news about AppleTV+ series Ted Lasso which was really annoying me since I have no interest in that show or even AppleTV+. Really chill with the Twitter news already or at least create an separate section for news like that or give us a ability to ignore news articles.
See this post from the site's owner.
“If you know, you know” is the most complete answer I’m going to give someone who's not really asking.
I can't imagine threatening to delete my account over something that most tech (and news) organizations covered. Wow. Macrumors covering Twitter felt very Macrumors to me... They usually cover news that is tech related. I've been here for awhile - but just my opinion.
I do think it's rather ironic that we as a society give so much press and air time to people / entities we deem unsavory or PC incorrect or whatever. I agree with others - it probably draws clicks but not from me.
I don't use social media and news about it interests me 0. So I choose to pay attention to what interests me and ignore what doesn't. My point is: trying to control someone else is a waste of time. If I don't like what they produce and I am not interested - I move on and focus on what does interest me.
Like WeaselBoy mentioned - there's a lot of ways to ignore what you don't like here. It works pretty well at least for me. To each their own <shrug>.
I do think it's rather ironic that we as a society give so much press and air time to people / entities we deem unsavory or PC incorrect or whatever. I agree with others - it probably draws clicks but not from me.
I don't use social media and news about it interests me 0. So I choose to pay attention to what interests me and ignore what doesn't. My point is: trying to control someone else is a waste of time. If I don't like what they produce and I am not interested - I move on and focus on what does interest me.
Like WeaselBoy mentioned - there's a lot of ways to ignore what you don't like here. It works pretty well at least for me. To each their own <shrug>.
Come here to also detail my displeasure at what is slowly become MuskRumors.
This man stops when we stop giving him a platform. Yes, twitter is available on apple devices, but lets be honest, what ISNT?
We love this site because it's a site about future apple products and development. Not because it's a general technology news site.
Perhaps, maybe, if this is the direction you want to take it, either make a sister site, or at the very least a "technology news" section that can be turned on/off.
This man stops when we stop giving him a platform. Yes, twitter is available on apple devices, but lets be honest, what ISNT?
We love this site because it's a site about future apple products and development. Not because it's a general technology news site.
Perhaps, maybe, if this is the direction you want to take it, either make a sister site, or at the very least a "technology news" section that can be turned on/off.
Who is this "we"? Stop projecting your personal wishes on others.
Or you could start your own site featuring your curated likes? Then "we" can go there instead.
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The "we" is me and my wife who share a profile.Stopped caring about your post when a call was made to remove someones "platform" based on your personal and obvious bias.
Who is this "we"? Stop projecting your personal wishes on others.
Or you could start your own site featuring your curated likes? Then "we" can go there instead.
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I object to MacRumors' continuing coverage of Twitter's feature changes, corporate drama, and CEO statements.
Journalists overestimate the importance of Twitter because it's where they spend much of their professional time, and I'm afraid that's causing the drama on that platform to infect the journalism of MacRumors. I suppose there's some excuse when the topic is specifically Apple-related, so coverage of the CEO's unhappines with Apple's alleged ad spending on the platform and the difference between in-app and on-site costs for Twitter services are defensible on their face, even if the former perpetuates the very modern journalistic fallacy of simply amplifying what someone said in a social media post. In short: broadly speaking, a headline that contains the phrase "Elon Musk claims" should be raising internal editorial red flags.
More to the point: in case you haven't noticed, Twitter's new CEO is posting things that are adjacent to transphobia, conspiracy theories, and extreme right-wing politics. Coverage of his statements and his company now carries the unwashable stench of these themes. They create an enormous amount of engagement, as you've surely noticed, but it's all of the wrong type: it's negative engagement, the type that keeps people indignant, angry, rage-filled, but that ultimately keeps them clicking. The MacRumors editorial team is, by default, endorsing this kind of engagement by continuing to cover Twitter as they do.
I urge you to make a different choice going forward. MacRumors has the best design of the main Apple news sites but, increasingly, its front page is littered with off-topic stories that stoke negative engagement.
Journalists overestimate the importance of Twitter because it's where they spend much of their professional time, and I'm afraid that's causing the drama on that platform to infect the journalism of MacRumors. I suppose there's some excuse when the topic is specifically Apple-related, so coverage of the CEO's unhappines with Apple's alleged ad spending on the platform and the difference between in-app and on-site costs for Twitter services are defensible on their face, even if the former perpetuates the very modern journalistic fallacy of simply amplifying what someone said in a social media post. In short: broadly speaking, a headline that contains the phrase "Elon Musk claims" should be raising internal editorial red flags.
More to the point: in case you haven't noticed, Twitter's new CEO is posting things that are adjacent to transphobia, conspiracy theories, and extreme right-wing politics. Coverage of his statements and his company now carries the unwashable stench of these themes. They create an enormous amount of engagement, as you've surely noticed, but it's all of the wrong type: it's negative engagement, the type that keeps people indignant, angry, rage-filled, but that ultimately keeps them clicking. The MacRumors editorial team is, by default, endorsing this kind of engagement by continuing to cover Twitter as they do.
I urge you to make a different choice going forward. MacRumors has the best design of the main Apple news sites but, increasingly, its front page is littered with off-topic stories that stoke negative engagement.
MR posts about Twitter a lot lately because it involves Apple product being used with the subscription. And even if it didn't, it is tech news (so to speak).
The staff of MR is not endorsing anything said by Musk or anyone else. MR is simply reporting a story.
You can ignore the articles and focus on things that interest you.
The staff of MR is not endorsing anything said by Musk or anyone else. MR is simply reporting a story.
You can ignore the articles and focus on things that interest you.
Along with that too, the latest article(s) are talking about Twitter Blue, a feature that was exclusive for iOS when it originally came out but is now coming to PC for $8 while iOS costs $11.
I could care less about reading about Twitter or Musk on an Apple site. Maybe a spinoff calling Muskrumors.com would be a better place to read about him..
I don't own an Apple 1 but every time one comes up at auction we see it on the front page. Surely it is an off-topic article because an Apple 1 isn't a Mac. Sometimes I read it, sometimes I don't, what I don't do it incessantly complain about how triggered I am and insist that coverage of Apple 1s stop or be spun off to a site called Apple1Rumors.
/smh /s
As others have stated, Twitter news is "adjacent" to Apple news due to its large user base on Apple devices. We also see articles about Tik-Tok, MS Windows/Office, Meta, Epic, etc. If you don't like it, move on to another article like the rest of us do.
/smh /s
As others have stated, Twitter news is "adjacent" to Apple news due to its large user base on Apple devices. We also see articles about Tik-Tok, MS Windows/Office, Meta, Epic, etc. If you don't like it, move on to another article like the rest of us do.
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All I am willing to say on this topic is that Macrumors is apparently so sensitive to the criticism for their new news feed approach that they felt the need to remove this comment from the last Twitter story comments section:
I come here for the forum posts. Not the news feed. And I actually like the controversy these Twitter stories cause. But ultimately it is toxic and even I will grow tired of reading about it. Macrumors needs to cut it out or the same thing that has happened to other once popular news sites will happen to them.
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The moderator suggested I use this place to discuss these matters. So here it is. Enjoy (your trip to irrelevant city.) LOL
Click bait. Honestly sorry to say Macrumors news feed has really devolved into another “me also” click bait trending news regurgitation site.
I come here for the forum posts. Not the news feed. And I actually like the controversy these Twitter stories cause. But ultimately it is toxic and even I will grow tired of reading about it. Macrumors needs to cut it out or the same thing that has happened to other once popular news sites will happen to them.
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The moderator suggested I use this place to discuss these matters. So here it is. Enjoy (your trip to irrelevant city.) LOL
Just doing a search on the keyword "Twitter" for the news and poli-news forums and there's 20 news stories since 10/28. 20 news stories in what amounts to a month and a half time period, that is excessive.
I can certainly see why people are saying enough is enough.
I can certainly see why people are saying enough is enough.
While I agree with your statement, may I make an observation? Every other freaking news, tech news, site is also reporting on every little Twitter change too. It has invaded every other source that I get my news from so from my perspective, it isn’t just Macrumors.
I think Twitter is getting clicks. Lots of clicks. Good grief.
For general sites that cover all technology news, yes.
For sites, that tend to be more focused (think MacWorld, iMore, etc) - not so much.
I have no skin the game, I ignore the majority of twitter threads, since I don't use twitter and I have little reason to talk about it. Basically, it doesn't bother me one way or another, but I certainly can see why people wish to move on and have a more Apple focus to news stories.