Twitter C/D

they wouldn't be able to see your profile either

its also an input to the algo

Yeah, that's what I'm getting at. If an account keeps getting blocked by people, will the algorithm eventually tag it as problematic and stop promoting it as much? I don't post on Twitter, and a lot of the limited stuff I follow doesn't have a lot of replies I'd bother blocking, but if blocking assholes I'd otherwise ignore hurts them, it could be a fun thing to do when I have some downtime. Like popping bubblewrap.

yeah when they opened sourced the algo it was revealed that getting blocked dings you a lil

I just bought a Kevin Kruse book, but I gotta say, his level of twitter use makes me a little weary. Anyone read any of his stuff?

lmao 48 hours and counting from a $8 account

Disney Ratatouille Movie pic.twitter.com/BQh90jwaD0

— . (@ToDanHD) May 15, 2023

among others https://twitter.com/ToDanHD

when I was 18 one of my friend's parents were out of town so he threw this gigantic party. it was a weird vibe and a lot of assholes showed up but it was also pretty fun because a ton of people I knew were there. anyway the cops got called because someone hit another car and that person absolutely freaked out. no one got underages though and once the cops left we tried to restart the party but the vibe was just dead. some people stayed and tried to have a good time but it felt really weird. anyway that's what Twitter reminds me of now

That stage where everybody is talking about going and pissing in that asshole’s trunk while he’s still inside

Lmao jack invited jimmy fallon to bluesky and his first “hello” post has 500 replies telling him to pay his writers (500 is a lot, a post needs 12 likes to get on “what’s hot” which is like the global feed)

haa

the way I caused this 💀 https://t.co/QwQEcKEMqR pic.twitter.com/qFHMd1JyL7

— Hurt CoPain (@SaeedDiCaprio) May 17, 2023

now that it's been a few weeks, does anyone have thoughts on bluesky? i'm still on the waiting list. i haven't really heard much chatter about it, so i figure there's not enough activity on there to warrant much discussion

I just don't get why people would go there rather than Mastodon.

because it literally takes 5 minutes to find and follow a single person on there, there is no lazy discovery. it's a pain in the ass.

i will give it another shot when and if search becomes even a little easier.

didn't mean that to sound so aggro, it's just that i wanted it to work but can't deal with another steep learning curve in my life atm. also to be very real i have been net happier since being locked out of twitter, so like, do i really need a twitter alternative?

Ha, well, not needing any twitter alternative is the healthiest attitude, I think.

Following people on other instances has got a tiny bit better, I think, but still a bit of a faff sometimes. I've found myself actually using hashtags for the first time in my life, as joining in a general conversation on a theme seems less scary there than it ever did on twitter or similar platforms (this will probably change as Mastodon grows, but for now it's a pleasant thing). I also follow a couple of hashtags that put all posts about that topic directly into my main feed, and that's worked well for hearing about niche things and finding people I might want to follow.

thanks for sharing that info - i may try again with that strategy

i found the mastodon ux a pain in the ass, and i don't think i ever once laughed at a post.

bluesky seems to have settled down a bit, not as funny as it was. there are now a few journalists so it's starting to fulfil the "free bloomberg terminal" twitter use case. they're about to launch the custom algorithms thing, which is like twitter lists or following a hashtag, but much more general. e.g. you can define (or follow) a feed of "all new account first posts" or "all friends of friends".

i guess instagram's twitter clone is launching soon too https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/19/everything-we-know-about-instagrams-twitter-clone-due-this-summer/

custom algorithms thing seems promising

looking into it

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/us/politics/desantis-elon-musk-twitter.html

The event on Twitter Spaces is planned for 6 p.m. Eastern.

We officially live in the future now

his politics are so mysterious

That piece contained no exclusive quotes and no new information (as they admit, NBC News had the announcement first). But somehow it required four reporters to assemble.

So what? The NYT employs 2,600 journalists, and I bet a lot of their stories involve more collaboration than is indicated by a typical byline.

What's sad is that it's the only story those four reporters have broken all year

"discover more" random tweets showing up after replies might be what finally breaks me

seems like search is favoring blue checks now too, smart to show more of the worst posts

30 mins of technical difficulties, then "looks like we're ready to go here", then it cut out.

So far (5 minutes) on this twitter space, the app has crashed 4 times, DeSantis has been demoted from speaker to listener 3 times, and Elon and David seem to have their mics in the same room pointing at each other so there's constantly feedback. https://t.co/N9jOSzrg1I

— Paul E Williams (@PEWilliams_) May 24, 2023

they're going to say "he broke the internet", but streaming low bitrate audio to ~1m people is, well, it's probably not what spaces is designed for, but it's not a insolubly hard problem either. twitch and youtube both regularly have streams to 5m+ with full video and comments.

I tried to listen but just got the message “Spaces isn’t available for ipad yet.” Ok

this is probably a fitting launch to a doomed campaign

Nobody is happier than Fox News, which is going to make sure every Republican primary voter sees this one pic.twitter.com/3xti2wVg8c

— Ben Smith (@semaforben) May 24, 2023

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fw7UnbGaQAIbDyd?format=jpg&name=small

From the Guardian lol:

“Part of what Twitter is standing for is people should be exposed to different viewpoints,” said DeSantis, who has been working to ban viewpoints in classrooms across his state...

elon just said "i'd like to introduce ron" and then THERE WAS AN ECHO LIKE IT WAS MOCKING HIM "i'd like to introduce ron" and then he said "i've never seen anything like this before" and the echo said "i've never seen anything like this before" and then my app crashed again ahaha

— Best of Dying Twiter (@bestofdyingtwit) May 24, 2023

Lol Tucker’s show is going to be a disaster

Is there a conspiracy theory yet that it was hack by Chinese/Biden saboteurs?

nope - just the overwhelming excitement about his run, there's no server in the world that can contain that enthusiasm, he's a juggernaut rolling over wokeness, this was totally anticipated

I guess Musky should have updated his Real Audio plugin.

much to unpack here https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/110426610517273124

might actually watch this tonight

fuck it, full john wick 4 movie on the tl pic.twitter.com/0pe7nqimx7

— john wick’s dead wife (@ghoulhag) May 24, 2023

"I just know instinctively kind of what, like, normal people think about all this stuff" said Fascist Ron DeSantis on Twitter.

"I just know instinctively kind of what, like, normal people think about all this stuff" said Fascist Ron DeSantis on Twitter.

I know it's crashed for other people but I'm in the DeSantis campaign launch Twitter Space and it's working fine for me. DeSantis is saying something about "woke yogurts" and he seems near tears. Musk is in another window, gaming with the sound way up.

— David Roth (@david_j_roth) May 24, 2023

Culture-al marxism

i didn't see any of the desantis thing, but wtf at this video

Governor ​​@RonDeSantis is running for president to lead our Great American Comeback.

"We can and we must deliver big results for America." pic.twitter.com/YE6b8sGraL

— DeSantis War Room 🐊 (@DeSantisWarRoom) May 24, 2023

why is elon musk in the video so, so, so much? it's bizarre

...does desantis and his team think elon musk is...cool?

i'm not ready to confront these kinds of questions before i've had my coffee

that is truly pathetic

why is elon musk in the video so, so, so much? it's bizarre

because he'll be the one calling it for Wisconsin