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Good news: Twitter is collapsing. (Original Post) Cattledog Nov 13 OP
Musk's achieving his objective then. I don't believe he cares. He's about to double his wealth to at least 1/2 trillion. live love laugh Nov 13 #1
DING DING DING DING DING!!! notroot Nov 13 #9
Excuse me? live love laugh Nov 13 #11
Strange as it may seem, if someone is said to 'fuck' it means they are regarded as a badass AZJonnie Nov 13 #14
I hope the bluesky app doesn't get sold out from under its grateful user base to some billionaire tech oligarch 0rganism Nov 13 #2
The minute they get popular the oligarch vultures descend. live love laugh Nov 13 #3
Controlling the means of communication Mike Niendorff Nov 13 #4
I agree with you King_Klonopin Nov 13 #19
Musk can't run for POTUS. nt. druidity33 Nov 13 #25
My bad. I forgot he was born on Omicron Persei 8 . . . King_Klonopin Nov 16 #33
Exactly! Wuddles440 Nov 13 #31
He wanted to get out of the deal moonscape Nov 16 #35
Of course it will. OF COURSE IT WILL. It's a commercial social media app. notroot Nov 13 #10
If it becomes a popular, useful tool for the democrats, some republican will buy it Fullduplexxx Nov 13 #24
And Bluesky is exploding! SunSeeker Nov 13 #5
i just opened an account and followed you Native Nov 13 #16
Awesome. Followed you back! nt SunSeeker Nov 13 #20
Has anyone posted a Bluesky members check-in thread Native Nov 13 #22
Followed you! n/t livetohike Nov 13 #17
Thanks! Followed you back! SunSeeker Nov 13 #21
Followed you! n/t livetohike Nov 13 #18
got you Native Nov 13 #23
Be Funny if musk's $44 Billions went Cha Nov 13 #6
Not gonna happen johnnyfins Nov 13 #7
Yeah, I know. Still. Cha Nov 13 #13
Musk got what he wanted Skittles Nov 13 #8
You might have that backwards. Perhaps more accurate to say, "Trump is a Musk whore"! Intractable Nov 13 #12
Hopefully all corporate-run social media will die anglesphere Nov 13 #15
I have been screaming this from the rooftops in liberal circles AkFemDem Nov 13 #26
Too late. He already managed to manipulate the country into 'electing' a fascist travelingthrulife Nov 13 #27
Interesting - good to see the collapse dates back as far as it does. hatrack Nov 13 #28
How long until Blue Sky is hijacked? EnergizedLib Nov 13 #29
The bad news: The guy responsible will soon be in charge of "government efficiency". tanyev Nov 13 #30
DIE you fucking Nazi platform... DIE!!! Blue Owl Nov 13 #32
I just liberated myself from shitter this morning lanlady Nov 16 #34

live love laugh

(14,495 posts)
1. Musk's achieving his objective then. I don't believe he cares. He's about to double his wealth to at least 1/2 trillion.
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 03:05 AM
Nov 13

AZJonnie

(76 posts)
14. Strange as it may seem, if someone is said to 'fuck' it means they are regarded as a badass
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 05:39 AM
Nov 13

or are at least generally 'correct'.

0rganism

(24,717 posts)
2. I hope the bluesky app doesn't get sold out from under its grateful user base to some billionaire tech oligarch
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 03:11 AM
Nov 13

Just saying, the day there's an IPO, get your mastodon account ready.

Social media represents a threat to authoritarians unless managed and operated in specific ways by specific people.

Mike Niendorff

(3,558 posts)
4. Controlling the means of communication
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 03:34 AM
Nov 13

Freedom of the press only applies to those who own one.

(* oh yeah, on a related point: take note of Musk's attempt to build a private, extra-national communications network that he alone controls -- because that's what Starlink actually is)


MDN

King_Klonopin

(1,341 posts)
19. I agree with you
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 06:06 AM
Nov 13

Musk didn't buy Twitter as an investment to make money; he bought it to bolster his power and possibly (probably?) run for POTUS after the Trumpet is gone. It is a propaganda machine for him and the American white nationalist party. Maybe he will go after Facebook and Google next. Monopolize the distribution of information -- heil!

King_Klonopin

(1,341 posts)
33. My bad. I forgot he was born on Omicron Persei 8 . . .
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 02:43 AM
Nov 16

He will still use it primarily for political reasons.

moonscape

(5,389 posts)
35. He wanted to get out of the deal
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 07:04 AM
Nov 16

for a while didn’t he, and was forced to go through with the purchase. Seems his motives were fluid.

 

notroot

(267 posts)
10. Of course it will. OF COURSE IT WILL. It's a commercial social media app.
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 04:12 AM
Nov 13

If you don't want to have your social media sold out from under you, then you should look into open source alternatives.

"Mastodon" has become a catch-all for a whole host of federated open social media platforms. I personally like "Sharkey" because I get all the benefits of Twitter, but with like 3000 character limit, QTs, and threaded feed.

The problem isn't tech. It's users.

Users won't fucking MOVE.

Their "friends" are on Twitter, or Facebook, or Instagram, or Tiktok, or whatever.

And their "friends" are just SOOOO important to them.

Such good "friends," amirite?!

johnnyfins

(1,443 posts)
7. Not gonna happen
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 03:49 AM
Nov 13

Muskrat's sole intention, when he bought shitter, was to hand the election to TSF. Mission accomplished!.

anglesphere

(197 posts)
15. Hopefully all corporate-run social media will die
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 05:47 AM
Nov 13

The Internet was much better when people were spread out on smaller, privately-run forums like DU.

Large-scale, for profit social media generates hatred and conflict.

AkFemDem

(2,189 posts)
26. I have been screaming this from the rooftops in liberal circles
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 07:31 AM
Nov 13

DELETE YOUR X ACCOUNTS!!! DO IT! DO IT NOW!!!!

Don't post links to X here or anywhere. Never ever post another X link again. Never ever click an X link anyone else posts again.

This is the way more important than boycotting chik-fil-a or walmart. STOP patronizing his service, period, end-stop.

IMO X links should be banned here at DU and every other progressive site.

travelingthrulife

(876 posts)
27. Too late. He already managed to manipulate the country into 'electing' a fascist
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 07:33 AM
Nov 13

He doesn't need anyone's money.

hatrack

(61,068 posts)
28. Interesting - good to see the collapse dates back as far as it does.
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 07:49 AM
Nov 13

I was worried that this might be just capturing the departure of Russian bots post-election. Good to see that it isn't.

Blue Owl

(54,842 posts)
32. DIE you fucking Nazi platform... DIE!!!
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 11:29 AM
Nov 13



(note: I realize Twitter is not a PC office printer from the 80's -- but the sentiment is the same...)
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