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Of course not. They’re wreaking having based on Elon’s whims. Much like when he drove Twitter into the ground.
by cdme 2y ago
Of course not. They’re wreaking having based on Elon’s whims. Much like when he drove Twitter into the ground.
- helge9210 2y agoTwitter is very much alive.
- smitelli 2y agoTwitter/X -- the site -- is essentially fine. Twitter -- the community -- is dead and rotting.
- helge9210 2y ago[flagged]
- krger 2y ago>Before Musk takeover certain opinions just weren't present and/or were actively silenced. Care to provide some examples of "certain opinions" that were "actively silenced?"
- watwut 2y agoAfaik, open nazi were actually silenced on twitter prior Musk. But, you could talking in euphemisms and it would be mostly fine. Also, when you went really really far with harassment.
- krger 2y agoYes, that was rather my point.
- helge9210 2y agoOpinions regarding masking mandates and criticizing COVID-19 response in general, for example.
- krger 2y ago>Opinions regarding masking mandates and criticizing COVID-19 response in general, for example. So they were cracking down on people spreading dangerous disinformation in the middle of a public health emergency. Okay. What are some others?
- kmeisthax 2y agoI would like to know what you had to mute to make Musk's Twitter tolerable.
- maxerickson 2y agoTwitter the business pretty much killed itself. The ads in my following feed right now: Temu, Temu, Whatnot, Temu, Temu. Maybe that's influenced by me blocking a lot of garbage ads? IDK.
- tbrownaw 2y agoShouldn't ublock origin be stopping you from getting any ads?
- maxerickson 2y agoApp on my phone.
- johnnyanmac 2y agoTWTR -- the publicly traded company -- dipped so badly that Musk needed to make it private. It's effectively less of a public commons now than it is Musk's investment on manipulating information.
- cdme 2y agoAh yes, short form 4chan. It’s Elon’s blog — the remaining users are commenters.
- queuebert 2y agoBest description I have seen yet.
- lawn 2y agoIn the metaphor then Twitter is wiggling around on the ground. Not truly dead but a shell of it's former self.
- troyvit 2y agoI guess I know why you're getting downvoted. Saying Twitter is at death's door is like saying that sanctions are going to crush Russia any day now. People really really want to believe it despite all the evidence. Twitter is very much alive, and it's doing exactly what Musk wants it to do.
- transcriptase 2y agoExactly. When he fired 90% of the employees everyone here and on Reddit said it would fall apart within days due to the complexity of the systems that Elon’s employees and the remaining traitor engineers had no hope of maintaining. When it didn’t fall apart in days, the goalposts were moved to “technical issues won’t become obvious right away, give it a few months”. It’s been over 2 years and on a technical level running better than ever. You can disagree with the content and users all you wish, but pretending it’s dying because you hate the bad orange and mars man is delusional.
- lowercased 2y ago>"It’s been over 2 years and on a technical level running better than ever" Isn't it also simply doing less? Weren't some APIs shut off or reduced? My limited memory is having me think they reduced or shut down some functionality altogether, which would also help something run smoother. Fewer things running means fewer things can break.
- ceejayoz 2y ago(and fewer users means lower load, as a bonus)
- transcriptase 2y agoNo. Grok, spaces, community notes, long form videos, user payouts. It’s doing far more now than ever before.
- dicknuckle 2y ago
- liontwist 2y ago[flagged]