[StylinRed]

Wired is left leaning now? Come on, I've never heard anyone say that :lol

https://www.allsides.com/news-source/wired#:~:text=Wired%20is%20a%20news%20media,Bias%2 0Rating%E2%84%A2%20of%20Center.

It's rated as center.

You're too much bud.

Eh allsides says they have a low confidence level on that rating

Wired is owned by Condé Nast and they're lefties there was a report several years ago discussing how condé nast went left leaning politics across all their publications even though their magazines are mostly travel/luxury themed

They might not be as bad as Vox media tho

[Manic!]

Eh allsides says they have a low confidence level on that rating

Wired is owned by Condé Nast and they're lefties there was a report several years ago discussing how condé nast went left leaning politics across all their publications even though their magazines are mostly travel/luxury themed

They might not be as bad as Vox media tho

They own bon appetit. It was busted for being racist. people were fired and many quit.

https://www.insider.com/bon-apptit-timeline-allegations-drama-culture-race-andy-alex-sohla-2020-6#on-may-31-the-bon-apptit-instagram-account-posted-about-plans-to-address-racial-and-political-issues-in-the-food-world-a-move-that-prompted-discussion-about-the-publications-diversity-1

[supafamous]

https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/25/elon-musk-leaked-burner-account/

Elon apparently had a burner account.

[SkinnyPupp]

He gone

Elon Musk says he's stepping down as Twitter CEO, will oversee product (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/11/elon-musk-says-hes-stepping-down-as-twitter-ceo-will-oversee-product.html)

[N.V.M.]

he'll never be gone.

[mikemhg]

He gone

Elon Musk says he's stepping down as Twitter CEO, will oversee product (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/11/elon-musk-says-hes-stepping-down-as-twitter-ceo-will-oversee-product.html)

:lol :lol :lol

Smart move optics wise, but jesus, this guy.

All the money and power in the world can't teach common sense.

[supafamous]

Is this the new CEO?

https://i.imgur.com/JoPTAvO_d.jpg?maxwidth=520&shape=thumb&fidelity=high

[EvoFire]

:lol :lol :lol

Smart move optics wise, but jesus, this guy.

All the money and power in the world can't teach common sense.

For a lot of these people, lack of common sense is what made their wealth. Common sense would tell most people to not take risks. They are also not common people imo with the amount of wealth at their disposal.

[MarkyMark]

Is this the new CEO?

https://i.imgur.com/JoPTAvO_d.jpg?maxwidth=520&shape=thumb&fidelity=high

Woman of the year

[SkinnyPupp]

For a lot of these people, lack of common sense is what made their wealth. Common sense would tell most people to not take risks. They are also not common people imo with the amount of wealth at their disposal.
He got his wealth by having a dad who became a billionaire exploiting Zambians in emerald mines.

[sdubfid]

He got his wealth by having a dad who became a billionaire exploiting Zambians in emerald mines.

So he just got an inheritance from his dad?

[StylinRed]

He got his wealth by having a dad who became a billionaire exploiting Zambians in emerald mines.

His dad's networth is reported to be around $2 million dollars... Only some Brazilian website says he has over 200 billion :lol

[SkinnyPupp]

So he just got an inheritance from his dad?
He denies that his dad invested any money in his early ventures. Seems like the type of guy to not lie about something to make himself sound better.

[Hehe]

He denies that his dad invested any money in his early ventures. Seems like the type of guy to not lie about something to make himself sound better.

Not sure where you are getting your information, but I dug deep into any Elon related negative story when I was doing my DDs to decide whether to invest more money into TSLA.

All the information I could find about this specific topic showed me Elon's dad didn't do well.

The whole source of this "emerald mine" story was from ONE interview that they did with Musk Sr. and that's the ONLY time this information ever surfaced. And the value went from a little bit of money to billions of dollars worth. Which really... it's BS... even the largest emerald mine in the world (Kagem) isn't worth that much. Kagem is estimated to be worth (since the start of its operation) a few hundred millions in total given its reserve level. And this is the LARGEST there is in the world. His dad claimed he had 2% of a mine. Even if it was Kagem, it'd only be a few million dollars.

If his dad really did own an emerald mine to the extent that he's a billionaire or at least super wealthy, I'd have found some additional information, given his son was one of the biggest name in tech. But nop... nothing other than that specific interview, there is nothing that can point the emerald mine is true or to a lesser extent, provided their family with any significant wealth, at least I couldn't find any "luxury" lifestyle that the Musks had enjoyed before Elon became multimillionaire/billionaire.

And by looking at Elon's side of the story, it showed a lot more traces of facts that his family wasn't rich. This can be traced back to his college years from accounts of his classmates/roommates. He drove beaters, fix it on his own. Crashed on couches at friends and whatever. Not exactly what I consider the life of the son of a billionaire/multimillionaire.

So, if you've got any solid lead that can prove my research was not extensive enough, I'd love to be proved wrong.

[SkinnyPupp]

I ain't reading all that.

I'm happy for u tho.

Or sorry that happened

[Hehe]

Ok.

Tl;dr

There’s absolutely no verifiable proof that Elon’s dad owned an emerald mine or possesses any significant wealth prior to his son becoming super rich.

So, either your claim That Elon dad was a billionaire with an emerald mine was pure BS or I’d like to see some proof of it.

It would be surprising that he’s able to own any significant wealth in emerald mine without any public trace considering mines are either owned or invested by publicly traded companies.

[Manic!]

Ok.

Tl;dr

There’s absolutely no verifiable proof that Elon’s dad owned an emerald mine or possesses any significant wealth prior to his son becoming super rich.

So, either your claim That Elon dad was a billionaire with an emerald mine was pure BS or I’d like to see some proof of it.

It would be surprising that he’s able to own any significant wealth in emerald mine without any public trace considering mines are either owned or invested by publicly traded companies.

Are you calling his dad a liar? https://www.the-sun.com/news/7911051/elon-musks-dad-errol-emerald-business/

[SkinnyPupp]

Ok.

Tl;dr

There’s absolutely no verifiable proof that Elon’s dad owned an emerald mine or possesses any significant wealth prior to his son becoming super rich.

So, either your claim That Elon dad was a billionaire with an emerald mine was pure BS or I’d like to see some proof of it.

It would be surprising that he’s able to own any significant wealth in emerald mine without any public trace considering mines are either owned or invested by publicly traded companies.
Thing is, I don't care.

It's fun to dunk on him, because he's a prick who makes himself a target.

And it doesn't matter if I'm right that he came from a rich family, or his story is right and he's this savant genius billionaire, because he doesn't matter. He's not the president or anything like that, so whatever.

He's a clown, let's all laugh at the clown. Bonus laughs when people get mad about it and defend the prick.

[westopher]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FmTuj9aWIAEitLF.jpg

[mikemhg]

Not sure where you are getting your information, but I dug deep into any Elon related negative story when I was doing my DDs to decide whether to invest more money into TSLA.

All the information I could find about this specific topic showed me Elon's dad didn't do well.

The whole source of this "emerald mine" story was from ONE interview that they did with Musk Sr. and that's the ONLY time this information ever surfaced. And the value went from a little bit of money to billions of dollars worth. Which really... it's BS... even the largest emerald mine in the world (Kagem) isn't worth that much. Kagem is estimated to be worth (since the start of its operation) a few hundred millions in total given its reserve level. And this is the LARGEST there is in the world. His dad claimed he had 2% of a mine. Even if it was Kagem, it'd only be a few million dollars.

If his dad really did own an emerald mine to the extent that he's a billionaire or at least super wealthy, I'd have found some additional information, given his son was one of the biggest name in tech. But nop... nothing other than that specific interview, there is nothing that can point the emerald mine is true or to a lesser extent, provided their family with any significant wealth, at least I couldn't find any "luxury" lifestyle that the Musks had enjoyed before Elon became multimillionaire/billionaire.

And by looking at Elon's side of the story, it showed a lot more traces of facts that his family wasn't rich. This can be traced back to his college years from accounts of his classmates/roommates. He drove beaters, fix it on his own. Crashed on couches at friends and whatever. Not exactly what I consider the life of the son of a billionaire/multimillionaire.

So, if you've got any solid lead that can prove my research was not extensive enough, I'd love to be proved wrong.

8===DPOGGERS
:jerkit:

[Hehe]

Are you calling his dad a liar? https://www.the-sun.com/news/7911051/elon-musks-dad-errol-emerald-business/

He can say whatever the shit he wants. But it doesn't make any true. Last time I checked, his dad wasn't exactly a saint who never lies.

And as I posted before, I'd love to be proven wrong that his dad was in fact rich. But from all the information I could gather, it's nothing more than some BS claim in order to benefit himself but there is never any substantial evidence or proof of his actual ownership.

Let's put it this way, you can claim that you are the son of Mukeshi Ambani and the heir of his entire forture... does that make you a liar? Not really... but until you can prove that you are actually his son, it's not true.

Thing is, I don't care.

It's fun to dunk on him, because he's a prick who makes himself a target.

And it doesn't matter if I'm right that he came from a rich family, or his story is right and he's this savant genius billionaire, because he doesn't matter. He's not the president or anything like that, so whatever.

He's a clown, let's all laugh at the clown. Bonus laughs when people get mad about it and defend the prick.

Ahahaha. Is it so hard to just say "I stand corrected"?

You want to portray Elon Musk as some lucky rich heir and make a lesser person of him.

So, instead of just saying ok, I got my information wrong and the best argument was "who the fuck cares, I just want to mess with him"?

[donk.]

Is this the new CEO?

https://i.imgur.com/JoPTAvO_d.jpg?maxwidth=520&shape=thumb&fidelity=high

Can a mod change hondaracer profile pic to this please

[EvoFire]

He got his wealth by having a dad who became a billionaire exploiting Zambians in emerald mines.

I honestly have no clue, I thought he made his money through Paypal, and grew it from there with opportune investments.

Either ways, weirder than me, way more money than me. And as unlikable as he is, probably smarter than me too.

[westopher]

Depends on your measure of intelligence. As rich as he is, he still manages to be miserable, so he can't be that smart.

[EvoFire]

Depends on your measure of intelligence. As rich as he is, he still manages to be miserable, so he can't be that smart.

If you really need to break it down then I guess IQ

[SkinnyPupp]

Back on topic, here's the latest from "free speech absolutist" Elon

https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1657407941828395010

[westopher]

If you really need to break it down then I guess IQ

Sorry for complimenting you.

[Manic!]

Founder of Wikipedia.

https://i.redd.it/4vvwo87gqqza1.jpg

[EvoFire]

Sorry for complimenting you.

I'm stupid and I know it :nyan:

[SkinnyPupp]

Founder of Wikipedia.

https://i.redd.it/4vvwo87gqqza1.jpg
Old twitter was banned by Turkey at one point, but they fought it in supreme court and won.

This cuntface is just trying to salvage what he can from twitter to serve his own selfish needs. For whatever reason, he wants to be in Ergodan's good graces.

[mikemhg]

I wonder why...

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-officially-enters-the-turkish-market-1

https://www.dailysabah.com/business/automotive/tesla-begins-taking-pre-orders-of-cars-for-turkish-market

[SkinnyPupp]

kek

https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1661071316664094720

[westopher]

BUT ELON IS A MODERATE

[Traum]

Hmm... interesting... so DeSantis is betting Trump will go down getting marred by the lawsuits, huh?
kek
https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1661071316664094720

[SkinnyPupp]

Hmm... interesting... so DeSantis is betting Trump will go down getting marred by the lawsuits, huh?
Maybe the GOP wants someone in the mix who will make Trump look somewhat moderate?

[SkinnyPupp]

I wish this wasn't written so smugly, but it is what it is

https://i.imgur.com/QO6tOHk.png

[StylinRed]

I thought France was all about freedom of speech n saying whatever they want :lol that's what Macron always says unless someone is speaking ill of him

[westopher]

I don't know why people associate free speech with using social media platforms to spread lies with the purpose of creating hate, division and chaos.

[Badhobz]

Macaroon is just as idiotic as most political leaders. Look what happened with this whole push back retirement age thing. In FRANCE of all places.... the most liberal, left leaning, socialist country in the world.... YOURE NUTS.

France is such a weird place. How can you literally have like 1/4 the year off for vacations and still get anything done. Most French citizens get like 6-10 weeks off a year on top of their statutory holidays.

[Traum]

Macron is not wrong to try pushing back the retirement age -- I recall that a vast majority of the French realize that the state pension fund becoming insolvent is an inevitability if some sort of reform isn't implemented. But here is the real kicker -- Macron was dumb to force the reforms through despite massive public resistance, and the French public were also dumb to refuse the reforms despite knowing it needs to be reformed.

France's average life expectancy is 82 years old. Their previous retirement age is 62, and many people regularly work beyond that age anyway for one reason or another. It was already obvious to everyone that the State does not have enough money to fund the state pension.

So you know things are not going to work anymore. The boss proposes some mild changes to "fix" (more like mitigate or delay) the problem, and you refuse those changes. What gives?! :fulloffuck:

This goes back to people being non-sensible. I would never rule out a miracle or some sort of White Knight swooping in to save the day, but I would not rely on those happening either.

[mikemhg]

France has it right, we're the peons in the equation.

I have the upmost respect for them as a people when it comes to holding their government to the fire, and accountability.

We here in Canada are pathetic in that regard.

[mikemhg]

In terms of raising retirement age, he's right, 62 is quite low. Things had to change for solvency reasons.

I wouldn't be surprised if we raise retirement age to 70 in Canada within the next few decades.

[Traum]

I agree that the French have the correct mentality in holding their government to the fire -- part of their protest is about how Macron had forced the reforms through despite massive pushback from the citizens. And I don't blame them for protesting about this at all.

And you are absolutely correct that we (Canadians) are absolutely pathetic in holding our government accountable. FailFish
France has it right, we're the peons in the equation.

I have the upmost respect for them as a people when it comes to holding their government to the fire, and accountability.

We here in Canada are pathetic in that regard.

[Badhobz]

Macron is not wrong to try pushing back the retirement age -- I recall that a vast majority of the French realize that the state pension fund becoming insolvent is an inevitability if some sort of reform isn't implemented. But here is the real kicker -- Macron was dumb to force the reforms through despite massive public resistance, and the French public were also dumb to refuse the reforms despite knowing it needs to be reformed.

France's average life expectancy is 82 years old. Their previous retirement age is 62, and many people regularly work beyond that age anyway for one reason or another. It was already obvious to everyone that the State does not have enough money to fund the state pension.

So you know things are not going to work anymore. The boss proposes some mild changes to "fix" (more like mitigate or delay) the problem, and you refuse those changes. What gives?! :fulloffuck:

This goes back to people being non-sensible. I would never rule out a miracle or some sort of White Knight swooping in to save the day, but I would not rely on those happening either.

I totally agree, but this is the FRENCH we are talking about. the same wack jobs who have rules that you cannot legally eat at your desk for lunch. No friggin way they would let him push something like this through. They go on strike at the drop of a hat.

[supafamous]

I agree that the French have the correct mentality in holding their government to the fire -- part of their protest is about how Macron had forced the reforms through despite massive pushback from the citizens. And I don't blame them for protesting about this at all.

I don't blame the protests but I think this is one of those cases where this is good, if painful, policy that needed to happen. Kudos to Macron for pushing this through despite what it might mean for his future as a politician.

I remember when the GST showed up way back in the 80's when the Mulroney gov't implemented it and there were howls of protests around it but it was a necessary change in taxation. Same with the carbon tax - it's one of the better taxes we have.

OTOH, we have local politicians who are too chicken shit to mass rezone our cities to make housing affordable and who are hollowing out our city centers as a result.

[underscore]

France is such a weird place. How can you literally have like 1/4 the year off for vacations and still get anything done. Most French citizens get like 6-10 weeks off a year on top of their statutory holidays.

They seem to be doing fine, so shouldn't the question be why aren't we doing the same?

[SkinnyPupp]

France has it right, we're the peons in the equation.

I have the upmost respect for them as a people when it comes to holding their government to the fire, and accountability.

We here in Canada are pathetic in that regard.
I mean the truckers tried, but they were fighting over something so stupid

[Traum]

The financial numbers are on Macron's side, so I do not understand why he didn't try to keeping pushing those numbers on the French public until the numbers drill through their thick skulls. Maybe he just got fed up?

Force-feeding it through their legislative process upsets a lot of people, and it'd give the public the ammo they need to oppose the policy as a matter of violating democratic procedure. And then it makes it hard to govern, which is exactly what is happening now, and I'd say the outcome right now is not good either.

Using our own example, BC should have stuck with the switch to HST. But nope -- our voters are too stupid and pissed off to know what's good for them, and our politicians are too chicken shxt to make a stand for what's good. FailFish
I don't blame the protests but I think this is one of those cases where this is good, if painful, policy that needed to happen. Kudos to Macron for pushing this through despite what it might mean for his future as a politician.

I remember when the GST showed up way back in the 80's when the Mulroney gov't implemented it and there were howls of protests around it but it was a necessary change in taxation. Same with the carbon tax - it's one of the better taxes we have.

OTOH, we have local politicians who are too chicken shit to mass rezone our cities to make housing affordable and who are hollowing out our city centers as a result.

[SkinnyPupp]

This dork

https://i.imgur.com/jp1m5kk.png

btw

https://twitter.com/FortuneMagazine/status/1663673409140662273

[Hehe]

I don't blame the protests but I think this is one of those cases where this is good, if painful, policy that needed to happen. Kudos to Macron for pushing this through despite what it might mean for his future as a politician.

I remember when the GST showed up way back in the 80's when the Mulroney gov't implemented it and there were howls of protests around it but it was a necessary change in taxation. Same with the carbon tax - it's one of the better taxes we have.

OTOH, we have local politicians who are too chicken shit to mass rezone our cities to make housing affordable and who are hollowing out our city centers as a result.

Agree. We elect politicians to do the right, however difficult, decision. And not what policy has the least amount of resistance.

[StylinRed]

I don't know why people associate free speech with using social media platforms to spread lies with the purpose of creating hate, division and chaos.

Exactly, but Macron had in the past defended n put those ppl under the free speech umbrella, unless it was someone ridiculing him in which case he'd prosecute

[supafamous]

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/twitter-us-ad-sales-plunged-59-and-internal-forecasts-are-grim-nyt-reports/

Excerpt:

Twitter's US advertising revenue plunged 59 percent year over year during a recent five-week period, The New York Times reported today. The firm's US ad "revenue for the five weeks from April 1 to the first week of May was $88 million, down 59 percent from a year earlier, according to an internal presentation obtained by The New York Times."

Owner Elon Musk said in an April BBC interview: "I think almost all advertisers have come back or said they are going to come back." But internal projections are grim, according to the NYT report. One internal forecast cited by the NYT predicted that Twitter's US ad revenue in June "will be down at least 56 percent each week compared with a year ago."

Twitter "has regularly fallen short of its US weekly sales projections, sometimes by as much as 30 percent," and that "performance is unlikely to improve anytime soon, according to the documents and seven current and former Twitter employees," the NYT reported. "Twitter's ad sales staff is concerned that advertisers may be spooked by a rise in hate speech and pornography on the social network, as well as more ads featuring online gambling and marijuana products, the people said."

[mikemhg]

With Twitter's current debt ($13 billion I believe), and with it's current valuation, Twitter now actually carries negative equity :lol

[SkinnyPupp]

https://twitter.com/ContraPoints/status/1671401869351047168

[westopher]

He's so brave standing up to the discrimination of cis white males that has gone on for too long.

[Manic!]

Musk challenged Zuckerberg to a cage match and Zuckerberg agreed. Zuckerberg is pretty good at Brazilian jiu-jitsu and was won some metals . Dana White has talked to both of them.

https://www.tmz.com/2023/06/22/mark-zuckerberg-elon-musk-ufc-fight-octagon-dana-white/

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/21/23769263/mark-zuckerberg-elon-musk-fight-cage-match-worldstar

[westopher]

Lol musk has never done physical activity in his life. I never thought I'd be cheering for cuckerberg at anything but here we are

[unit]

elon banning the word cis has done nothing but helped people to become more aware of gender identity than anything else.

[Razor Ramon HG]

Musk challenged Zuckerberg to a cage match and Zuckerberg agreed. Zuckerberg is pretty good at Brazilian jiu-jitsu and was won some metals . Dana White has talked to both of them.

https://www.tmz.com/2023/06/22/mark-zuckerberg-elon-musk-ufc-fight-octagon-dana-white/

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/21/23769263/mark-zuckerberg-elon-musk-fight-cage-match-worldstar

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61HmYGDfa-L._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg

[CivicBlues]

Billionaires crushing themselves into oblivion and challenging each other to fight in public view.

WTF is going on...I want off this ride

[StylinRed]

Lol musk has never done physical activity in his life. I never thought I'd be cheering for cuckerberg at anything but here we are

Wasn't he a farmer at his relatives farm in the prairies and a logger in BC?

Either way I thought this was a joke when I saw it on reddit didn't think it was an actual thing :lol

[GLOW]

zuk choking out musk

Kreygasm

[SkinnyPupp]

Grappling with Elon would be like wrestling a man-sized translucent garbage bag half filled with buttery mashed potatoes.

[68style]

^ For some reason that made me hungry and I'm not happy about it

[murd0c]

sounds like Dana White is going to put in on and all the money is going to go towards charity. Dana claims this will be the biggest pay per view of all time

[68style]

Imagine all the cheesy crossover from platform taglines

"You think you can block me? I'll block you first!"

"That punch was worth at least 10 Likes"

"Your fighting ability is about as real as your total number of users"

Bleh I'm making myself sick now.

[SkinnyPupp]

Twitter was down last night when I went to bed, so I don't know how long it was down. But I was wondering why, and the reason (and excuse) are hilarious

https://twitter.com/FilmThePoliceLA/status/1675243929451765760

[Manic!]

https://i.redd.it/dzsndsi5zd9b1.jpg

Twitter is also not allowing people not signed in to see tweets. I guess that means no embedding in websites?

Twitter is dead.

In fight news, GSP offered to train Musk and he agreed. That may sound like good news but Zuck has been training for years with coaches.

Greece has also offered the coliseum for the match.

[Traum]

When I saw the news, I couldn't believe how stupid Twitter's new read limit policy is.

The previous staff cutting and such were killing the company from the inside. And now it is killing itself by killing its user base too.

In fight news, GSP offered to train Musk and he agreed. That may sound like good news but Zuck has been training for years with coaches.

Greece has also offered the coliseum for the match.
Remember this is how Musk looks?

https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/c7232702b445b3499e11da5e21409cad

vs this:

https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/e3XTnypf3x04_Jju4k11LSLzOeI=/800x0/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2Fb2f89a34-7e13-4e72-bcf0-74b1b114027e

That fight is not gonna be pretty. :lawl:

[inv4zn]

Lol, apparently this whole recent mess with twitter is due to them not paying google.

[Manic!]

This guy claims twitter also ddos'd itself
https://i.redd.it/bgr1d0cvxe9b1.png

[Badhobz]

When I saw the news, I couldn't believe how stupid Twitter's new read limit policy is.

The previous staff cutting and such were killing the company from the inside. And now it is killing itself by killing its user base too.


Remember this is how Musk looks?

That fight is not gonna be pretty. :lawl:

Yarrghhh !! That’s super pasty white. :heckno::heckno:

[punkwax]

Thought I heard or read somewhere that Elon’s mommy won’t let him fight.

[sonick]

Anybody else recently notice the ads being even more garbage than before ?

[supafamous]

Anybody else recently notice the ads being even more garbage than before ?

The ads are total trash now and I'm getting the same set of 12 or so ads all the time. Far as I can tell very few real businesses are advertising on Twitter now.

[Tim Budong]

tweetdeck2.0 is COMPLETE TRASH

runs like ass, its slow etc..
rely on this to get my hockey/wrestling news lol

META expected to launch THREADS, a competitor on July6th

what a wild few weeks for certain services i use daily.

[whitev70r]

Threads ... might officially be the dagger that put Twitter out of its misery.

[Manic!]

https://i.redd.it/zjtesex5sz9b1.jpg

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/3/23783153/google-twitter-tweets-changes-rate-limits

[Tim Budong]

Threads ... might officially be the dagger that put Twitter out of its misery.

actually hoping more for bluesky to win this win

[whitev70r]

No way ... never heard of Bluesky, even though Dorsey is associated with them. They are starting from scratch.

Threads launches with the FB/IG/Youtube millions of users as base and connected platforms.

[SkinnyPupp]

Threads is live, as long as you're not on a web browser

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F0UjByoaYAUujtM.jpg

[Tim Budong]

just like IG, posts are not on chronological order
showing me ppl i dont follow more than those i follow..

its not a bug, its a feature.. haha

its got a long way to go, hope it works out.

[SkinnyPupp]

I got the app and I see a lot of tweets from people I don't follow, so it's pointless to use it. I'd rather it just be posts from the 5 people that I follow so far.

[supafamous]

I got the app and I see a lot of tweets from people I don't follow, so it's pointless to use it. I'd rather it just be posts from the 5 people that I follow so far.

I've read that it'll do that until you've got enough content coming in from people you do follow. Basically it's looking to keep your feed full.

Zuck nailed it with his first tweet in 11 years though: https://twitter.com/finkd/status/1676747594460962817?s=61&t=PPCShVWXmlkvaKM94escGQ

[SkinnyPupp]

Threads isn't even close to being really useful for launch... Just tried uploading a video, first couple times it was upside down, so I just encoded it flipped, and then it lost the sound somehow. Also without an inline translator, which instagram has, it's not very useful worldwide.

Maybe it'll get there, but it's way too early to be a viable replacement for twitter.

[unit]

lots of people are rooting for it though since elon has made a villain out of himself.
for now anybody who is on threads is pretty much already on twitter, but any competition is bad news for twitter even if it's not going to immediately replace it.

[Traum]

lots of people are rooting for it though since elon has made a villain out of himself.

That's funny because wasn't Zuckerberg public enemy #1 just a little while ago, with all the "atrocities" that he has done?

As a remotely related note, I find it funny that the Canadian gov is cutting ads on Meta platforms, but continuing with YouTube, even though both Meta and Google are playing hardball with blocking Canadian news.

[unit]

its funny how ppl think that these billionaires are going to be their saviours from other billionaires.

its like when ppl first started worrying about fb privacy, and they were turning to google+ instead because they viewed google as the good guys that they trusted with their data..

[SkinnyPupp]

https://twitter.com/OAlexanderDK/status/1677044148858134528

[SkinnyPupp]

Self destruction complete 4Head

https://i.imgur.com/ulQCmFP.png

[westopher]

Lol guy literally bought and destroyed a 44 billion dollar company because "lefties are too meanie" to him.
https://youtu.be/8jY6nXob3Q8

[Klondike]

Self destruction complete 4Head

https://i.imgur.com/ulQCmFP.png

Is DMX going to play on loop like a myspace page?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkOJ9uNj9EY

[StylinRed]

It'll flow better for all the pornstars on twitter

[N.V.M.]

Keith Baldrey's tweet on X:

"Marketing fuck-up of all time?"


lmao

[mikemhg]

I wonder if his homie Peter Thiel was an advisor to that change?

Peter: "Hey remember that URL we purchased back in the 90s, X.COM, isn't that cool as fuck? We aren't using it for anything, how about a Twitter rebrand?"

Elon: "Sick".

I wouldn't be surprised if Elon tries to turn Twitter into some type of payment processing platform of some sort, if so, the change would make some sense. The payment processing sphere is already filled though, I don't see the need.

[Tim Budong]

Elon trying to use Twitter's "establish" userbase for a wechat clone for the world
that might be the genius move on his part

long long way to go though hahahah

[Razor Ramon HG]

Are videos on the new Twitter now called Xvideos :ifyouknow:

[Manic!]

https://i.redd.it/rl47kfdzzteb1.jpg

Is that a porn app or a app for a social media platform.

in Japan twitter goes by twitterjp are they now going to change there name xjp because thats going to cause problems with the band X Japan.

[The7even]

Lol guy literally bought and destroyed a 44 billion dollar company because "lefties are too meanie" to him.
https://youtu.be/8jY6nXob3Q8

Sure, but he also helped usher in a new Era for electric cars, helped Co-create PayPal, is paving the path for launching rockets into space and you only dislike him because the media told you he's mean. Wahhh.

[EvoFire]

Sure, but he also helped usher in a new Era for electric cars, helped Co-create PayPal, is paving the path for launching rockets into space and you only dislike him because the media told you he's mean. Wahhh.

He was cool, until he went from real life Tony Stark and edging towards Bond villain

[supafamous]

Sure, but he also helped usher in a new Era for electric cars, helped Co-create PayPal, is paving the path for launching rockets into space and you only dislike him because the media told you he's mean. Wahhh.

Elon didn't actually co-create Paypal. He merged his company with Confinity which had already built the same functionality he built - they merged caused they were both burning too much cash. If anything he nearly ran Paypal into the ground with his quest to turn it into X.com - he was fired from Paypal during an emergency board meeting while he was in the air.

Bit of history: https://www.disconnect.blog/p/elon-musk-wants-to-relive-his-start

[sdubfid]

I’m Paris Marx, and this is Disconnect.

For the past seven years, I’ve been calling out the tech industry, its snake-oil billionaires, and the harmful impacts it hides behind its grand promises. I’ve been a critical voice on a sector that too often gets a pass by distracting us with futures that never arrive. But it’s not always easy to get those perspectives published by media have tended to praise Silicon Valley far more than call it out.

With Disconnect, I’m giving another take on the tech industry — a critical perspective that’s too hard to find among mainstream sources. It’s one that isn’t afraid to reject what the tech industry is trying to sell us. I hope you’ll join me!

So for 7 years this guy has basically made zero contributions to the world other than critical journalism.

[SkinnyPupp]

Sure, but he also helped usher in a new Era for electric cars, helped Co-create PayPal, is paving the path for launching rockets into space and you only dislike him because the media told you he's mean. Wahhh.
:ahwow:

They still exist!

[Manic!]

I dislike musk because my parents paid 10k times 2 for full self driving. Where is it elon? You said people would be able to drive from L.A. to New York with out touching the wheel. What about the robotaxi's? How come Tesla's owners are not making the owners money like you said they would? What about the rockets you said could fly people half way around the world in only a couple of hours. lets not forget the hyperloop. Finally where is my cyber truck. I have been waiting years for it.

He is full of mostly shit.

[Hehe]

I dislike musk because my parents paid 10k times 2 for full self driving. Where is it elon? You said people would be able to drive from L.A. to New York with out touching the wheel. What about the robotaxi's? How come Tesla's owners are not making the owners money like you said they would? What about the rockets you said could fly people half way around the world in only a couple of hours. lets not forget the hyperloop. Finally where is my cyber truck. I have been waiting years for it.

He is full of mostly shit.

Is your parents using the FSD beta? I use it almost on a daily basis.

Yeah yeah... I'm an Elon fan boi or whatever... but the last few updates are getting really good. So good that I think we are finally getting there.

Some of the turns that used to be a struggle for older FSD versions, the new versions do them with confidence and little to no hesitation.

[westopher]

Sure, but he also helped usher in a new Era for electric cars, helped Co-create PayPal, is paving the path for launching rockets into space and you only dislike him because the media told you he's mean. Wahhh.
I don't need "the media" to form opinions. You can watch the way he behaves and just not be a billionaire bootlicker to do so.
He didn't help create paypal, you just want to celebrate him to "stick it to the left"
Why would I give a fuck about some guy launching rockets? What does that do for me or anyone else?

[Manic!]

Is your parents using the FSD beta? I use it almost on a daily basis.

Yeah yeah... I'm an Elon fan boi or whatever... but the last few updates are getting really good. So good that I think we are finally getting there.

Some of the turns that used to be a struggle for older FSD versions, the new versions do them with confidence and little to no hesitation.

Parents have all the updates. It has gotten a lot better but it's still a ways off from what he promised we would have years ago.

[mikemhg]

Is your parents using the FSD beta? I use it almost on a daily basis.

Yeah yeah... I'm an Elon fan boi or whatever... but the last few updates are getting really good. So good that I think we are finally getting there.

Some of the turns that used to be a struggle for older FSD versions, the new versions do them with confidence and little to no hesitation.

I'd say fanboy is an understatement.

[Manic!]

https://i.redd.it/7n9n50ubxjgb1.jpg

Fight still on.

[supafamous]

https://i.redd.it/7n9n50ubxjgb1.jpg

Fight still on.

I'd pay $20 to watch Elon get his ass kicked by Zuck (unless the money goes to Elon).

[N.V.M.]

good grief. when did zuckerberg become a good guy?

[supafamous]

good grief. when did zuckerberg become a good guy?

If I'm choosing between a white nationalist who openly promotes white nationalists and Zuck I'll take Zuck.

[westopher]

good grief. when did zuckerberg become a good guy?

All you gotta do to look good is compare yourself to a way bigger piece of shit.

[unit]

elon has a history of not following through with what he says. fights not gonna happen.

[Badhobz]

I tried that meta verse horizon worlds crap yesterday. Ugh so horrible considering they spent billions and billions of dollars.

[GLOW]

https://i.redd.it/7n9n50ubxjgb1.jpg

Fight still on.

zuck's version of "don't be scared homie"

[Badhobz]

^that was a legit good troll post by zuck though. GO NERD 1, booo nerd 2

[N.V.M.]

so Musk conveniently said he may need spinal surgery before he fights MZ.

[Gumby]

so Musk conveniently said he may need spinal surgery before he fights MZ.
Might need that after the fight too

[Manic!]

https://i.ibb.co/J2XVKCt/musk.jpg

Looks like it's happening.

[Badhobz]

This is the equivalent of a school yard fight at the flag pole.

Fight fight fight. Gooooo neeeerrrrdsssss

[mikemhg]

It won't happen :lol

If it does, we're in the peak idiocy of modern society.

2 billionaire nerds who have way more power than any individual should have, having a slap and grab match for the lulz?

This world is retarded.

[N.V.M.]

damn it. Elon permanently suspended me. I guess I don't care about this thread anymore

[westopher]

It won't happen :lol

If it does, we're in the peak idiocy of modern society.

2 billionaire nerds who have way more power than any individual should have, having a slap and grab match for the lulz?

This world is retarded.

I'm just hoping they both die but somehow Elon dies more painfully.

[Badhobz]

Kinda hoping zuck kicks Elon in the nuts, then slips on elons puke, and breaks his neck.

The world would be a better place afterwards

[Manic!]

Bad news:

https://i.ibb.co/9VRNQmz/priso5rsmwhb1.png

[Manic!]

https://i.ibb.co/MSZWv8Y/jonzf876sxhb1.jpg

[SkinnyPupp]

Fucking god lol

[Badhobz]

Booooooo!!!!! Pussy.

[Manic!]

The man is unhinged. Sounds like a stalker.

https://i.ibb.co/j6RqDmX/msku.jpg

[mikemhg]

Can you imagine being this rich and powerful and yet being this petty and pathetic at the same time?

TAX THE RICH (appropriately).

[sonick]

Idiot gives half-day unprompted notice to the fight, and then when it eventually never happens he's just gonna say Zuck chickened out and all his followers are gonna parrot that narrative.

[Gumby]

Can you imagine being this rich and powerful and yet being this petty and pathetic at the same time?

TAX THE RICH (appropriately).
Reminds me of a former American president...

[Badhobz]

He’s the greatest troll to ever troll. Niceeeeee

[SkinnyPupp]

Elon Musk’s X is throttling traffic to news and websites he dislikes (https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/08/15/twitter-x-links-delayed/)

The site formerly known as Twitter has added a five-second delay when a user clicks on a shortened link to the New York Times, Facebook and other sites Musk commonly attacks, a Washington Post analysis found

[SkinnyPupp]

Twitter removing the block feature... Trolls are about to EAT

[N.V.M.]

I heard the Apple store requires apps to have a block feature.

[Manic!]

So does Google.

Also all media from 2014 and before has been accidentally deleted from Twitter.

[sonick]

One positive for twitter since Elon Musk took over, is that getting rid of the time limit for videos has been great for porno.

[supafamous]

https://www.threads.net

Threads is now available on the web. I'm starting to prefer the Threads experience over the Twitter experience - more and more of my follows have moved over and the quality of the Twitter feed is really starting to degrade. Once I get around to porting over all the people I follow I'm probably done with Twitter.

[SkinnyPupp]

Threads uses too much of my IG likes to show content.. I use IG to look at pretty girls and watches, I use twitter (or what threads wants to be) for information.

I think I might have said this already lol

[supafamous]

Threads uses too much of my IG likes to show content.. I use IG to look at pretty girls and watches, I use twitter (or what threads wants to be) for information.

I think I might have said this already lol

Need a Finstagram account to go with your Instagram account. Business up front, party in the back.

[sonick]

https://www.threads.net

Threads is now available on the web. I'm starting to prefer the Threads experience over the Twitter experience - more and more of my follows have moved over and the quality of the Twitter feed is really starting to degrade. Once I get around to porting over all the people I follow I'm probably done with Twitter.

Once they have searchable topics/hashtags and trending content sections I'll be able to fully transition over.

Glad they added a "for you" section finally. That would be a deal breaker if they did not

[mikemhg]

https://www.threads.net

Threads is now available on the web. I'm starting to prefer the Threads experience over the Twitter experience - more and more of my follows have moved over and the quality of the Twitter feed is really starting to degrade. Once I get around to porting over all the people I follow I'm probably done with Twitter.

.net? :lol

[Manic!]

Musk talking about charging every user. If he does this will be the end. https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/18/elon-musk-says-x-will-charge-users-a-small-monthly-payment-to-use-its-service/

[68style]

When the richest man in the whole world says something will cost a "small amount of money" I'm quite sure that his idea of small amount of money differs vastly from my own.

[SkinnyPupp]

Threads aint' it though.. it's just a new UI for Instagram

I see people I follow putting up their Bluesky accounts, maybe that's the one. I don't know since registrations aren't open

Edit I joined the wait list so we'll see how long it takes

[GLOW]

as far as ideas go blizzard's diablo immortal response comes to mind

https://i.imgflip.com/2m2qc9.jpg

[Hehe]

Musk talking about charging every user. If he does this will be the end. https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/18/elon-musk-says-x-will-charge-users-a-small-monthly-payment-to-use-its-service/

Erh... Elon Musk said, during meeting with the Israeli head honcho that he was going to introduce a lower-price tier paid group, not putting X/Twitter behind a paywall.

[SkinnyPupp]

He stutters and doesn't speak very clearly so it's hard to get the exact meaning, but it seems like he wants to introduce a second paid tier for at least new accounts or something... Or for more prolific tweeters while keeping it free for lurkers.

Otherwise it would be pointless in terms of combating bots.

If it's true they only have like 800K paid members out of the hundreds of millions of non bots using the service, I can see him wanting to somehow get people to pay. It's obvious he doesn't care if the whole thing just dies trying.

[SkinnyPupp]

I have a twitter account I use just for hosting images. I follow no one and am followed by no one, so I only get the default feed. A lot of it is Elon Musk tweets, but also tweets he wants to promote...

This is the kind of shit you get by default. I removed the Elon tweets and advertising:

https://twitter.com/usanews0/status/1768825723093959157

https://twitter.com/Punchy_Playz/status/1768984098956063134

https://twitter.com/Bradpittkin/status/1768951050843685305

Including QAnon shit

https://twitter.com/ladypatriot47/status/1769060423725117915

[SkinnyPupp]

Court orders Twitter to reveal investors, links to Putin's allies found (https://essanews.com/court-orders-x-to-reveal-investors-links-to-putins-allies-found,7063945661912705a)

Specifically, this is about the 8VC Opportunities Fund II. On the fund's website, Denis Aven and Jack Moszkowicz are listed in the staff section. They are the sons of oligarchs Petr Aven and Vadim Moszkowicz. Petr Aven, a Russian billionaire and founder of Alfa Group, is described as "one of Putin's main portfolios." He is subject to sanctions imposed on Russia due to the war in Ukraine.

Vadim Moszkowicz made his fortune in the agricultural industry and is part of Putin's inner circle, which is why he has also been subjected to Western sanctions.

[68style]

I though Elon said he bought it all by himself so that's why it's so free and honest and TRUTHful hahaha fuck that twat

[Hehe]

Court orders Twitter to reveal investors, links to Putin's allies found (https://essanews.com/court-orders-x-to-reveal-investors-links-to-putins-allies-found,7063945661912705a)

Hahaha.... classic lefties move. If you are against me, I will try to ruin your life/credibility. Or generate enough FUD. And Seriously... Essanews.com?!? Must be super credible because hey... it's a .com

Their dad's money not in it, and even if somehow so... they own less than 1% of Twitter

[Manic!]

https://i.ibb.co/cJPYfn2/memud.webp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EuzOYXZlkc

Has almost 4 mill subs. He also claims twitter does not make business sense anymore.

Twitter is going to be the new myspace.

[SkinnyPupp]

Hahaha.... classic lefties move. If you are against me, I will try to ruin your life/credibility. Or generate enough FUD. And Seriously... Essanews.com?!? Must be super credible because hey... it's a .com

Their dad's money not in it, and even if somehow so... they own less than 1% of Twitter (https://twitter.com/JTLonsdale/status/1827412372274786538)
This isn't "lefties" going after Elon, it's because he is being sued by former Twitter employees, and some court documents became unsealed. Other names are listed among the investors, of various levels of interest to the public.

How relevant it is that Twitter has direct ties to Russia is up to you to decide. Being a "leftie" has nothing to do with it - anyone should be wary of the possibility.

[68style]

Joe Lonsdale said it isn’t true that his company has Russian financing funneled into it guys, why don’t you believe him at face value?

Your sources aren’t credible and mine is because it’s his company why would he lie?

[supafamous]

I've been trying out Threads a bit more the past week and...it's pretty good? A lot of the people I follow on Twitter have moved over and Twitter's feed is just a hot mess now; I find the only time Twitter is useful now is when something goes viral like the Australian breakdancer or Hawk Tuah girl. The rest of the time it's just junk now - I can't trust anything that's shown as news anymore and so many of the folks I used to follow have left.

I don't like how Threads pushes so many people I don't follow into my feed but at least the content isn't fake and a lot of it is kinda useful.

[unit]

Has almost 4 mill subs. He also claims twitter does not make business sense anymore.

Twitter is going to be the new myspace.

i've followed mutahar for a while now. he puts out quite a bit of content so i cant imagine why he would really need twitter at all.

[Manic!]

i've followed mutahar for a while now. he puts out quite a bit of content so i cant imagine why he would really need twitter at all.

And that's a huge problem for twitter. He has a discord and a subreddit so twitter is pointless for him. No one want's to be on a site full of racists and other losers.

Kids are not begging there parents to get twitter accounts. Kids want to be on Instagram and snap chat.

It's going to end up dead just like other social media sites of the past.

[unit]

for some people tweets and retweets literally are their content because they can't/don't make videos. their content is just quipping about things to try to start up arguments. for those people twitter is all they have and maybe instagram. video creators don't really need this if they are putting out a vid every day or every few days. i don't think twitter will die because it's not like these people who primarily use it can turn to youtube that easily. it's not really the same type of platform. even instagram is not really the same thing.

[Manic!]

for some people tweets and retweets literally are their content because they can't/don't make videos. their content is just quipping about things to try to start up arguments. for those people twitter is all they have and maybe instagram. video creators don't really need this if they are putting out a vid every day or every few days. i don't think twitter will die because it's not like these people who primarily use it can turn to youtube that easily. it's not really the same type of platform. even instagram is not really the same thing.

I don't think there is a enough of those types of people to make it worth 44 billion. Joe Rogan is on twitter but is his wife or kids? twitter over the years is going to become less and less important.

[Manic!]

Twitter banned in Brazil. Brazil is one of the top 5 countries that use it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/30/world/americas/brazil-elon-musk-x-blocked.html

The social network will go dark in the nation of 200 million, the result of an escalating fight between Elon Musk and a Brazilian judge over what can be said online.

[Manic!]

Musk tried to act tough but folded.

https://archive.is/OxFKf#selection-825.0-845.1

Starlink, the satellite-internet service controlled by Elon Musk, reversed course on Tuesday and said it would comply with Brazilian government orders to block Mr. Musk’s social network X in the country.
The move was the first sign of any backing down by Mr. Musk in Brazil since he began battling with the authorities there last month. X has been blacked out across the nation of 200 million since Saturday because of a dispute between Mr. Musk and Brazil’s Supreme Court over what can be said online.

[SkinnyPupp]

https://x.com/Roshan_Rinaldi/status/1835763775808372773

[supafamous]

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/shark-tank-billionaire-mark-cuban-111207352.html

With a little more "luck" the valuation of Twitter will drop so low that Mark Cuban can finally afford it.

Billionaire Mark Cuban has said he would be interested in buying Fox News and Elon Musk’s X – but he can’t afford it.

The Shark Tank reality TV star was discussing the baby boomer generation - who he calls the “Fox News generation” and how you reach them.

“You buy Fox News,” he told Wired. “If I had enough money to do it, which I don’t, I’d buy it in a heartbeat.” Cuban, who sold his majority stake in the Dallas Mavericks NBA team earlier this year, explained how he cannot afford to purchase Murdoch’s network, despite his vast wealth.

Cuban, whose net worth is $5.7 billion according to Forbes, estimated it would take between $15 billion to $20 billion to turn the network around. “You’ve got to pay at least 50 per cent premium. So now it’s $22 billion. And then you’ve got to make all the changes, so that’s another $2 billion,” he said. “You can sell some things off. So maybe it’s $15 billion, $20 billion net. I don’t have $15 or $20 billion in cash sitting around.”

The billionaire investor first coined the “Fox News generation” term in a previous interview with the New York Times, where he lamented how his generation had gone from “sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll” to becoming people who “condemn Black Lives matters and watch Fox News in droves”. He said: “It’s so upsetting to me. You have no idea."

[SkinnyPupp]

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/shark-tank-billionaire-mark-cuban-111207352.html

With a little more "luck" the valuation of Twitter will drop so low that Mark Cuban can finally afford it.
:considered:

https://x.com/TechCrunch/status/1840611784320803326

[SkinnyPupp]

https://i.imgur.com/OxcpMYv.png

[Badhobz]

look at this fucking nutbag. If i had a tesla right now id set it on fire (or at least have this sticker on the back)

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51t2W1Iy6dL.__AC_SY300_SX300_QL70_FMwebp_.jpg

id be embarrassed to have anything associated with this retard. So much for the real life tony stark.

[westopher]

What's eating Gilbert Musk?

[68style]

That gym bro who threatened me the other day after I said X was a BS website, I said X ost like 80% of its value since Musk took over and he said I'm wrong and it's the most successful company in the world right now.

[westopher]

faCtS DoNt cARe AboUt Ur FeElinGs BRO

[Hondaracer]

look at this fucking nutbag. If i had a tesla right now id set it on fire (or at least have this sticker on the back)

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51t2W1Iy6dL.__AC_SY300_SX300_QL70_FMwebp_.jpg

id be embarrassed to have anything associated with this retard. So much for the real life tony stark.

The sticker is more embarrassing than owning one.

[68style]

^ I laughed when I saw one but it is pretty sad… typical of a lot of Tesla owners, not every one mind you, think they did something special in the world when they bought one. News flash: nobody cares.

[Qmx323]

https://media.tenor.com/orxWgpBcUCIAAAAM/fart-south-park.gif

[SkinnyPupp]

This thread is worth checking out if you're interested in the original topic of the title (click in to read the entire thing)

https://x.com/BrandonThurston/status/1858293824994365684

[snowball]

When's the local traffic twitters going to switch over to BlueSky? Bring back AM730!

[SkinnyPupp]

So most of the subreddits have banned twitter links after Elon decided to portray himself as a Nazi at the inauguration. I don't know how many, but all the ones I visit have done it.

I don't know what kind of effect this will have.. Many people who were reluctant to switch to Bluesky will be forced to if a lot of their readership can't even see their tweets

Just another update to the original intent of the OP, as the next step in twitter's self destruction.

There's talk of banning it in EU as well, due to non compliance to the Digital Services Act they are bound to.

[supafamous]

I'm surprised Threads isn't touted as the alternative more - it's gotten pretty decent.

[unit]

Threads is nothing but clickbaity comment engaging junk content at this point. I deleted my account because i was fed up with it.

[SkinnyPupp]

Threads is garbage for me, it's all the baitiest bait from my IG algorithm of whenever I look at boobies too long. Nothing useful there

Bluesky is more controllable, and the starter packs people make are useful. I like being able to "follow" a group that is separate from your main feed. But a lot of the refugees from twitter are just complaining about people still on twitter, so I have to mute quite a few of them (since I am not technically following them I can't unfollow them in that group)

[westopher]

Now musk and zuck are 69ing so it's not really the anti Twitter that they marketed themselves as.

[68style]

They were going to box... now they just want to oil up and wrestle

[Manic!]

Leaked musk email claims growth at Twitter is stagnant.

https://www.thewrap.com/elon-musk-x-growth-stagnant-twitter-revenue/

Twitter is fucked.

[6793026]

^ meh, was it really that much of a revenue generating machine?

[68style]

It's a massive revenue generating machine... it's helped him topple possibly 3 governments in total in his favour and increased the value of his companies 50 fold over the $ he's put into right wing politics despite their products not actually really changing.

[unit]

“Over the last few months, we’ve witnessed the power of X in shaping national conversations and outcomes,” Musk wrote in his email. “We are also seeing other platforms begin to adopt our commitment to free speech and unbiased truth.”

sure dude sure... didnt you ban the word cis?

[Great68]

I've never used Xhitter, or Facebook (don't have an account with either).

Should I feel like I've been missing something for the past decade? (Because I don't...)

[westopher]

I've never used twitter. I just deleted FB. FB hasn't been useful since 2018 really.

[spoon.ek9]

FB marketplace is the main function for most people I'd say. Old geezers like me still prefer it for sharing photos and creating albums.

Twitter I use for only two things: hockey content, dog content.

[SkinnyPupp]

I use twitter for football and wrestling stuff and video games. I have switched to bluesky for football and gaming, but all the wrestling people I follow are Japanese and they don't know or care about the Nazi shit so they aren't moving anytime soon.

[supafamous]

The kind of ads that are on Twitter now:

https://i.imgur.com/s04GLjC.jpeg

[VRYALT3R3D]

The kind of ads that are on Twitter now:

https://i.imgur.com/s04GLjC.jpeg

The ads are based on your browsing history :lawl:

[supafamous]

The ads are based on your browsing history :lawl:

Me and Ted Cruz have one thing in common.