i've never had a twitter account, but i sometimes read certain accounts, and click through from ILX twitter embeds sometimes. just clicking around a teeny bit today, this thing of the blue-check people getting bumped to the top of the replies means every single post is just instantly encrusted with hateful right-wing garbage. like, that was always there, but now it's pushed up past any kind of response that even had the potential to be worthwhile.
and then those awful replies, being more visible, seem to attract more replies (and thus, i think, algorithmic juice) from people trying to argue against them. which maybe comes from a good place, but it means that almost all of the energy being put into the site is either trolling or engaging with trolls. like, great. great job. great website. the only question is how long it takes for its status as horrendously unpleasant right-wing cesspool to really proliferate in the public consciousness and displace whatever conception folks already have when they hear the word "Twitter." but it'll happen.
― got it in the blood, the kid's a pelican (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 25 April 2023 19:49 (one year ago) link
tbf most tweets on my tl even ones from pretty big accounts still dont have any blue check replies, but then the ones that do yeah its real bad
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 25 April 2023 19:53 (one year ago) link
maybe i'm rate limited or something but on a musk post it's not possible to scroll to the non-verified (i.e. actually funny) replies. the infinite scroll site breaks before you get there.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 25 April 2023 20:04 (one year ago) link
yeah, there are certain types of posts that attract the blue checks-- the Kevin Bacon one is a prime example. Hillary tweeted her support for Biden and I don't know if it's possible to scroll past the blue check replies.
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Tuesday, 25 April 2023 20:04 (one year ago) link
Doc otm, it's incredible how Elon took the one aspect of social media that everyone hates - the nonstop bickering over idiotic right wing disinfo - and made it the main feature of the site.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 25 April 2023 21:55 (one year ago) link
Particularly sucks to be a woman working for a company that was bought by a guy on a post-divorce woman-hating binge.
New: Twitter used to offer employees 20 weeks of paid parental leave. That’s being changed to whatever is required by law in the region where the employees work, along with a “top up” of two weeks of leave, per internal docs.— kate conger (@kateconger) April 25, 2023
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 25 April 2023 23:04 (one year ago) link
Or a guy, for that matter, assuming "parental leave" means either parent. Still feels overtly "fuck women" tho.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 25 April 2023 23:05 (one year ago) link
tbf most tweets on my tl even ones from pretty big accounts still dont have any blue check replies Same.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Tuesday, 25 April 2023 23:27 (one year ago) link
i mean the breakup was kind of divorce-like with the weird two kids angle but they weren’t married
― mh, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 00:56 (one year ago) link
xps but surely the kid's going to be with the nanny from 2 weeks on anyway?
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 26 April 2023 01:11 (one year ago) link
If books exist 20 years from now, I want to read Grimes’s kids’ tell-all.
― Every post of mine is an expression of eternity (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 26 April 2023 01:13 (one year ago) link
Right sorry, post-breakup woman-hating binge.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 26 April 2023 01:15 (one year ago) link
I don’t think there’s many women left. Not one of the women I worked with survived the layoffs the first week after he took over. There’s a class action (among many) asserting those were discriminatory, which seems self-evident.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 26 April 2023 01:57 (one year ago) link
yesssssss
Bluesky’s first main character incident is currently happening:4/27/23 - “dril, who cannot get the username ‘dril’ on Bluesky for some reason, is anti-sex worker because of the #BlockTheBlue hashtag” pic.twitter.com/iEE6kYebce— Ryan Broderick (@broderick) April 27, 2023
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 27 April 2023 17:37 (one year ago) link
hmm looks promising, run by jack just the incompetent weird to make it work
― lag∞n, Thursday, 27 April 2023 17:39 (one year ago) link
its happening pic.twitter.com/bmYvcH4mQU— 🕳⚰️💨 (@hedlike_a_hole) April 27, 2023
― lag∞n, Thursday, 27 April 2023 17:46 (one year ago) link
deepfake
― mark s, Thursday, 27 April 2023 17:49 (one year ago) link
new platform aside, this kind of clumsy dialogue happens when you enter a discussion regarding a clear example of intersectionality, and instead of actually wanting to discuss it, instantly imprint your hot take and indicate that those who don't accept it as canon statement are bad people.
man dril leaving is awesome. want more hi profile twitter celebs to bounce now too.
― Cthulhu Diamond Phillips (Neanderthal), Thursday, 27 April 2023 18:19 (one year ago) link
are they replacing twitter with twitter
― imago, Thursday, 27 April 2023 19:13 (one year ago) link
The invite only thing feels like a real Google+ throwback.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 27 April 2023 19:23 (one year ago) link
pretty normal for new services ramping up just dont want to overheat the servers and so forth
― lag∞n, Thursday, 27 April 2023 19:25 (one year ago) link
yeah to be fair i don't think this is a marketing thing. running a twitter-like service is hard operationally. they've set up invites so they will double in users every two weeks, which is already pretty fast.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 27 April 2023 19:27 (one year ago) link
wild to release a site without dms the one thing all sites need
to be clear bluesky doesn't have dms or a way to block people yet, so it's not actually ready for primetime— your himbo boyfriend (@swolecialism) April 27, 2023
― lag∞n, Thursday, 27 April 2023 19:36 (one year ago) link
i'm in @mlw.bsky.social
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 27 April 2023 19:57 (one year ago) link
plz send me invite
― lag∞n, Thursday, 27 April 2023 19:57 (one year ago) link
like 10 bots already follow me wtf
― 龜, Thursday, 27 April 2023 20:03 (one year ago) link
i don't have one yet but you will get my first i promise u. i think poster 龜 is in too (via simping to the same poster as me).
this is the one dril post so far (nsfw)
https://cdn.bsky.social/imgproxy/98ORHULVqkGefqHmDO2Dmkc3z5rRfxFIHEu82vh_m9Q/rs:fit:2000:2000:1:0/plain/bafkreicm7dn4m766jbnt4fo3dhzpxb24vsokoc6zmqbdwq5lrxsxlgo43y@jpeg
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 27 April 2023 20:03 (one year ago) link
i’m @smashedmcdouble.bsky.social
― 龜, Thursday, 27 April 2023 20:04 (one year ago) link
i am kirkcameronofficial.bsky.social
― z_tbd, Thursday, 27 April 2023 20:12 (one year ago) link
https://media.tenor.com/bHGUqVIKzhoAAAAC/let-me-in-eric-andre.gif
― mark s, Thursday, 27 April 2023 20:29 (one year ago) link
lmao first post the algorithm recommended to me was "thoughts on 9/11" and a picture of the twin towers on fire.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 27 April 2023 20:38 (one year ago) link
They're gonna have to change a bunch of this if they don't want to get dragged to hell and back through the regulatory ringer in Europe. https://t.co/Kiz02LHKXg— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) April 27, 2023
― lag∞n, Thursday, 27 April 2023 21:59 (one year ago) link
not falling for this again no ones gonna take my @ early anyway
― ciderpress, Thursday, 27 April 2023 23:56 (one year ago) link
i don't have one yet but you will get my first i promise u
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, April 27, 2023 4:03 PM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
thanking u friend
― lag∞n, Friday, 28 April 2023 00:04 (one year ago) link
You can’t screenshot it? What kinda bullshit is that? (Also, can apps disable screenshot?)
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 28 April 2023 00:06 (one year ago) link
ok bluesky is good pic.twitter.com/FFtXP5073n— timothy 💀 faust (@crulge) April 28, 2023
― lag∞n, Friday, 28 April 2023 00:09 (one year ago) link
Got twitter embeds turned off but knew what that would be before I clicked through. They’re being so mean to him! There’s so much more.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 28 April 2023 01:09 (one year ago) link
been enjoying the ‘for you’ tab lately, a lot of accounts i dont follow but i’m rollin with it
― 龜, Friday, 28 April 2023 02:29 (one year ago) link
i dont look at it much but when i do its just all accounts i follow idk what the deal is
― lag∞n, Friday, 28 April 2023 02:38 (one year ago) link
elon unbanned weed hitler whoa
― 龜, Friday, 28 April 2023 03:07 (one year ago) link
nice
― lag∞n, Friday, 28 April 2023 03:11 (one year ago) link
I’m not joining another fuckin app that shit is over
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Friday, 28 April 2023 03:53 (one year ago) link
This is how I feel. I tried Mastodon; I didn't like it. I joined a couple of Discord servers; I don't like those. I use Substack Notes because I'm communicating with people who already subscribe to my newsletter, so that makes sense to me. But Bluesky seems to be attracting a lot of the people I hate on Twitter, so fuck that.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 28 April 2023 04:13 (one year ago) link
(abandons house that is actively burning down, moves into house where wisps of smokes are escaping cracks in windows, gives a double thumbs up and a Fonzie 'aaaayyyyyy')
― Beautiful Bean Footage Fetishist (Old Lunch), Friday, 28 April 2023 12:32 (one year ago) link
tbf elons not there
― lag∞n, Friday, 28 April 2023 12:35 (one year ago) link
I'm tempted, but the fact it's owned by Dorsey is pretty lol
― rob, Friday, 28 April 2023 12:37 (one year ago) link
though if he pre-permabanned elon I'd be begging for an invite
― rob, Friday, 28 April 2023 12:38 (one year ago) link
social media is over... and that's fine
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 28 April 2023 12:43 (one year ago) link
it's for bots now: https://chirper.ai/
― rob, Friday, 28 April 2023 12:45 (one year ago) link