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I consider "everyone can read everything" one of the most important parts of Twitter.

I wouldn't use Twitter if it was limited to people I already know, for instance.

>>sspiff+(OP)
But every other platform has that as well.

It is just that twitter only has that option.

>>reitan+x3
Facebook has become much less interesting once it started constantly reminding people about privacy options and almost everyone went from default-public to default-friends, or often even more restrictive settings.

>>reitan+x3
Yes, but most other platforms don't have the same level of vibrant public discussions.

On things like Facebook, discussions are mostly between friends or "friends of friends", with no chance of an outside opinion, for instance.

>>TeMPOr+r4
They only did that due to user demand though. People didn't want their private life wide open for the world to see.

>>TeMPOr+r4
My problem wasn't default public but rather that I am fairly certain they retroactively made pricate stuff public.

>>sspiff+yj
Well going further than that, on Facebook, for a lot of people the majority of their 'friends' are school friends (for younger people often their entire school year, even the years above/below), and extended family, people that they feel obligated to add (due to Facebook's pressure to have a high friend count).

These are ultimately people they wouldn't choose to follow the conversations of at all, given the choice.

For me Twitter was like starting with a clean slate. I just follow the people I want to follow, basically no 'friends', just interesting people.