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[–] Vaggumon@lemm.ee 75 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Dumbasses continue to use the platform then bitch about it. Either stop using it, or shut the fuck up.

[–] Thalestr@beehaw.org 36 points 1 year ago

This. Twitter is now under ownership and control of a spoiled fascist richboy and this is absolutely 100% transparently clear. This is how the platform is now and it is not going to change. Twitter as we knew it is gone. It's dead and not coming back. Move the hell on, people, please. Stop supporting this absolutely wretched waste of oxygen.

[–] TheKrevFox@pawb.social 16 points 1 year ago

It's never that simple. Politicians use it, businesses use it, world news has been made on it. Regardless of whether you use Twitter or not, it has been and is used to sway public opinion. You can NOT use it all you want, but it can still have an effect on your life.

That is, unless you can convince literally everyone else to stop using it.

[–] Die4Ever@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

inertia is very strong apparently

[–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 57 points 1 year ago (2 children)

he wasn't complaining about shadow bans in a philosophical sense, he was complaining about them being used against the "wrong" people the whole time. the sooner we realize that right wingers make self-serving complaints and dress them up as matters of fairness or civility, the less likely we are to fall for them in the first place.

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Conservatives operate on the principle that there's an in group and an out group. The in group is protected by law and the out group is bound by it.

[–] Bizarroland@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago

"Meet me in the middle!" says the unreasonable man.

You take a step forward. He takes a step backwards.

"Meet me in the middle!" says the unreasonable man.

[–] tomorrow_famous@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Like bellybuttons.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 8 points 1 year ago

I haven't seen any of the anti cancel culture people complain about anti-war groups being targeted currently. It was never about the principle, they just want to be able to say the n-word in public again.

[–] Teon@kbin.social 36 points 1 year ago

Elon, complaining about all the "crimes" other people are committing and he's going to come in and "save" us all.
AKA, all his "complaints" are the crimes he intends to commit against us all.
Conservatives worship hypocrisy.

[–] Ganbat@lemmyonline.com 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Breaking news: Elon is a hypocrite. In other news, snow found to be cold.

I mean, it's not like this is new. He ranted about free speech for months, then as soon as he bought twitter, he started removing journalists that spoke out against him. He's scum, plain and simple.

"Triggered snowflake uses cancel culture on free speech activists" seems about right here

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 year ago

amazing how elon went from that nerdy guy in pop culture on big bang theory to complete edge lord loser who is desperate for affection from 14 year old 4channers who communicate through meme

[–] Iwasondigg@lemmy.one 16 points 1 year ago

Everyone loves free speech, until they don't.

[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

It doesn't matter. I'm not a Twitter user anymore. The site has lost both its value and influence... I really don't give a damn what the man-baby does with his toy.

[–] Stillhart@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I assumed that's why he bought it in the first place.

[–] fiat_lux@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago

He bought it because he couldn't stop being an arrogant edgelord keyboard shit-talker, and he accidentally made himself personally legally liable doing so. The Twitter board called his bluff, seeing the most amazing opportunity to rid themselves of an expensive and slowly dying company, and Musk had already pissed off the SEC (or one of the other financial government services) enough that he was at risk of having his finances in other companies audited.

So he was forced to buy it because he's an impulsive troll. Everything else since then is pretty incidental, and unsurprisingly dripping with hypocrisy like this.

[–] lorez@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Elon Musk should never ever appear on Technology

[–] Computerchairgeneral@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Elon Musk being hypocritical and petty? Shockingly Unprecedented. Then again it does give everyone another reason to just stop using Twitter.

[–] Ganbat@lemmyonline.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problem is finding a viable alternative. Mastodon and Firefish are too much trouble for most people, BlueSky is a walled garden and Threads is... Well, Threads is Threads, enough said.

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago

Guys stop pointing out his techno Ponzi schemes you're ruining the money

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

No one cares

[–] pixelpop3@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

He also shrieked about bots, and now he parades his own around.

[–] 0x4E4F@infosec.pub 3 points 1 year ago

.mf should be a good tld for him.

[–] pax@rblind.com 2 points 11 months ago

eh, next drama about the brainless musk.