[Technology] Elon Musk and Twitter

[Sea Cider]

I'm not and never will be a Twitter person but if he wants to allow more free speech, I'm all for it.

During the last couple of years of your attendance on our forum I've enjoyed your well considered contribution.

Nonsense posts like this and the utter bullshit you've recently posted on the thread about buonanotte are rapidly making me change my mind about you.

What a shame.

 

[beorhthelm]

Its not really that unique though. The forced character limit is about the only thing unique about it

so why does everyone seem to care so much? why people simply not shrug and move on?

 

[Bozza]

The timing is interesting, not long until the midterms in the US. A high proportion of Republican candidates still claim the last election was fraudulent. Allegedly the bulk of the moderating & fact checking teams at Twitter have been given the Spanish Archer. What could possibly go wrong?

That's not actually the case - just 15% of the Safety & Integrity team were released today...

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

I’ll bite, what does it say?

It says the clowns who were running the moderation side of twitter were incredibly biased through their own political lens.

Seems the people who are losing their shit over Musk buying twitter are those who LOVE a bit of authoritarianism to shut down any dissenting views that don't match their own.

Those people deeply desire an Orwellian world where they are in charge of everything and want to control group think.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

so why does everyone seem to care so much? why people simply not shrug and move on?

It has to be put into context. The majority is wailing is coming from small sections of left leaning English speaking societies.

It's the slactivists, celebrities and attention seeking grifters that are making most of the noise.

Regular people really couldn't give a toss because it won't impact them one bit from tweeting.

 

[Swansman]

During the last couple of years of your attendance on our forum I've enjoyed your well considered contribution.

Nonsense posts like this and the utter bullshit you've recently posted on the thread about buonanotte are rapidly making me change my mind about you.

What a shame.

I take it you're not really that much into free speech

 

[willalbion]

That's not actually the case - just 15% of the Safety & Integrity team were released today...

There you go - misinformation already thanks for setting me straight. Still, 15% sounds like quite a lot.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Loads of user Twitter users have gone to Mastodon which is a decentralised Twitter alternative.

It's a good platform for creating echo chambers for sure.

 

[willalbion]

It says the clowns who were running the moderation side of twitter were incredibly biased through their own political lens.

Seems the people who are losing their shit over Musk buying twitter are those who LOVE a bit of authoritarianism to shut down any dissenting views that don't match their own.

Those people deeply desire an Orwellian world where they are in charge of everything and want to control group think.

Interesting perspective, I’m not a big Twitter user. I’m definitely left leaning. No fan of Musk. It’ll be interesting to see how it plays out.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Interesting perspective, I’m not a big Twitter user. I’m definitely left leaning. No fan of Musk. It’ll be interesting to see how it plays out.

Well if you're only interested in the Albion and say fly fishing then really that's all you should really see on twitter if the only people you follow deal in information on those subjects.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

TikTok is a far bigger cancer on society than Twitter is.

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

TikTok is a far bigger cancer on society than Twitter is.

Genuine question - why is that?

I have no clue about social media. I came off Twitter years ago as I found it despressing, I’ve got an old Facebook account I never use and that is my lot, I’m 40 going on 80 when it comes to that!

As a father, I think I need to understand it all a bit more!

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Genuine question - why is that?

I have no clue about social media. I came off Twitter years ago as I found it despressing, I’ve got an old Facebook account I never use and that is my lot, I’m 40 going on 80 when it comes to that!

As a father, I think I need to get

Because it's home of all the greatest morons on the planet.

Stupid and often dangerous trends start on there.

Plenty of utter creepers pushing their ideologies onto young impressionable minds on that platform.

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[Springal]

Twitters been kept up because he didnt sack the tech that maintain the platform.

he sacked a lot of tech and software developers actually

 

[jackanada]

Elon complaining that the numbers have dropped on Twitter because of a coalition of anti free speech leftists is a classic.

 

[GingerBeerMan]

I think Twitter is absolutely great. It keeps all the morons in one place leaving the rest of the internet (relatively) moron free!*

*Your mileage may vary

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

I think killing off Twitter can only be a net good for the world.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

Elon's takeover has a strong Friend's Reunited vibe about it.

The US maybe different but the left leaning twitter mob in the UK would happily go elsewhere to help a billionaire lose his fortune. It can't be that hard to make one either with an Algorithm that actually works as well. If i watch a video on Twitter, invariably it recommends me that same one in five different tweets thereafter. If the person who developed that feature has been sacked I take it all back.

 

[Stat Brother]

It's a white tick.

 

[sparkie]

Other than companies or organisations, maybe politicians, why would anyone pay for a tick ?