A bot would know it's "death throes" not "throws" though
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[Technology] Has anybody come off of Twitter / X? How easy did you find it?
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A bot would know it's "death throes" not "throws" though
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 36,025
WhatsApp sounds like a much better way to get information from selected sources anyway.
I think you underestimate how many in the middle don't really care who has won free speech, whatever that means, and who don't want to talk about anything overtly political, they just want to be able to read and write sentences without being called a communist/nazi, or sold cryptocurrency.
It shouldn't be much to ask, yet here we are...
Change at Barnham
Well-known member
Screaming J
He'll put a spell on you
Came off over a year ago. Haven't missed it. Did go on Threads instead but hardly ever use it.
I know what @Lady Whistledown means about all the tedious responses from big 6 followers or the complete d!cks who just bang on about whichever of our players happens to be a compatriot of theirs. I came off a lot of the Albion FBook pages for the same reason when it got invaded by hordes of Percy Tau fans who were a right pain in the backside, and it's the same with Instagram. Tbh I would have no problem with the club turning off comments on whatever they put on social media if it got rid of all the tw@ts.
I know what @Lady Whistledown means about all the tedious responses from big 6 followers or the complete d!cks who just bang on about whichever of our players happens to be a compatriot of theirs. I came off a lot of the Albion FBook pages for the same reason when it got invaded by hordes of Percy Tau fans who were a right pain in the backside, and it's the same with Instagram. Tbh I would have no problem with the club turning off comments on whatever they put on social media if it got rid of all the tw@ts.
RandyWanger
Je suis rôti de boeuf
Had an issue, couldn't get through to a human on a chat bot or phone. Tweeted (Xed?) the company and within an hour my issue is resolved.
I had a Twitter account from the early days... stopped using it a couple of years ago.
I don't miss it at all, but will follow the odd link to a post or story.
I don't miss it at all, but will follow the odd link to a post or story.
Not necessarily.
A Russian collection of bots once mistook the russian word for pop/bang for the word for cotton - spelt the same, pronounced differently - when translating into Ukrainian.
So the bots - pretending to be human - were calling explosions "cotton".
Funny and embarrassing - and "cotton" to describe an explosion entered common Ukrainian parlance.
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I signed up for blue sky last night.
Layout is pretty identical to twitter and the features are the same from what I can tell.
It seems a LOT less toxic on there
Layout is pretty identical to twitter and the features are the same from what I can tell.
It seems a LOT less toxic on there
McTavish
Well-known member
- Nov 5, 2014
- 1,587
Crawley Dingo
Political thread tourist.
- Mar 31, 2022
- 1,080
Brave browser has 3 layers of encryption, no ads.
Crawley Dingo
Political thread tourist.
- Mar 31, 2022
- 1,080
Zero.
Me too. Although I never posted on Twitter, it was handy for following certain accounts. Most of the accounts seem to be on Blue Sky so I'm done with Twitter now.
seagullsovergrimsby
#cpfctinpotclub
I think he only has one flag , a confederate one. His only followers are MAGA loons.
Seagull58
In the Algarve
‘A hate machine’: St Pauli become first major football club to leave X
St Pauli have become the first major football club to leave X, expressing concern that the site may influence the outcome of the German election
www.theguardian.com
Edit: Fixtures
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
I have 5 tabs.I must admit, I don't really understand when people complain about all the garbage on twitter - if you don't want to see it, then...................don't look at it.
I use twitter to post about the Albion academy. I follow 104 different accounts - all football related. Each day I open up twitter and have it open all day - but on the "Following" tab. As such, I only see tweets by accounts I follow (plus ads here and there, which I ignore). I still find it an incredible useful source of information and nothing has come close to replacing it.
Of course, I also see the "What's happening" tab and if something takes my fancy I'll click on it - but that is a conscious decision.
Following
Brighton #Bhafc
British Isles Weather feed
Looking after the Planet
Humanism and Science
I probably spend
10% on Green Stuff
20% on Weather content
5% on Humanism etc
40% on Albion &
25% on people i follow
All depending on whether we're playing or if there's a hurricane or snow event imminent
Pinkie Brown
Wir Sind das Volk
Dumped mine last week after the orange dreg and Enabler Elon came to power. I'd been pondering for months. Deleting was surprisingly simple compared to Facebook. Twitter has been Haemorrhaging ever since Nov 6th. It'll soon be an echo chamber of swivel eyed neo nazis, crypto spivs and Russian bots with numbers after their name. Musk might be the richest man in the world but spunking 44 Billion is surely going to catch up sometime down the line.
Bluesky is gaining traction by the moment as the avalanche of cancellation gathers pace from Musk's cesspit. Moderation is far more robust. Two notorious US far right accounts who I'd personally never heard of, had their accounts suspended within one hour recently.
Bluesky is gaining traction by the moment as the avalanche of cancellation gathers pace from Musk's cesspit. Moderation is far more robust. Two notorious US far right accounts who I'd personally never heard of, had their accounts suspended within one hour recently.
nicko31
Well-known member
Had an account for years but never posted anything, purely to observe and share stuff (usually on here)
But despite never liking, re-posting or commenting I find my feed full of shit from right wing loons. Its turned into a propaganda tool
Deleted the app last night.
But despite never liking, re-posting or commenting I find my feed full of shit from right wing loons. Its turned into a propaganda tool
Deleted the app last night.