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notroot

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10. Of course it will. OF COURSE IT WILL. It's a commercial social media app.

Reply to 0rganism (Reply #2)

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?!

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Good news: Twitter is collapsing. [View all] 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