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  • George KG George K

    Interesting.

    I won't even try to pretend the implications of this. However, the platform is up and appears to be functioning pretty much as always.

    Yeah, there's bugs, and changes to under-the-hood stuff, but it appears that, unlike predictions, it has survived.

    At least for now.

    Related, how are Truth Social, Mastodon, WeMe, and Parler doing?

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    Doctor Phibes
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    #719

    @George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

    Related, how are Truth Social, Mastodon, WeMe, and Parler doing?

    Truth social is amazing. Just so amazing. Truly. It's been really, really great, and it has all the best people. Just the best. I could give you the numbers, but you wouldn't believe me because they're so amazing.

    I was only joking

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      Renauda
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      #720

      Some wicked witch turned Phibes into a Trump like troll! ๐Ÿ˜ž

      Elbows up!

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      • RenaudaR Renauda

        Some wicked witch turned Phibes into a Trump like troll! ๐Ÿ˜ž

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        George K
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        #721

        @Renauda said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

        Some wicked witch turned Phibes into a Trump like troll! ๐Ÿ˜ž

        No shit! Look at his avatar!

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        • HoraceH Offline
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          Horace
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          #722

          Really sad to see how tribal heโ€™s become. Fox News captures another ideological prisoner.

          Education is extremely important.

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          • HoraceH Horace

            Really sad to see how tribal heโ€™s become. Fox News captures another ideological prisoner.

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            Aqua Letifer
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            #723

            @Horace said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

            Really sad to see how tribal heโ€™s become. Fox News captures another ideological prisoner.

            Yeah, but Carlson was never that great to begin with.

            Please love yourself.

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            • George KG George K

              @Renauda said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

              Some wicked witch turned Phibes into a Trump like troll! ๐Ÿ˜ž

              No shit! Look at his avatar!

              Doctor PhibesD Offline
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              Doctor Phibes
              wrote on last edited by Doctor Phibes
              #724

              @George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

              @Renauda said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

              Some wicked witch turned Phibes into a Trump like troll! ๐Ÿ˜ž

              No shit! Look at his avatar!

              That's not Tucker, it's his twin brother, Magnus. He's so amazing. And really, really smart. Like a stable genius. He cleans out the horses so well, like really really well.

              I was only joking

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              • AxtremusA Offline
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                #725

                What else is broken at Twitter?

                https://www.propublica.org/article/politwoops-deleted-tweets-twitter-politicians-musk

                Politicians havenโ€™t stopped deleting some of their most cringeworthy tweets, but Politwoops, our project that has tracked and archived more than half a million deleted tweets from candidates and elected officials since 2012, is no longer able to track them.

                Since Elon Musk took over Twitter, the platform has disabled the function we used to track deletions โ€” and the new method that Twitter says should identify them appears to be broken. We have been unable to find anyone who can help us, and with Twitter surprising developers by announcing a move to a paid model for gathering tweet data, itโ€™s no longer clear that Twitter is a stable platform on which to maintain this work. ...

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                • AxtremusA Offline
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                  #726

                  Another round of job cuts at Twitter:

                  https://www.reuters.com/technology/twitter-lays-off-least-50-relentless-cost-cuts-information-2023-02-26/

                  "At least 50" people were let go this time.

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                    #727

                    Yet another Twitter outage:

                    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/03/after-musks-mass-layoffs-one-engineers-mistake-broke-the-twitter-api/

                    "... the sixth major outage since January 23." ...

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                    • Aqua LetiferA Offline
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                      #728

                      Ax, are you on Twitter? How do you use it?

                      Please love yourself.

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                      • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                        Ax, are you on Twitter? How do you use it?

                        Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                        Doctor Phibes
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                        #729

                        @Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                        Ax, are you on Twitter? How do you use it?

                        This is me:
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                        This is me on Twitter:

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                        I was only joking

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                        • AxtremusA Offline
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                          Axtremus
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                          #730

                          https://www.thestreet.com/technology/elon-musk-suffers-a-huge-loss

                          Elon Musk now values Twitter at $20 Billion.
                          (Any one willing to buy Twitter at $20 Billion?)
                          Musk also says he sees a path to $250 Billion valuation years from now.

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                          • AxtremusA Axtremus

                            https://www.thestreet.com/technology/elon-musk-suffers-a-huge-loss

                            Elon Musk now values Twitter at $20 Billion.
                            (Any one willing to buy Twitter at $20 Billion?)
                            Musk also says he sees a path to $250 Billion valuation years from now.

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                            @Axtremus said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                            Musk also says he sees a path to $250 Billion valuation years from now.

                            Presumably that path doesn't involve him selling it to somebody who knows what they're doing?

                            I was only joking

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                              #732

                              Twitter no long exists as a company. It has been absorbed by X Corp.

                              https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/04/twitter-no-longer-exists-as-a-company-merges-into-musks-x-corp/

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                                #733

                                https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/12/tech/elon-musk-bbc-interview-twitter-intl-hnk/index.html

                                80% cut in staff headcount
                                Musk claims (what's formerly known as) Twitter is now "breaking even" and advertisers are coming back.

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                                • AxtremusA Axtremus

                                  https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/12/tech/elon-musk-bbc-interview-twitter-intl-hnk/index.html

                                  80% cut in staff headcount
                                  Musk claims (what's formerly known as) Twitter is now "breaking even" and advertisers are coming back.

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                                  George K
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #734

                                  @Axtremus said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                  80% cut in staff headcount
                                  Musk claims (what's formerly known as) Twitter is now "breaking even" and advertisers are coming back.

                                  One has to wonder...from and end-user standpoint Twitter is little-changed from what it was a year ago.

                                  Yea, there have been changes as to policy, procedures, etc. Changes in "blue checks" and all that other crap have occurred. But, my experience is not very different from it was a year ago.

                                  So, one has to wonder, what were those 80% doing? Were they doing computer preventive maintenance? Were they "innovating?" The platform seems to be just fine.

                                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    Axtremus
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                                    #735

                                    Musk's BBC interview.

                                    Elon Musk tells BBC that owning Twitter has been quite painful
                                    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65248196

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                                    • George KG Offline
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                                      George K
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                                      BBC: "Hateful content is on the rise."

                                      Musk: "Give me one example."

                                      BBC: ........

                                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        George K
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #737

                                        Isn't it interesting that in their story, the Beeb choses not to quote Musk when he says the reporter journalist mouthpiece can't back up his claim?

                                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                          Doctor Phibes
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                                          #738

                                          That was pretty embarrassing. Looking at Debra Faushay's Twitter, she actually wasn't being sarcastic ๐Ÿ˜‚

                                          I was only joking

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