[Brazelton] Twitter

[Bubble181]

Bots are getting out of hand on Reddit. It used to be a couple of times a week, maximum, that a bot would make a post that's an exact copy of one of the highest ranked posts of all time, now it's multiple times every day.

It's the same on Twitter, and on 9Gag, o nFacebook, and on a number of other meme places.

It seems that people are now so addicted to memes and useless video's/images mixed with propaganda and ads that we're willing to put up with a worse experience, more bots, less human interaction, less innovation, just the endless recycling of the same 50 "funny" stories etc. and we're still not moving elsewhere or stopping usage, so....Why would they bother keeping supplying quality when people don't care?

 

[PatrThom]

Also, this is what a life without mods/rules looks like.

—Patrick

 

[figmentPez]

Also, this is what a life without mods/rules looks like.

I'm talking specifically about the sub-Reddit I moderate. It's not that there's more bot posts being left up, it's that there's more being made that I'm having to remove.

 

[mikerc]

Twitter is now blocking people from viewing tweets unless they're logged in. Well, that explains why I couldn't see my local bus company's twitter earlier today when I was trying to see if there was an update as to why my bus was so late.

Interestingly, it looks like embedded tweets are still viewable. Whether that stays the same should tell us if this is a deliberate or accidental fuckup by Twitter

 

[Bubble181]

Twitter is now blocking people from viewing tweets unless they're logged in. Well, that explains why I couldn't see my local bus company's twitter earlier today when I was trying to see if there was an update as to why my bus was so late.

Interestingly, it looks like embedded tweets are still viewable. Whether that stays the same should tell us if this is a deliberate or accidental fuckup by Twitter

Are they actively trying to kill themselves?

 

[Celt Z]

Are they actively trying to kill themselves?

Actions of the past year would say yes.

 

[PatrThom]

Are they actively trying to kill themselves?

I've honestly believed this almost since the get-go. For whatever reason, he bought it like some kind of houseplant and then put it in the front window to ignore until it finally dies.

--Patrick

 

[GasBandit]

Every dumb decision has made me say "surely this will be what finally breaks twitter" but everybody keeps using and and doing whatever Elon requires because social media is psychosocial crack.

 

[Tress]

Every dumb decision has made me say "surely this will be what finally breaks twitter" but everybody keeps using and and doing whatever Elon requires because social media is psychosocial crack.

At this point I fully expect something along the lines of “Twitter now administers a painful shock for everyone who tweets without paying for a blue check.” And people will complain about how they get shocked dozens of times a day.

 

[BErt]

been dead all day lol. Not sure how any of that stuff is trending when nobody can use it.

 

[blotsfan]

The dumbest possible reason.

 

[figmentPez]

I'm left wondering if he's actually trying to make this work, but is so stupid and egotistical that he's failing miserably, or if he's intentionally destroying Twitter for some sort of stupid reason (a shady tax shelter? petty revenge? some sort of bet with another billionaire?)

 

[PatrThom]

Elon is definitely riding the edge of Hanlon's razor with this. No matter how much you zoom in, it still looks like a 50/50 split.

--Patrick

 

[Dei]

 

[GasBandit]

He's trying to pretend it's his idea, when really what's happening is he isn't paying Amazon's hosting bill.

 

[Bubble181]

"why would you take this job?"

Because, as long as she can stay out of jail during the blowup, she'll never have to work again?

 

[PatrThom]

"It was fun while it lastedddd..."

--Patrick

 

[GasBandit]

And the method they used to work this clusterfuck makes the site legitimately DDOS itself. Just when you thought there weren't any wheels left to come off this shit show...

 

[figmentPez]

 

[figmentPez]

ROFL, Muskie is threatening to sue Meta over Threads.

 

[PatrThom]

“They took our jerbs users!”

—Patrick

 

[Bubble181]

I'm happy there's finally a somewhat credible alternative to Twitter.
I'm sad it's from probably the only company I'd trust even less than Google not to be evil with the data gathered.

 

[Frank]

Yeah, I cannot even begin to fathom touching Threads. It's a Meta company. They suck.

 

[ThatNickGuy]

Not to mention that:

-Apparently Threads is VERY heavy data mining.
-If you want to delete your Threads account, you have to delete your Instagram account with it.
-There's no way to make your Threads feed only show you people you follow.

So yeah, fuck that shit.

 

[Celt Z]

The best comment I've seen about all of this:

Both of these two[Zuckerberg and Musk] need to be poor for a while

 

[PatrThom]

I mean, that 100% applies to everybody.

—Patrick

 

[bhamv3]

I mean, that 100% applies to everybody.

—Patrick

I'm doing my part!

 

[GasBandit]

 

[Dave]

I have a hard time with Threads, though. It's as big if not bigger data grab than Facebook or TikTok. So while I do want to download it, I really don't want to download it, even though I know my data is already out there.

 

[bhamv3]

Threads has my moral support in the sense that I want to see Musk suffer, but it doesn't have my actual support because I have no intention of signing up for Threads.

 

[Dave]

The perfect scenario is as follows:

1. Everyone goes to Threads, even though it supports Zuck.
2. Musk gets pissed and sells Twitter, effectively putting it under new management.
3. New management of Twitter reset it back to the way it used to be.
4. Everyone leaves Threads to go back to Twitter.

 

[Bubble181]

The perfect scenario is as follows:

1. Everyone goes to Threads, even though it supports Zuck.
2. Musk gets pissed and sells Twitter, effectively putting it under new management.
3. New management of Twitter reset it back to the way it used to be.
4. Everyone leaves Threads to go back to Twitter.

But twitter can't go back to how it was - if only because of the massive brain drain that has taken place.

And I find it funny how Threads isn't allowed to launch in the EU but all the other Metacrap is fine.

 

[tegid]

The perfect scenario is as follows:

1. Everyone goes to Threads, even though it supports Zuck.
2. Musk gets pissed and sells Twitter, effectively putting it under new management.
3. New management of Twitter reset it back to the way it used to be.
4. Everyone leaves Threads to go back to Twitter.

The problem with that is that Musk can't sell twitter without getting in massive debt, and it gets worse because, you know... its value is only going lower.

 

[PatrThom]

Ah, the ol’ Sunk Cost experiment. You would figure, what with him being such a shrewd businessman and all, that he would know when to walk away and write off the loss, but for some reason he just can’t/won’t.

—Patrick

 

[GasBandit]

Ah, the ol’ Sunk Cost experiment. You would figure, what with him being such a shrewd businessman and all, that he would know when to walk away and write off the loss, but for some reason he just can’t/won’t.

—Patrick

Didn't he leverage his stake in Tesla? If (when) Twitter folds or he sells it at a loss, it may cost him the jewel in his crown.