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[–] [email protected] 77 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I agree this is of questionable veracity, but could you imagine if for example fb users had trouble following Trump? There would be a whole news cycle culminating in a congressional hearing. When people talk about the asymmetrical standards that conservatives are held to vs liberals in the media this is a prime example.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 months ago (5 children)

He posted a picture on his stream of the error message "There's a problem here" over the Biden/Harris campaign page, so at very least he's trolling instead of taking his job seriously. Twitter is his private platform so whatever, but it's another reminder that Musk will not be impartial and is actually pouring millions into the Trump campaign, so if you're still there now would be a good time to leave.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yo it was a good time to leave back when he bought it. It was a good time again when he dumped moderation. It was a good time again when he changed the name to X. Really its always been a good time to leave. Anyone who hasn’t left by now has already ignored so many signs not even Ace of Base can help them.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

Anyone who hasn’t left by now has already ignored so many signs not even Ace of Base can help them.

LOL

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (5 children)

I'm afraid people on Twitter will never leave it no matter what

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is what happens when trying to give equal platforming to buttcracks on top of shoulders. They shit all over everything and dont understand why the mic was taken from them. They dont understand why we can post about single payer healthcare and they can't say immigrants deserve to die. They think all ideals are equal on the battlegrounds of legislature.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Correction: some of them truly know why. However, they are trying to see what they can get away with, like a toddler testing their boundaries ("but why can't I have dessert instead of dinner!?"). It is our fault if we fall prey to their BS.

The only thing required for evil to flourish is for good people to do nothing.

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[–] [email protected] 74 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Why is anyone still on, "The Social Media Platform Formerly Known As Twitter" ?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

Its still twitter. You can't take the twit out as long as a twit owns it.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

Preaching to the choir.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Which goes to show that if you are a public figure whether in politics, entertainment, or otherwise, owning your own server for social media instead of relying on Zuck and Musk should be a critical concern at this point.

There is no reason for the Harris campaign to not dip their toe into federated social media at this point given Musk's antagonism towards them.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (4 children)

And it's so cheap to run. The only reason it's not as worth is the limited reach and impact. But if main political figures would adopt it, the users and journalists would certainly come.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 months ago (15 children)

Shocking that people are still using Shitter in 2024.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Anybody still using it at this point deserves all the brain damage it causes. No excuses.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 months ago

Ew I. Accidently clicked on a twitter link I ieel so dirty

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

What do they even expect? They know who’s site they are using.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The remaining users are 100% in denial that it's a Nazi website now.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Nah a lot of them are just actual Nazis.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That would be called “election interference”

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Can we revoke his government contracts now?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago

Seriously though, it should be grounds for getting blacklisted from the government.

Or if the company in question is strategically crucial to national interests, as is the case here, it should be put into federal receivership with the appropriate relevant agency - so, SpaceX goes to NASA, Tesla goes to the DoT, Twitter goes to the FCC, etc.

I so deeply want this to be a case of “fuck around and find out”.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Isn't that, like, illegal?

[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Maybe technically in Florida and Texas, given that they passed a law to try to stop sites deplatforming Trump.

https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/bills/3102.htm

"The owner or operator of a social media website who contracts with a social media website user in this State is subject to a private right of action by a user if the social media website purposely: ... (2) uses an algorithm to disfavor, shadowban, or censure the user's religious speech or political speech".

In May 2022, the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruled to strike the law (and similarly there was a 5th Circuit judgement), but just this month the US Supreme Court vacated the Court of Appeals judgement (i.e. reinstated the law) and remanded it back to the respective Court of Appeals. That said, the grounds for doing that were the court had not done the proper analysis, and after they do that it might be struck down again. But for now, the laws are technically not struck down.

It would be ironic if after conservatives passed this law, and stacked the supreme court and got the challenge to it vacated, the first major use of it was used against Xitter for censoring Harris!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)

People stupid enough to support fascism aren't smart enough to recognize that it can be used against them

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It would be ironic

It would be Fascism.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

the corporatocracy is an authoritarian dictatorship and there's nothing you can do about it

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Musk made 151 tweets on Sunday

Assuming he's awake for 16 hours, that's over 9 tweets an hour. Someone is definitely scared.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Maybe he was just naming all the Kanto region Pokemon from memory

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't believe for a second he could name more than five.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Hardest working CEO of multiple companies. /s

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago

Stop.using.xitter

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Trump is always trending, Kamala randomly dropping from 4m posts to 8k, then a new "tag" is up full of magatards. Once the discource changes to mostly positive, repeat. Also, ruzzian propaganda is being boosted so....

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

Maybe we should take a page from the Trumpers here and declare it a conspiracy!

The deep state doesn't want people following Harris! They don't want you to know about it. They think they know better than you!

"Let me tell you, folks, I know how to follow people and this Twitter situation smells. I know all about smelling. Smells. Smelling. Smell... Ling! The word just sounds awful, right? They want you to smell things. They're coming for your smells!"

Haha, yeah... This is Elon Musk's X.com we're talking about. It's just sheer incompetence and the usual buggy bullshit. We should expect this as normal X behavior at this point. Is anyone really surprised that X is suddenly throwing errors when users try basic functionality? Come on. The platform is garbage and that's not even taking account the garbage present on the platform.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

Trump's going to be mad that x is becoming a direct competitor to truth social

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This might be one of Twitter's automatic security features I'd heard about a while back (prior to the Musk takeover). Supposedly, Twitter stops accounts from getting a large amount of followers in a short amount of time to try to limit botting. Sometimes, rarely, it can trigger when a large amount of real people follow a real account.

I think I heard about it when I ran into the issue myself, but I don't remember what account it was that I was trying to follow.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Go away with your sensible explanations, we have conspiracy to uncover.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

No surprise.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Keep being transparent as fuck, Space Karen

🤣

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

elon is just mad he's stuck with the painfully dull dud jd vance

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Maybe the reason Elon broke every part of Twitter was just so he has plausible deniability while he meddles with everything and desperately tries to get his name in every discussion.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

People big enough to have a staffed social media team will stilk have an Xitter account just because it is a viable vector to get news out. They may also have Truth Social account, just because it's there.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

It's funny (scary) how the police and fire department never post to thir own websites about important timely information and updates.

It's in twitter and Facebook. I use neither anymore. Because obvious reasons.

This week, I could only find reference to the smell of natural gas covering half our city via a news site that quoted the FD's twitter.

Great work, guys!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I agree with you and I will not let them off the hook. They have no legitimate excuse to be using racist, misogynist, transphobic, homophobic, bigoted right-wing platforms.

Do they also have a stormfront account? Fuck anyone who contributes to fascist owned platforms just because they are there.

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