Twitter was always pretty bad, but the defining point was Musk buying and ruining it. There was a distinct point where I finally noticed I was seeing more bots and ads than Tweets, and that's when I knew the site was cooked. Even Instagram strikes enough of a balance to drive real engagement

(Sometimes), left as a disclaimer bc tbh most of the comments are extremely reactionary, and most of the "content" is TikTok style drop-shipping and entitled rich kids with absolutely no introspective or critical thinking skills.