flopson must not read the comments (replies) and I respect that
― mh, Sunday, 23 April 2023 22:35 (one year ago) link
I even agree with Klein that as of April 2022 Musk was good at Twitter
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, April 23, 2023 5:36 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
you loike meme mate
― lag∞n, Sunday, 23 April 2023 22:41 (one year ago) link
this is primo stuff
pic.twitter.com/Vn0Rv0yQ5q— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 15, 2020
― lag∞n, Sunday, 23 April 2023 22:42 (one year ago) link
he got engagement of sorts but I don’t think engagement alone is being good at twitter. he’s like the guy who introduces the most popular minions memes on a local grandparents facebook group by copying them from the regional one
― mh, Sunday, 23 April 2023 22:43 (one year ago) link
Pronouns suck— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 25, 2020
Based on current trends, probably close to zero new cases in US too by end of April— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 19, 2020
― lag∞n, Sunday, 23 April 2023 22:44 (one year ago) link
pretty funny to think if he wasnt a billionaire with a pr team thats spent a decade plus boosting his brand hed just be some 47 follower reply guy instead of tanking $50b and his reputation buying twitter
― lag∞n, Sunday, 23 April 2023 22:46 (one year ago) link
as for whether hes changed twitter a lot im going to vote a definitive yes, for one hes instigated a year long mod war its become the talk about elon site, tons of good posters have left because of it, he made dril break character lol, this whole blue check situation which as mh mentioned has really gummed up the replies, various reliability issues, but id say most of all hes sent twitter into a death spiral, its over folks, and theres no change bigger than death
― lag∞n, Sunday, 23 April 2023 22:54 (one year ago) link
dril breaking character is actually weirdly super upsetting, it feels like a watershed
― k3vin k., Monday, 24 April 2023 01:29 (one year ago) link
the jig is up
― lag∞n, Monday, 24 April 2023 02:03 (one year ago) link
Whenever any lefty asks me why society ought to have billionaires, I say "Because otherwise they'd be warlords", and if recent events don't make this point abundantly clear I don't know what to tell you— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) April 23, 2023
As bad as Ezra and Matty are, it gets worse.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 24 April 2023 03:37 (one year ago) link
lol its true you go far enough down the centrist pundit hole and matty and ezra seem totally normal in comparison
― lag∞n, Monday, 24 April 2023 03:41 (one year ago) link
i mean tbf ezra is normal mattys a freak tho
― lag∞n, Monday, 24 April 2023 03:43 (one year ago) link
this whole blue check situation which as mh mentioned has really gummed up the replies, various reliability issues, but id say most of all hes sent twitter into a death spiral, its over folks, and theres no change bigger than deathSo otm. Aside from all the Twitterati who have already jumped ship, why would any new (and sane) celebrity/influencer join Twitter when the main feedback they will actually see is blue check birdbrains harassing them for not coughing up $8/month and otherwise generally just being as toxic as possible?
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Monday, 24 April 2023 05:04 (one year ago) link
I mean Twitter reply threads always sucked as a nobody, that’s the one massive advantage Reddit had (before it was captured by the alt right concern trolls). With all this talk about cloning Twitter circa 2019, what about combining the best of Twitter and Reddit? Personality-based but with actual intelligent sorting of replies so that it can function as an advanced discussion forum as well.
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Monday, 24 April 2023 05:07 (one year ago) link
Posting is over
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Monday, 24 April 2023 05:22 (one year ago) link
ILX WILL NEVAH DIE
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Monday, 24 April 2023 05:28 (one year ago) link
Nothing based on a less-than-24 hour life cycle like Reddit or Twitter can be useful for discussion. Niche forums just need to make a comeback (but you’ll never go viral on 2023 Something Awful and get $20 to advertise something your follow up posts).
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 24 April 2023 05:32 (one year ago) link
Reddit used to have some pretty good discussions in the more heavily moderated subreddits. I agree it’s very difficult to scale though, I’m probably thinking of the time when the total activity there was at most 10% of what it is now.
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Monday, 24 April 2023 05:40 (one year ago) link
no offense to any itt but reddit is the absolute pits the whole voting sorting format is just the deepest nerd hell
― lag∞n, Monday, 24 April 2023 12:08 (one year ago) link
also not everything has to be a deep discussion twitter was never really about that it was about other things
― lag∞n, Monday, 24 April 2023 12:11 (one year ago) link
most of all hes sent twitter into a death spiral, its over folks, and theres no change bigger than death
See, I guess this is where I disagree -- my expectation is that a year from now, two years from now, I'll still be using twitter about the same amount and with about the same experience as I do now, which is about the same as it was pre-Musk.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 24 April 2023 13:04 (one year ago) link
i suspect youre wrong but also a single user doesnt really tell the whole story
― lag∞n, Monday, 24 April 2023 13:08 (one year ago) link
The biggest reason why eephus is unlikely to be using Twitter in exactly the same way two years from now isn't necessarily that the buggy software issues and chaotic new policies will impinge heavily on eephus's user-experience, but rather that the continuing exodus of advertisers who bankroll the system will lead to the complete failure to cover the interest payments on the multi-billion dollar loans used to take Twitter into private ownership.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Monday, 24 April 2023 17:39 (one year ago) link
theres that and also once an exodus of users starts its hard to stop
― lag∞n, Monday, 24 April 2023 17:47 (one year ago) link
Well, we're still here?
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 24 April 2023 19:41 (one year ago) link
I do hope Musk manages to kill Twitter because (a) it would be the funniest outcome and (b) I spend way too much time there.
― o. nate, Monday, 24 April 2023 20:02 (one year ago) link
no offense to any itt but reddit is the absolute pits the whole voting sorting format is just the deepest nerd hellLmao I don’t identify with Reddit in the slightest, no offense taken. Just idle speculation from a ‘reply guy’ about how text-based social media can survive in the era of TikTok. It’s true that downvotes are just horrible. also not everything has to be a deep discussion twitter was never really about that it was about other thingsIt doesn’t have to be a deep discussion to be better than Twitter ffs. The benefit of Reddit is that you actually see replies to replies, so there’s some actual exchange of ideas. (Not to harp on Reddit but it’s also much worse since they totally revamped the site maybe ~7 years ago. It made it more like Twitter/FB to zero actual benefit for the user.)
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Monday, 24 April 2023 21:56 (one year ago) link
Exchange of ideas sucks ass
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Monday, 24 April 2023 23:38 (one year ago) link
I prefer hoarding ideas
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Monday, 24 April 2023 23:40 (one year ago) link
heh
McElwee told @bterris that he'd placed bets against JOHN FETTERMAN, whom he was working for, saying "I think he's fucked." McElwee showed Ben a spreadsheet of bets he'd made on the midterm --most AGAINST Dems. “I think I’m going to make a lot of money on election night,” he said— Rachael Bade (@rachaelmbade) April 26, 2023
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 14:15 (one year ago) link
this section is killing me
She had “drunk the Kool‐Aid” that Sean had offered, but part of being 25, she said, is “drinking lots of Kool‐Aid and figuring out what flavor you like.”Now Marcela was 26. And she wasn’t sure if any amount of Kool‐Aid was healthy.
She had “drunk the Kool‐Aid” that Sean had offered, but part of being 25, she said, is “drinking lots of Kool‐Aid and figuring out what flavor you like.”
Now Marcela was 26. And she wasn’t sure if any amount of Kool‐Aid was healthy.
― mh, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 14:35 (one year ago) link
When I was 25, it was a very good year. It was a very good year for Kool-Aid men who broke through the walls.
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Wednesday, 26 April 2023 14:37 (one year ago) link
lol
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 14:39 (one year ago) link
trying all kinds of kool-aid hmm what was the deal with the kool-aid originally idk
― mh, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 14:45 (one year ago) link
everyone yelling at me to not drink the koolaid whats their deal
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 14:51 (one year ago) link
its very funny how this guy who everyone on the left was deeply suspicious of turned out to be completely worthy of suspicious
ARE YOU KIDDING ME SEAN MCELWEE HAD A SECRET FAMILY https://t.co/MtrwxdbnFU pic.twitter.com/6TJDdsDZlH— tom mckay (@thetomzone) April 26, 2023
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 14:53 (one year ago) link
lmao
this is worse than making bets pic.twitter.com/JMGC8likdP— rain (actual speed) enjoyer (@notnotnuanced) April 26, 2023
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 14:54 (one year ago) link
oh, tweeting "abolish ice" all the time had nothing to do with ice. got it
― mh, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 14:56 (one year ago) link
amazing
“All of the Zoomers that work for me are bisexual, and all of them have long covid,” Sean McElwee said. “I’ll believe long covid is real when someone who is not bisexual has it.” https://t.co/cOufE8zD2M— David A. Graham (@GrahamDavidA) April 26, 2023
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 14:57 (one year ago) link
The Crypto Council for Innovation
I'm gonna start some conspiracy theories about this org
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Wednesday, 26 April 2023 14:58 (one year ago) link
that quote would be kind of funny if you had a veep-style show about these dorks
― mh, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 14:59 (one year ago) link
my one sean mcelwee story is i ended up at his media happy hour by accident once and he apparently recognized me as someone who made fun of him and kept pulling people away from me mid conversation, which is baffling on like ten different levels— 30 minute review of amtrak as a rollercoaster (@Boringstein) April 26, 2023
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 15:03 (one year ago) link
don't give attention to the mean man he say bad things
― mh, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 15:17 (one year ago) link
getting strong vibes that this man had a lot invested in being a 30-ish knowledge master who staffed his office with impressionable youth and rubes, and wanted to make sure they only ever heard things about him from other swindlers and rubes
― mh, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 15:20 (one year ago) link
one of the biggest freaks out there for sure
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 26 April 2023 15:22 (one year ago) link
“I’m like Radiohead for donors — you can’t really explain why I’m good but everyone knows that I’m good at it,” McElwee shouted over the din of bar talk
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Wednesday, 26 April 2023 15:26 (one year ago) link
is the answer because rich people feel kinship with vacuous amoral weirdos
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 15:30 (one year ago) link
tbf it was framed
― least said, sergio mendes (sic), Wednesday, 26 April 2023 22:18 (one year ago) link
new one seems like it might be even worse than Crystal Skull
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 27 April 2023 02:08 (one year ago) link
Indiana Jones and the Legend of the Substack Pivot
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 27 April 2023 08:45 (one year ago) link