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@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ When Twitter dies, or transforms into something unrecognizable, everyone who bui
This is not a new observation. It's been said every time a major platform has pivoted, died, or changed its terms. MySpace, Tumblr, Vine, Google+. We watched it happen and we kept building on closed platforms anyway because that's where the people were.
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![The Twitter to X transition](/assets/img/twitter-x-rebrand.png)
## What Actually Changed This Year
The rebrand is cosmetic. What's more significant is the systematic destruction of the API ecosystem. Third-party clients are gone. The API costs that killed them were not a mistake or a miscalculation. They were a policy decision to force everyone through official clients that can be monetized and monitored.
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But I'm done optimizing my digital presence for platforms I don't control. X can do whatever it wants with its rebrand. I'll keep using it until I don't, and I won't build anything meaningful there that I'd be upset to lose.
The interesting question is what comes after centralized social media. I don't know if Nostr is the answer. But a signed JSON message sent to a relay you can run yourself is at least asking the right questions.
The interesting question is what comes after centralized social media. I don't know if Nostr is the answer. But a signed JSON message sent to a relay you can run yourself is at least asking the right questions.