Realise this account is semi-professional. However, being that am a data expert, it has to be explained just how terrible a platform x/twitter has become. Full disclosure, yes - I have some X accounts, yes - I use their AI and it is generally pretty good.
Points
The first is that our Crypto Statto account, paid premium, was suspended for sharing details on automated marketing software we built. It posts content on a schedule to different social media platforms. 2 or 3 times a day max. Sorry purists but automated social media marketing does help boost reach. When posting a nostr endpoint (a readonly) get request, describing some code. Suspended. Each time we appealed, automated AI response. Zero humans to use common sense.
Communities
Total echo chambers with ultimate power of veto. Anything the moderators don't like will see you permanently removed. The gatekeepers are more totalitarian than the X algorithms.
Deboosting and Shadow banning
Even a half-decent software engineer can run a few tests to verify the many ways your posts are deboosted. The most obvious one being porn bots. Post something non-contentious, no porn bot. Post something contentious, porn bot. There are many other examples.
Centralisation
X is centralising further and further. If, eventually, users depend upon these increasingly over time, deplatforming becomes a major issue. The first two examples given are harmful to any business, but once more digital services are hooked into X and other major social media platforms, your reputation is ruined.
Doxing
Every attempt under the sun to get individuals to tie their personal details is attempted. Commonly observed is X failing to connect until you suspend your VPN. Hence why certain machines only have certain accounts on them. VPNs are a basic security measure, why do major sites prefer you not to use them?
Government backdoors
It is unfathomable but true.
Echo chambers
Once you start talking about certain topics, good luck finding out about other topics.
Latest post algorithms - Following
What comes up? Reposts of big accounts, big accounts. The accounts you interact with, never seen, yet posted frequently. These accounts, zero likes. The only way to overcome this is to create lists, but this feature is never explained.
Unexplained viral posts
Why does, on a rare occasion, a post get high numbers of interactions?
In summary
It is a tough one. As a social media platform, nostr isn't there yet but offers many of the key things deliberately not provided by X. Many good accounts stick on X, hence the contention.