The downfall of Twitter/the rise of X

[Nick]

And also very much not a topic for P/R. I moved the discussion with regards to recuperation to a new thread.

https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=57987.0

Stads, I will reply over there at some point.

I can't wait till Musk buys DTF and exposes how you've suppressed our free speech here.

[Stadler]

And also very much not a topic for P/R. I moved the discussion with regards to recuperation to a new thread.

https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=57987.0

Stads, I will reply over there at some point.

I can't wait till Musk buys DTF and exposes how you've suppressed our free speech here.

HAHA

[Lonk]

 

[XJDenton]

Your speech would be freer if you could learn to keep your damned mouths shut once in a while.

[cramx3]

DTF should implement the 8$ a month blue check mark

[Ben_Jamin]

DTF should implement the 8$ a month blue check mark

You mean the green stars?

[cramx3]

DTF should implement the 8$ a month blue check mark

You mean the green stars?

That's a one time donation! I need my blue check mark so my posts are above others and my speech won't be censored by XJ 

[XJDenton]

DTF.org Alumni - They may or may not be notable.

[Ben_Jamin]

DTF should implement the 8$ a month blue check mark

You mean the green stars?

That's a one time donation! I need my blue check mark so my posts are above others and my speech won't be censored by XJ 

Oh, you mean the purple stars the VIPs get. 

[Zydar]

So I've just signed up for Post.News. It's supposed to be the next thing after Twitter. We'll see how it turns out...

https://post.news/hakaneinarsson

[ReaperKK]

So I've just signed up for Post.News. It's supposed to be the next thing after Twitter. We'll see how it turns out...

https://post.news/hakaneinarsson

I'm on the waiting list but once I get an account I'll give you a follow.

[Skeever]

Tesla shareholders must be loving me of time and focus their CEO is giving Twitter right now!

[XJDenton]

If you think its bad for them, imagine the hypothetical scenario whereby you leveraged that stock to buy a non-profitable company significantly above the asking price. Would be enough to send someone into a bit of a spiral.

[Harmony]

Ok - I recently discovered something on Twitter that has made my experience there somewhat more enjoyable.  I'm still spending less and less time there generally, but still.

I'm a little bit embarrassed that I never noticed this before but I'm going to put it out here in case others likewise were not aware.

Go on your feed.  Underneath the word "Home" you will see 2 choices.  "For you" and "Following"

Twitter defaults to "For You" and what I have noticed since EM took over, Twitter tends to push things onto my feed that are things would be the antithesis of things I post about or accounts that I follow.  Like the whole point is to get followers angry about something enough to post a rebuttal or snark or what have you.

Once I clicked over to "Following" I get none of that.  I pretty much get content only from accounts I like and follow with none of the annoying bait.

Please tell me I am not the last person on Earth to figure this out!   

[cramx3]

I think it's a new feature

"for you" is a rip off of tiktok's feed called the same thing

[ReaperKK]

Instagram has the same thing, you can click on top left on "Instagram" and hit following.

[HOF]

Twitter appears to be down at the moment.

[lonestar]

Twitter appears to be down at the moment.

It's up for me.


But, related to that, it seems the Turkish govt was getting all butthurt about people criticizing their disaster response, and shut down Twitter, even though it's also a main way disaster response communication was being handled. I got a few friends in Turkey who are absolutely livid right now about it.

[Stadler]

Ok - I recently discovered something on Twitter that has made my experience there somewhat more enjoyable.  I'm still spending less and less time there generally, but still.

I'm a little bit embarrassed that I never noticed this before but I'm going to put it out here in case others likewise were not aware.

Go on your feed.  Underneath the word "Home" you will see 2 choices.  "For you" and "Following"

Twitter defaults to "For You" and what I have noticed since EM took over, Twitter tends to push things onto my feed that are things would be the antithesis of things I post about or accounts that I follow.  Like the whole point is to get followers angry about something enough to post a rebuttal or snark or what have you.

Once I clicked over to "Following" I get none of that.  I pretty much get content only from accounts I like and follow with none of the annoying bait.

Please tell me I am not the last person on Earth to figure this out!   

You are absolutely not.  I might be, but you are not. 

[XJDenton]

https://www.platformer.news/p/elon-musk-fires-a-top-twitter-engineer?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Hmmm.

[cramx3]

https://www.platformer.news/p/elon-musk-fires-a-top-twitter-engineer?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Hmmm.

Oof, just gives more to my theory that this guy cares wayyyy too much about getting attention.  And that engineers response seems likely too because I know for myself, I've just scrolled on past anything he has said lately.  I'm not interested in him running twitter anymore.  Twitter has been chugging along and for most people, now that his over taken has died down, have moved on to either not using the platform or using it as they did before the take over.

[XJDenton]

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/07/elon-musk-twitter-employee-feud-haraldur-thorleifsson

Ugly conduct of Chairman Musk aside, firing a guy who agreed to take a salary instead of a 100 million dollar pay-out, at a time when you are supremely overleveraged already is a bold move.

[El Barto]

https://www.platformer.news/p/elon-musk-fires-a-top-twitter-engineer?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Hmmm.

Does that page use some sort of weird font, or are the symbols for letters their way of pay-walling it?

[Stadler]

https://www.platformer.news/p/elon-musk-fires-a-top-twitter-engineer?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Hmmm.

Does that page use some sort of weird font, or are the symbols for letters their way of pay-walling it?

I didn't see any weird font when I clicked.  I do wish they'd stop using that picture of him, though.  Like something from Metropolis. 

[El Barto]

https://www.platformer.news/p/elon-musk-fires-a-top-twitter-engineer?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Hmmm.

Does that page use some sort of weird font, or are the symbols for letters their way of pay-walling it?

I didn't see any weird font when I clicked.  I do wish they'd stop using that picture of him, though.  Like something from Metropolis.

Firefox is substituting the font on my end with gibberish. C/Ping it elsewhere resolves the issue though. Maybe he should buy out Mozilla and kill off Firefox once and for all.

[Harmony]

I have to admit I did laugh more than I thought I would at Chris Rock skewering Musk in his Netflix special.  "Elon has negative cum.  That's why he looks so weird."   

[hefdaddy42]

I do wish they'd stop using that picture of him, though.  Like something from Metropolis.

That's what he actually looks like.

[El Barto]

https://www.platformer.news/p/elon-musk-fires-a-top-twitter-engineer?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Hmmm.

Twitter has become a parody of a parody.

Why are my numbers tanking?
er, em, uh, uh, SPLUNGE!
You're fired!

It really is a carbon copy.

https://vimeo.com/617393744

[cramx3]

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/07/elon-musk-twitter-employee-feud-haraldur-thorleifsson

Ugly conduct of Chairman Musk aside, firing a guy who agreed to take a salary instead of a 100 million dollar pay-out, at a time when you are supremely overleveraged already is a bold move.

This comes off as a "gotcha" moment from this guy. Like he threw the bait out to Elon and he bit. He just comes off really bad here by responding publicly and just made it worse and worse as he kept going. I can't help but keep feeling like Elon is an attention whore.

[hefdaddy42]

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/07/elon-musk-twitter-employee-feud-haraldur-thorleifsson

Ugly conduct of Chairman Musk aside, firing a guy who agreed to take a salary instead of a 100 million dollar pay-out, at a time when you are supremely overleveraged already is a bold move.

This comes off as a "gotcha" moment from this guy. Like he threw the bait out to Elon and he bit. He just comes off really bad here by responding publicly and just made it worse and worse as he kept going. I can't help but keep feeling like Elon is an attention whore.

Of course he is.  It's his defining characteristic.

[Stadler]

Not going to blow up the funny thread, since it is, well, funny, but since the three examples are all Twitter I'll post here:

It makes me sad how many people are seemingly so insecure they have to troll for compliments from strangers on the interwebs.  Of course that's their prerogative, and it's a better outcome than some of them, but it's still a sign that something is desperately, tragically wrong.

[Adami]

Not going to blow up the funny thread, since it is, well, funny, but since the three examples are all Twitter I'll post here:

It makes me sad how many people are seemingly so insecure they have to troll for compliments from strangers on the interwebs.  Of course that's their prerogative, and it's a better outcome than some of them, but it's still a sign that something is desperately, tragically wrong.

Like.

[Stadler]

Not going to blow up the funny thread, since it is, well, funny, but since the three examples are all Twitter I'll post here:

It makes me sad how many people are seemingly so insecure they have to troll for compliments from strangers on the interwebs.  Of course that's their prerogative, and it's a better outcome than some of them, but it's still a sign that something is desperately, tragically wrong.

Like.

I get what you did there!!    Believe me, though, if that was your message, if I was looking for arbitrary self-assurance and affirmation that I was the bomb-diddly, I wouldn't be posting what I post on DTF.   

[Lonk]

Speaking of twitter, I read this article yesterday and I get that it is within his rights to do this, but it is a D*** move IMO:

No one knows who’s next for the chop. Managers were recently told to provide a list of people who ought to be promoted...many of those managers were subsequently fired and replaced by those they’d recommended, as part of a cost-cutting drive.

[cramx3]

Not going to blow up the funny thread, since it is, well, funny, but since the three examples are all Twitter I'll post here:

It makes me sad how many people are seemingly so insecure they have to troll for compliments from strangers on the interwebs.  Of course that's their prerogative, and it's a better outcome than some of them, but it's still a sign that something is desperately, tragically wrong.

Well, I'll go a bit further and just general trolling on the internet.  It's sad. Like on my youtube channel people sometimes say really mean things.  And I just have to ask, why? And the only thing I can think of is it's for the attention.