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If you’re confused why you can’t currently download Ubuntu 23.10 despite the fact it’s been released (and blogs like mine are telling you it’s out) there is a reason.

[From Twitter]: "We have identified hate speech from a malicious contributor in some of our translations submitted as part of a third party tool outside of the Ubuntu Archive. The Ubuntu 23.10 image has been taken down and a new version will be available once the correct translations have been restored."

Now, I’m not 100% certain but from poking around the Ubuntu Desktop Installer GitHub — I know, I’m nosey — appears to have been (sadly) the Ukrainian translation file that was hijacked. I ran the text through a translator and …Honestly, I wish I hadn’t.

It’s a broad range of offensive sentences touching on politics, sexuality, and current events. Though shocking, none of it is particularly coherent in scope. It seems to be written to be provocative for provocations sake – the sort of stuff people post on X to farm likes from far-right bots.

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[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 163 points 1 year ago (10 children)

As an aside remark, it's really funny how everyone has to elaborate what the fuck they're talking about when they talk about Twitter.

In a post on X (formerly Twitter) Ubuntu explains the situation

could have just been written as

In a tweet, Ubuntu explains the situation

but the epic genius elon decided to destroy all brand recognition. Truly incredible thing to witness. Twitter literally got its own branded terms into common lexicon and he just set it all on fire.

[–] xkforce@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He didnt just set the brand recognition on fire, elon basically did everything someone would do if they wanted to intentionally run twitter into the ground.

[–] spider@lemmy.nz 24 points 1 year ago

Now spez needs to rename Reddit and make his idol proud.

[–] Venat0r@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Maybe that was his plan for creating true free speech, by driving everyone away from twitter to mastodon...

A very 200iq plan, only cost him $44B

[–] xkforce@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It cost him a lot more than that. He lost about 200 billion in stock value that he owned and among the companies he "runs" about a trillion was lost in total due to investers dumping stock after seeing his ineptitude on full display.

[–] Darkenfolk@dormi.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Truly someone who is willing to go beyond his earthy wealth for his ideas of free speech.

[–] xkforce@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No. The companies he controls at some level lost about a trillion in stock value combined

[–] Darkenfolk@dormi.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah probably, I am trying to be funny here haha.

[–] tricoro@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

a trillion

Wait, he was a trillionaire before? Interesting, now I'm curious what effects did this made to the economy, it would be a fun read (maybe).

[–] Kanda@reddthat.com 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No no, it's not 'a tweet ' anymore, it's 'an X(, formerly known as a tweet)'

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

"In an X(formerly known as a tweet) on X(formerly known as Twitter) ..."

It just rolls off the tongue!

[–] pbjamm@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Real "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" energy

[–] Kanda@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

The first X is pronounced Æsh

[–] darth_tiktaalik@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

The current branding gives more a placeholder asset feeling than a memorable identity. Sorry the twitter logo isn't loading so we'll show you an "X" in the meantime

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 6 points 1 year ago

Why read X posts when you can watch X videos

[–] authed@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] z500@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Xeet xeet, motherfucker

[–] fadingembers@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

On some news stories I've been seeing them refer to it as "the social media company X"

@fadingembers
So the company x social that existed before the muskrat bought twitter then, right?
@GnuLinuxDude

[–] elxeno@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They could just keep calling tweet, or tweet on X, maybe they just keep this shit to show how stupid the change is...

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

"in a recent Twix.."