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[Technology] Elon Musk and Twitter
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StonehamPark
#Brighton-Nil
I deleted twitter about 3 months ago and it’s been great for my mental health.
Not deleted due to Elon, but just the pure cancer that’s posted on there all day every day.
So so much negativity and poison, people are clearly so angry, unhappy and totally happy to talk to strangers in a vile way.
Online culture ways, total division, a real black mirror episode playing out.
Good riddance.
I’m missing the ease of access to news though, that’s about it.
Not deleted due to Elon, but just the pure cancer that’s posted on there all day every day.
So so much negativity and poison, people are clearly so angry, unhappy and totally happy to talk to strangers in a vile way.
Online culture ways, total division, a real black mirror episode playing out.
Good riddance.
I’m missing the ease of access to news though, that’s about it.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
I can scroll past adverts quite easily, and block the trolls/bots but what annoys me is it changing from Following to For You.
Twitter’s idea of tweets For Me, are nothing like I would choose.
One in five Tweets on my timeline seems to be a promoted one now, in the past I would occasionally see some but not every day.
I’ve recently seen promoted Tweets for a high powered catapult and also some sort of extendable baton.
My following - For you seems to be set for Following , I can scroll across at the top for the For you.
Twitter’s idea of Tweets for me is like yours, not the stuff I would choose.
Tyrone Biggums
Well-known member
I'm sure some aspects are, other aspects will change things up and create a different web experience.
It's one hell of a big space after all.
- Oct 12, 2022
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I posted a bit about how I built it up in post #326 - it took a bit of time, don’t expect day one on Mastodon to be immediately as busy, but by following the topics I’m interested in, I worked out who was trustworthy and built things up from there.
Edit: Also, follow the #Introduction hashtag and post a quick hello with what you’re interested in on there. Hopefully you’ll find a few likeminded people via that.
deletebeepbeepbeep
Well-known member
- May 12, 2009
- 21,647
Meta is launching it's Twitter competitor called Threads on Thursday.
Doc Lynam
I hate the Daily Mail
- Jun 19, 2011
- 7,324
A plague on both their houses.
deletebeepbeepbeep
Well-known member
- May 12, 2009
- 21,647
Tweetdeck going subscriber only will push me into doing something else, which is a shame. No one forced Musk to buy twitter, or indeed begged him to save it. It just looks like a problem, which didn't need fixing.
Iggle Piggle
Well-known member
- Sep 3, 2010
- 5,798
I'm a middle aged bloke who post mostly about Football, Horse racing and cricket on Twitter. This is today's promoted tweet. WTAF
Ceej
Active member
Not sure I really want to delete Twitter just yet, especially when something like this comes up.
The replies are definitely worth a look.
The thing is, that house renovation is indeed fracking terrible but there's so much slagging off everywhere it just gets boring to read the hate
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Wozza
Shite Supporter
Could be a while...I'll sign up for Threads as soon as possible. If it fixes all the issues that Twitter now has,Elon.
Meta's Threads app is a privacy nightmare that won't launch in EU yet | TechCrunch
Meta's planned Twitter killer, Threads, isn't yet publicly available but it already looks like a privacy nightmare...
techcrunch.com
deletebeepbeepbeep
Well-known member
- May 12, 2009
- 21,647
Could be a while...
Meta's Threads app is a privacy nightmare that won't launch in EU yet | TechCrunch
Meta's planned Twitter killer, Threads, isn't yet publicly available but it already looks like a privacy nightmare...
Still seems like it will launch in the UK and US tomorrow but not the EU due to privacy issues.
Wozza
Shite Supporter
Ah yes, mentioned near bottom.
UK still has GDPR rules... but they're not applied. Very reassuring!
deletebeepbeepbeep
Well-known member
- May 12, 2009
- 21,647
I'm not in the social media game (deleted my Facebook account 10 years ago and never looked back) but will be interesting how it shakes out.Ah yes, mentioned near bottom.
UK still has GDPR rules... but they're not applied. Very reassuring!
Meta already has a massive install base through Facebook/Instagram so can see a lot of celebs and companies moving over (although if EU has no presence on there maybe not).
There's also Jack Dorsey's Bluesky which is currently invite only and Mastodon.