musk made it a priority to let all the accounts banned for racism back on, and you had to be quite racist to get banned, if you have an old banned account and you tell them you were banned for your conservative views theyll unban you right away now, magic words
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 5 September 2023 16:02 (one year ago) link
another thing is Twitter is just massively unstable right now and the timeline is really janky, even if you did still want to advertise there I'd be concenered I was really getting what I was paying for.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 5 September 2023 16:06 (one year ago) link
yeah advertisers have said twitters tools for them are fucked too, and with the api changes a lot of the third party tools stopped supporting twitter, all self inflicted
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 5 September 2023 16:08 (one year ago) link
and theres no one to call anymore
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 5 September 2023 16:11 (one year ago) link
what is the audio version of the poop emoji
― i really like that!! (z_tbd), Tuesday, 5 September 2023 16:13 (one year ago) link
very cool that this dolt could lose $248 billion USD and still have enough money to last him 200 lifetimes
― c u (crüt), Tuesday, 5 September 2023 21:41 (one year ago) link
I kind of wish more of the news and legal people I follow were on Blue sky, I suppose it's just a matter of time before they move over.
once it's out of beta. it's still hard to even get on there. that said I kind of like it. a few journalists I like are there, a couple that irritate me though (ben collins, zack budyrek)
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Tuesday, 5 September 2023 21:52 (one year ago) link
the small population has meant that even though I don't like those guys, I don't see their shit 100x times a day anyway requiring me to mute them
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Tuesday, 5 September 2023 21:53 (one year ago) link
Phil Lewis (huffpo) seems to be the most active 'journalist' on there (in scare quotes because is huffpo journalism? is what he does journalism?) and luckily he does nothing but post links to stories, he doesn't bloviate on and on about his personal life all day long.
There is a bot set up to auto post BBC news stories.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Tuesday, 5 September 2023 21:55 (one year ago) link
my guess is that someone specifically mentioned the ADL to Elon (for reasons) and he has absolutely no idea who is or isn't boycotting him and is happy to do some casual anti-semitism
― mh, Tuesday, September 5, 2023 11:10 AM (six hours ago)
The ADL said as a matter of policy it does not comment on legal threats. But the organization noted it recently met with X leadership, including CEO Linda Yaccarino, who Musk hired to help revive ad revenue. Yaccarino thanked ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt following the meeting last week, saying in a post on X, “A strong and productive partnership is built on good intentions and candor.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/05/tech/elon-musk-adl-lawsuit/index.html
― rob, Tuesday, 5 September 2023 22:11 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4c8yWYTlE8
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Tuesday, 5 September 2023 22:38 (one year ago) link
― c u (crüt), Tuesday, September 5, 2023 5:41 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
not if he keeps buying websites haha
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 5 September 2023 23:29 (one year ago) link
someone X at him to do Facebook next
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 5 September 2023 23:47 (one year ago) link
how is it still hard to get on bluesky? everyone I know who has heard of it has found an invite or is disinterested
― mh, Tuesday, 5 September 2023 23:51 (one year ago) link
bsky-social-mgmtg-4zxptbsky-social-cx2lr-3t6kybsky-social-2tsox-62d4llook how easy it is
― Clay, Tuesday, 5 September 2023 23:58 (one year ago) link
thank you!
― adam, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 00:31 (one year ago) link
Reading about Egyptian cassettes, still gd.
60 years ago, today, the compact audio cassette debuted in Berlin. Lou Ottens, a dutch engineer and the head of product development for the Philips factory in Belgium, was behind the invention. But what happened once the #cassette traveled well beyond his hands? 🧵 pic.twitter.com/znrXPs0QYJ— Andrew Simon (@simongandrew) August 30, 2023
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 11:51 (one year ago) link
this was a good thread yes (i am greatly interested in the marc masters book also)
― mark s, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 11:58 (one year ago) link
so you can't read threads if you're not logged in now?
― crutch of england (ledge), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 12:38 (one year ago) link
Yes, it's been that way for a while.
― Kim Kimberly, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 12:57 (one year ago) link
nitter.net is working again as a workaround
― The Yellow Kid, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 14:14 (one year ago) link
How low can he go?
Musk is collaborating with Tucker Carlson to promote a discredited, absurd, 15 year old conspiracy theory about Obama. Of course its the @ADL's fault that major corporations don't want to advertise against this kind of content. pic.twitter.com/Nagt5Pj4lm— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) September 7, 2023
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Thursday, 7 September 2023 02:44 (one year ago) link
I like in that awful meme the captions from the two biggest dominos form a sentence.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 7 September 2023 03:38 (one year ago) link
Lmao yas. I didn’t notice who it was from at first tbh, was just skimming by it and thought it was too dumb to be real, had to be parody. Nope not too dumb for Elmo.
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Thursday, 7 September 2023 03:43 (one year ago) link
Guess they’re fine with supporting Nazism?
They don't see the Nazism as relevant to their corporate interests, so, yes, they are fine with it because they turn a blind eye to it.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 7 September 2023 03:51 (one year ago) link
that's just not how the domino meme is supposed to work
― symsymsym, Thursday, 7 September 2023 04:41 (one year ago) link
jus a few from itt but eg
Twitter C/D
― vashti funyuns (sic), Thursday, 7 September 2023 05:35 (one year ago) link
so helpful, thank you!
― crutch of england (ledge), Thursday, 7 September 2023 05:56 (one year ago) link
june 2: https://www.reuters.com/technology/twitters-head-brand-safety-ad-quality-decides-leave-wsj-2023-06-02/
today: https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/second-x-brand-safety-head-departs-in-months
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 7 September 2023 20:25 (one year ago) link
The right's erotic fascination with Barack Obama was one thing I hoped would fade with time.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 7 September 2023 20:26 (one year ago) link
This is a movement whose signature insult is stolen from racist porn.
― honey badger drinks when he wants (stevie), Thursday, 7 September 2023 21:12 (one year ago) link
Tucker can always sink lower, but that 'interview' is close to his nadir
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 7 September 2023 21:26 (one year ago) link
Yeah I want to see Tucker dying inside
― deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 7 September 2023 22:54 (one year ago) link
strike that last word
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 7 September 2023 23:17 (one year ago) link
tucker really thought he was king shit on top of the world
― lag∞n, Thursday, 7 September 2023 23:20 (one year ago) link
the one week I completely am away from twitter the trueanon squad manages to convince people that ebola is spreading at burning man?!
― mh, Friday, 8 September 2023 15:28 (one year ago) link
were you at burning man?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 8 September 2023 15:55 (one year ago) link
e-bola is the most online virus
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Friday, 8 September 2023 16:02 (one year ago) link
e-bola the letter
― Make the chats AI (Neanderthal), Friday, 8 September 2023 16:10 (one year ago) link
I was at bluesky, man
― mh, Friday, 8 September 2023 16:24 (one year ago) link
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Friday, 8 September 2023 17:05 (one year ago) link
you get to CEO and your job is to post things this late on a friday night (and needing to edit it three times) because your CTO threatened to sue someone and is palling around with nazis in the comments.
X opposes antisemitism in all its forms. Antisemitism is evil and X will always work to fight it on our platform. And X is also always open to proactively working together in that fight with all groups.👇https://t.co/EoXEvrXbKx— Linda Yaccarino (@lindayaX) September 9, 2023
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 9 September 2023 03:23 (one year ago) link
you knew the replies would have some good shit
pic.twitter.com/4sPA6GOvp3— Mr. California (@InternetHippo) September 9, 2023
― frogbs, Saturday, 9 September 2023 03:26 (one year ago) link
that statement just reminds me how fuckin stupid the name "X" is
X looks like the same symbol you use to close a window, which is effective at reminding me what to do when I find myself using X
That said I’ve been following Medwyn’s parsnip odyssey and was delighted to see that he won 1st prize today
Arrived just after judging and the Foyer is now full of superb quality vegetables. I went straight for the parsnip class! pic.twitter.com/lsIocfSMEk— Medwyn Williams (@medwynsofangles) September 9, 2023
― master cushion (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, 9 September 2023 19:18 (one year ago) link
I woke up last night smelling smoke - went outside and it was stronger, very triggering memories of NSW fucked up summer of bushfires a few years back - eventually found out it was hazard reduction burning (ie controlled)… but for the first time really missed Twitter as a quick go-to for community updates.
― meat and two vdgg (emsworth), Monday, 11 September 2023 01:56 (one year ago) link
I mean I know it is still there but not on my phone it isn’t - and finding the right info seems kind of totally impossible anymore anyway
― meat and two vdgg (emsworth), Monday, 11 September 2023 01:57 (one year ago) link
Had a somewhat similar experience last night when we were out walking. We could see and hear a big fireworks show going off on the other side of the San Gabriel Valley at the unusual time of 11:30pm - especially for that big of a show. Community twitterbots are all gone and all other social media was useless. Even got out my phone's compass and surveying app to figure out what park in El Monte it was coming from, but still nothing.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 11 September 2023 03:36 (one year ago) link
opened it a few times on NFL Sunday and was surprised by how dead it's become, half the people I follow just don't tweet anymore or do so infrequently. just doesn't seem there's much motivation to be "good on Twitter" anymore
― frogbs, Monday, 11 September 2023 13:55 (one year ago) link
yeah the numbers we keep seeing twitter ad revenue down 50% etc seem low, maybe awful new musk coded posters are picking up the slack some but if so that cant last theyre bad posters and will get sick of each other if no one else is around
― lag∞n, Monday, 11 September 2023 14:44 (one year ago) link