Playbill leaves Twitter
Playbill leaves Twitter
jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#1Playbill leaves Twitter
Posted: 11/11/22 at 1:52pm
https://twitter.com/playbill/status/1591136415714541568
ItsMeRaul
Understudy Joined: 5/7/16
#2Playbill leaves Twitter
Posted: 11/11/22 at 2:01pm
Good. Boy, it sure hasn't take long for Musk to destroy Twitter.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#3Playbill leaves Twitter
Posted: 11/11/22 at 2:07pm
I expect handles that have anything to do with Broadway to also quit pretty soon. So many people have left, it's really not worth it anymore.
#4Playbill leaves Twitter
Posted: 11/11/22 at 2:12pm
Twitter is really falling apart here. Playbill is smart to leave it before they're targeted and impersonated for no apparent reason, which could damage their brand. Great call.
Huss417
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#5Playbill leaves Twitter
Posted: 11/11/22 at 2:13pm
Hopefully BroadwayWorld will follow suit.
"I hope your Fanny is bigger than my Peter."
Mary Martin to Ezio Pinza opening night of Fanny.
#6Playbill leaves Twitter
Posted: 11/11/22 at 5:32pm
I'm actually overjoyed at how Musk is quickly killing off the platform. I've always felt pressured to join it for work related reasons, but have always found it to be a vile place that only encourages hateful sniping instead of discussion. Now I have one more valid excuse to tell my boss that I won't take part. Honestly, at this point...the only relevance they have is in the adult content market. As soon as that market finds another home, Twitter will truly be irrelevant. They can charge whatever they want for a silly blue check mark, who cares!
I hope all the Broadway outlets, including BroadwayWorld, follow Playbill's lead very soon.
halfhourcheckwithmerman
Stand-by Joined: 9/25/22
#8Playbill leaves Twitter
Posted: 11/11/22 at 6:14pm
It's so wonderful to see the downfall of Twitter, and, let's all pray, the downfall of Elon Musk.
"I feel safe with you, and complete with you / I'm always finding money in the street with you."
-Sheldon Harnick
#9Playbill leaves Twitter
Posted: 11/11/22 at 6:16pm
In a world where standing ovations have become the norm, this move truly deserves a SO! Bravo, Playbill!
BCfitasafiddle
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/25/20
#11Playbill leaves Twitter
Posted: 11/11/22 at 7:20pm
I have never had an interest in Twitter. However, given Playbill's reasoning, I do believe that it is correct in leaving Twitter.
Non sibi sed patriae
Updated On: 11/12/22 at 07:20 PM
#12Playbill leaves Twitter
Posted: 11/11/22 at 8:14pm
But they’re staying on Facebook? Sure!
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
#13Playbill leaves Twitter
Posted: 11/11/22 at 9:19pm
IdinaBellFoster said: "But they’re staying on Facebook? Sure!"
That’s a fair point. If it’s just about truth and insidious rhetoric Facebook isn’t much better.
Phillyguy
Featured Actor Joined: 8/27/22
#15Playbill leaves Twitter
Posted: 11/12/22 at 11:25pm
A bit of virtual signaling here. Nothing (in terms of content) has really changed at Twitter other than Musk taking over. If Playbill truly cares about misinformation, why is it still on FB?
Theater3232
Featured Actor Joined: 10/16/10
#16Playbill leaves Twitter
Posted: 11/13/22 at 1:04am
Sad. I don't like how Facebook tracks me, so I guess there's less Playbill I'll be reading now. (Haven't noticed anything different on Twitter in the past few weeks; same people posting the same stuff.)
WestEndGal
Broadway Star Joined: 6/25/18
#17Playbill leaves Twitter
Posted: 11/13/22 at 4:25am
This just screams ‘performative activism’ to me. Where has Playbill been these last few years when theater twitter has become an increasing cesspit of nasty toxicity - but I guess it didn’t care when that toxicity was coming from the their own side.
Elon Musk doesn’t need any help in destroying twitter from the looks of things, but as another poster has said, if his taking over accelerates this that’s no bad thing given the state of it. My only worry is this leads to even more fractures where people will increasingly communicate in their own echo chambers consisting only of people who think exactly the same way as them, and we move even further away from reasoned debate and exchange of different opinion, which we do need in a functioning society.
willep
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
#18Playbill leaves Twitter
Posted: 11/13/22 at 8:12am
Phillyguy said: "A bit of virtual signaling here. Nothing (in terms of content) has really changed at Twitter other than Musk taking over. If Playbill truly cares about misinformation, why is it still on FB?"
Have you been paying any attention to what’s been happening over there at Twitter?
JSquared2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/17
#19Playbill leaves Twitter
Posted: 11/13/22 at 4:15pm
Theater3232 said: "Sad. I don't like how Facebook tracks me, so I guess there's less Playbill I'll be reading now. (Haven't noticed anything different on Twitter in the past few weeks; same people posting the same stuff.)"
Literally EVERY app, website and especially social media platform tracks you. BWW is tracking you right now.
#20Playbill leaves Twitter
Posted: 11/25/22 at 6:06pm
Huss417 said: "Hopefully BroadwayWorld will follow suit."
They have NOT! https://twitter.com/BroadwayWorld?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new."
Sunday in the Park with George
#22Playbill leaves Twitter
Posted: 11/25/22 at 6:39pm
TaffyDavenport said: "Patti has, though:
"
What's more absurd? The idea of "reactivating MySpace" or creating an OnlyFans site?
EllieRose2
Broadway Star Joined: 11/22/17
#23Playbill leaves Twitter
Posted: 11/25/22 at 6:45pm
Considering it's a joke, it can be as absurd as she wants? Glad she is leaving. Twitter is just one guy now and no one uses it anymore anyways.
Updated On: 11/25/22 at 06:45 PM
#24Playbill leaves Twitter
Posted: 11/10/24 at 2:49pm
Two years later, I think it’s fair to say Playbill made the right call.
What does it take for BroadwayWorld to leave?
Beyoncé is not an ally. Actions speak louder than words, Mrs. Carter. #Dubai #$$$
#25Playbill leaves Twitter
Posted: 11/10/24 at 2:51pm
Jay Lerner-Z said: "Two years later, I think it’s fair to say Playbill made the right call.
What does it take for BroadwayWorld to leave?"
It's... performative bull****.
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