The downfall of Twitter/the rise of X

[Stadler]

The internet hivemind always needs a villain.

People have always needed a villain. Whether it be a angry sky person that demands child sacrifices on mountain tops, someone to burn at the stake for being a witch, or people to hang because of different skin tones... Humans have always been this way, long before the internet. We're a bit fucked up as a species in that regard and we (not literally every human in existence) seem to get off on it. For better or for worse, it's in our DNA.

Isn't one of the better parts of humanity to overcome our human nature? Isn't our human nature to, at least in part, fuck as much as possible?  But #MeToo, because it's the right thing to do, no?

[Chino]

The internet hivemind always needs a villain.

People have always needed a villain. Whether it be a angry sky person that demands child sacrifices on mountain tops, someone to burn at the stake for being a witch, or people to hang because of different skin tones... Humans have always been this way, long before the internet. We're a bit fucked up as a species in that regard and we (not literally every human in existence) seem to get off on it. For better or for worse, it's in our DNA.

Isn't one of the better parts of humanity to overcome our human nature? Isn't our human nature to, at least in part, fuck as much as possible?  But #MeToo, because it's the right thing to do, no?

Sure. And we do in a lot of ways. It takes time, and like with "MeToo" and segregation we've improved greatly in just a few generations. Long gone are the days where we'd have rivers of blood coming from the guillotine, and the celebrating of literal heads on spikes. At least we're now at the stage where we're just slinging digital shit at each other online rather than at stocks with rotten fruit.   

People are struggling a lot financially, and people really hate hubris. So for a lot of people, to see a billionaire just throwing around billions of dollars in some kind of dick waving contest to appear to have had that hubris bite him in the ass, feels like some kind of justice, at least on a class level. 

I get it.
 

I'm rooting for the downfall of Twitter in its current form. It's got nothing to do with Elon personally. Though, I've been a fan of his and a defender of him for a long time. His behavior the last few months has really soured me on him.

[KevShmev]

I am thinking that Kevin Bacon should play Elon Musk in the eventual film.  He already has the line.

[MirrorMask]

People are struggling a lot financially, and people really hate hubris. So for a lot of people, to see a billionaire just throwing around billions of dollars in some kind of dick waving contest to appear to have had that hubris bite him in the ass, feels like some kind of justice, at least on a class level. 

I get it.
 

This. Simple and precise explanation.

[Stadler]

People are struggling a lot financially, and people really hate hubris. So for a lot of people, to see a billionaire just throwing around billions of dollars in some kind of dick waving contest to appear to have had that hubris bite him in the ass, feels like some kind of justice, at least on a class level. 

I get it.
 

This. Simple and precise explanation.

No doubt Brian did a great job. I'm still skeptical; it still seems like it's arbitrary at best. 

[Harmony]

[DragonAttack]

 

[Implode]

People are struggling a lot financially, and people really hate hubris. So for a lot of people, to see a billionaire just throwing around billions of dollars in some kind of dick waving contest to appear to have had that hubris bite him in the ass, feels like some kind of justice, at least on a class level. 

I get it.
 

This. Simple and precise explanation.

No doubt Brian did a great job. I'm still skeptical; it still seems like it's arbitrary at best.

Seems like is something we closely share views on. I'm also not one for schadenfreude ever. It feels petty and unproductive to me. But I've learned that's a hugely unpopular opinion, so now I just keep my mouth shut. People can't vent and spread negativity all they want, and I'll just say to myself that my silence is helping.

[lonestar]

I REALLY don't get all the schadenfreude, I really don't.

Because most individual lives are boring as fuck, mundane shit same day after day, and watching the world's richest man eat a gargantuan financial dick is fun. Just imagine it's Adam Schiff's comedy of errors on full display...

[MetalJunkie]

The crew over at MySpace needs to take this opportunity to roll out a redesign and an app. I'd sign up.

[SoundscapeMN]

Dumpy's back, which may finally drive a lot of the folks on the fence away for good.

[lonestar]

Dumpy's back, which may finally drive a lot of the folks on the fence away for good.

Goddammit.

[Elite]

How would it feel to be king of the internet dumpster fire?

[chknptpie]

I was really dreading this day. I have enjoyed the news not constantly being about "TRUMP TWEETED".

[King Postwhore]

Why folks?  Who cares. Scroll right on by. Ignore the orange cheeto. Life is so much better Ignoring the negative 

[ReaperKK]

Why folks?  Who cares. Scroll right on by. Ignore the orange cheeto. Life is so much better Ignoring the negative 

Hey hey hey, lets not insult cheetos here.....

[King Postwhore]

It's the only color that works though 

[KevShmev]

Why folks?  Who cares. Scroll right on by. Ignore the orange cheeto. Life is so much better Ignoring the negative

Very true, but internet outrage is more fashionable than being an adult.

[lonestar]

Donnie said he has no intention of posting there, which would make sense since that'd immediately kill Truth Social.



Let's see how long he can actually stay off it though. I'd put the over/under at a month.

[chknptpie]

Why folks?  Who cares. Scroll right on by. Ignore the orange cheeto. Life is so much better Ignoring the negative

If I wanted to know who tweeted what, then I would look at twitter. Its the fact that literally all news outlets constantly had headlines about his tweets. Hard to escape. This isn't about ignoring Trump, its the coverage of it by the media.

[DragonAttack]

I’m in total covfefe with that😀

[XJDenton]

So for people not keeping track of some of the behind the scenes drama:

Twitter/Elon: "Everyone needs to reply to this email within 24 hours agreeing to new, horrifically long hours or you are fired"

European Twitter Employees: "That has no legal weight, I will be working what I'm contracted until otherwise stated. Also remember you need to give a certain period of notice of employment termination, so you will be breaking several laws if you fire us in this way."

Twitter/Elon: *fires these employees*

European governments and worker organisations:

[XJDenton]

They/he also managed to break the copyright and contentID system, so people are uploading entire movies in 2 min clips currently.

[jingle.boy]

Donnie said he has no intention of posting there, which would make sense since that'd immediately kill Truth Social.



Let's see how long he can actually stay off it though. I'd put the over/under at a month.

I'll put next week's pay on the under.

[lonestar]

Donnie said he has no intention of posting there, which would make sense since that'd immediately kill Truth Social.



Let's see how long he can actually stay off it though. I'd put the over/under at a month.

I'll put next week's pay on the under.

 

[TAC]

Donnie said he has no intention of posting there, which would make sense since that'd immediately kill Truth Social.

What on earth is Truth Social?

[lonestar]

Donnie said he has no intention of posting there, which would make sense since that'd immediately kill Truth Social.

What on earth is Truth Social?

That's the social media outfit and bastion of authentic free speech that Donnie started when he got the boot from Twitter.

[Stadler]

Why folks?  Who cares. Scroll right on by. Ignore the orange cheeto. Life is so much better Ignoring the negative

Very true, but internet outrage is more fashionable than being an adult.

Word.   

[Skeever]

If Elon has played one Trump card (lol) through this whole thing it's that he's given Twitter what it craves the most: the sense that they are the most important thing going on in the world at any given time.

[XJDenton]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-21/elon-musk-s-2022-wealth-loss-exceeds-100-billion-for-first-time

For reference, over 140 countries have GDP less than this.

[ProfessorPeart]

I recently remembered I have a Counter Social account. Recovered my password and have started looking around again. I might have created a Mastodon account around the same time. I honestly can't remember. Hive seems scary due to the fact that 2 people run the whole thing (which isn't much different than Twitter now, I guess) and Tribel has people freaking out over security.

All I seem to be doing on Twitter now is blocking dozens of accounts every day. Not really all that fun.

[ProfessorPeart]

Well, with Musk bringing back all (or most) of the suspended accounts, I officially created a Mastodon account and loaded Tusky on my phone to browse it with. Already seeing many people that I look at over there so I might start moving away slowly from Twitter.

Pretty simple, find a server, create an account and you can see things from every server like you are all on the same one (but you're not). The joinmastodon site had a list of servers and I found one I liked that was it.

https://joinmastodon.org/servers

[lonestar]

Well, with Musk bringing back all (or most) of the suspended accounts, I officially created a Mastodon account and loaded Tusky on my phone to browse it with. Already seeing many people that I look at over there so I might start moving away slowly from Twitter.

Pretty simple, find a server, create an account and you can see things from every server like you are all on the same one (but you're not). The joinmastodon site had a list of servers and I found one I liked that was it.

https://joinmastodon.org/servers

I just picked a server at random. Still haven't really dug into the scene yet.

[ProfessorPeart]

Mine was fairly random too. I went with ohai.social. Listed itself as a generic server and had a smaller user load. So far, so good.

[lonestar]

Mine was fairly random too. I went with ohai.social. Listed itself as a generic server and had a smaller user load. So far, so good.

I have one follower so far...