Stop using Twitter
I don’t think the people who are going to read your message here are the people that need to be told that.
But if every Lemmy user who’s still on Twitter closes their account, it will financially cripple Musk!
There are dozens of us!
(/s and I don’t have Xitter anymore)
you said /s but I’m pretty sure there’s actually a few dozen of us…
No, there are a BUNCH of people here still using Twitter too.
Even following links and stuff is supporting them.
ngl i needed to hear it
I’ve always wanted to say this!
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*Xitter
Shitty shit shitter
Who are you talking to?
Horrible day to have eyes
You have just signed up to be fed to the Joshua trees. Hope they have mercy for I do not.
Points if you used grok to make that
Where might I find more of this sort of thing please?
Sad to say it’s from Xitter - I’m on a trolling bender.
That’s disgusting. Imagine letting that pumpkin-skinned goblin touch you.
JFC haha
Ewwwwww noooo
I’m uncomfortable
The “free speech” social media 🤣
Elon, go fuck yourself.
It’s interesting that they are choosing this, of all things, to double down on. They’re not just contesting what happened at the event, but doing it in a confrontational fashion that guarantees it will remain a story long after the rest of us move on. It would be one thing to simply say “We had a discussion over this, We’re right, they’re wrong”. But they keep pushing it.
How many NPR fans are on Twitter these days, anyway? If Twitter had not chosen to step in and falsely label this story, it might have gotten 10 click-throughs and that’s it. But now, it’s an actual story, it remains in the news, and I’m not sure if that’s positive for the Trump campaign.
I know, it’s just what they do. It’s the crowd size thing, the Sharpie thing, the “alternative facts” all over again. My hope is that every time they push their false reality too far, a handful of voters realize what is happening, and it prevents them from gaining more power.
How many NPR fans are on Twitter these days, anyway? If Twitter had not chosen to step in and falsely label this story, it might have gotten 10 click-throughs and that’s it. But now, it’s an actual story, it remains in the news, and I’m not sure if that’s positive for the Trump campaign.
This is an interesting thought. Is Twitter now useful exclusively as a Streisand-Effect machine?
Trump’s tantrums shall be sequestered to his own platform no longer! they shall be amplified on Xitter once again!
There’s a human centipede that goes from Putin to Trump to Musk. That’s why they are doing it.
That’s enough Internet for me today, I think.
Oh, he’s for sure testing the waters on this relatively small event. Throw the spam tag on and see what happens. If not much happens, I guarantee you will be seeing it more on factual reported events.
If there is a big uproar? Oops, our algorithm was malfunctioning.
Because this looks really fucking bad. Like even by Trump standards. They know that their best hope is turning this into another heated alternative facts culture war issue.
They do this not because they think it will actually change minds, but because it makes talking about “the most recent crazy thing Trump did” a “political statement” which means people can’t bring it up at work or around certain family, etc. If they turn it into a political third rail it prevents people from talking about it.
guarantees it will remain a story long after the rest of us move on.
A story where? On twitter where it is marked as unsafe and full of lies?
This is not the streisand effect. This is demonstrating the power of literally controlling the media to a degree that even rupert murdock gets envious of. Because if your news channel is spewing garbage? Other news channels and “grass roots” efforts will correct it. But if the platform they use to correct it is the thing that is compromised?
Shit like this? The trump story (that was never going to get traction) is irrelevant. What is relevant is musk and his handlers advertising what twitter can do and how long twitter is willing to “hold out” to regulation attempts.
It is the same logic behind apple making it clear they will resist information requests until there is a court order or Proton outright telling its users what it will and won’t give law enforcement and governments. Except this is marketing toward those governments, not the users.
This story is being reported elsewhere. It had been in the news cycle for several days as more individuals and govt agencies commented.
AP from Wednesday - https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-vance-arlington-cemetery-1.7307539
EDIT - The story continues: Reuters from Thursday - https://lemm.ee/post/41014140
How many NPR fans are on Twitter these days, anyway?
I’d say, probably a whole fucking lot? Normal people listen to NPR, and (unfortunately), “normal” people still use Twitter. There is definitely a massive overlap still.
I‘m actually surprised how much of micro management this person is able to do.
its easy when you don’t have any managing to do. the dude’s effectively unemployed. truly a testament to the real value that CEOs add to the economy. zero, if not less.
Based on what’s happened to Twitter’s share price, definitely less.
i wanted to be fair to other CEOs who may not be the worst, and suffice with doing nothing.
Honestly I don’t even know if I believe they are better than average, like fund managers guessing stocks. I bet if you took like 7 people who were retired from the industry (rotate them out every couple years) and had them vote on every decision a CEO would make, the company would be better off. And you could pay the whole group a fraction of what the CEO made.
It’s probably super easy for him.
He was probably browsing and just has a button to do shit to posts he doesn’t like.
He never sleeps.
Doing crack will do this, yes
I remember when NPR was boring, cerebral old people stuff on the radio. Now it’s extremist leftwing just because it stayed honest. Jesus
All other media companies drove the Overton Window off a cliff
It’s more like the actual regression and collapse of journalism and literacy but yeah
It’s also leftwing because it’s cerebral.
The worst fucking part is that NPR has reacted to this shit by over-correcting and becoming obviously right-leaning in their reporting on US news. It’s a fucking joke. I guess all it takes to stop press from being “free” is a bunch of violent assholes willing to threaten to rape you family. Who would’ve thought.
I know, it’s really really sad
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This isn’t exactly the same because the Arlington incident actually happened and has some bearing on an ongoing political campaign as opposed to being pure speculation and misinformation.
“FREEDOM OF SPEECH” (🤣) EXCEPT FOR WHAT ELON BANS AND DELETES 😭😭😭
ELON IS WORKING FOR THE RUSSIAN OLIGARCHY 🇷🇺
Don’t forget the Saudi royal family!
“you’re free to have an opinion but only if it’s the same as my opinion”
That is effectively an editorial decision, which is really interesting for a social network.
So Elon is purposely curating content on the platform? Isn’t that a violation of section 230? They should lose that protection if they are actively blocking free speech and marking news as spam.
Why would that be a section 230 violation? That only means the providers are not legally responsible for user content.
It’s the argument a lot of politicians are making, that once platforms start curating user generated content they become responsible for it despite section 230. I think it’s bullshit, but it is the argument being made.
Yeah it’s bs. Congress can change that, perhaps a court could make changes. Anything happening now is just fine and any changes would only affect the future.
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If Xitter is truly the “global town square” that they claim it is, how have they not been sued for election interference yet?
Fuck you musk. Jackass lol.
Dumping Twitter wasn’t even a slight wrench. It descended into the toilet pretty quickly after Musk took over. I occasionally sneak back to Reddit, although the experience isn’t that great. But Twitter? Nopes from me even though I liked it previously very much.
Agreed completely, the fact that some continue to swim in that cess pool confuses me
That’s just as weird as everything that happens around Trump
