Ricofoley Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 I'm on Bluesky (I have 3 invites if somebody needs them btw), and really the only thing preventing me from switching there full time at this point is that Twitter is still genuinely useful for weather, and I don't see a lot of the weather accounts on follow on Bluesky yet, like the region-specific National Weather Service accounts. Twitter really is an absolute cesspool at this point. Every ad I see is for bottom-tier right-wing news sites or crypto scams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 53 minutes ago, Ricofoley said: I'm on Bluesky (I have 3 invites if somebody needs them btw), and really the only thing preventing me from switching there full time at this point is that Twitter is still genuinely useful for weather, and I don't see a lot of the weather accounts on follow on Bluesky yet, like the region-specific National Weather Service accounts. Twitter really is an absolute cesspool at this point. Every ad I see is for bottom-tier right-wing news sites or crypto scams. Bluesky has the juice of basically just being Twitter before the pedo guy took over if they'd just fucking open up already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 11 hours ago, Jason said: Bluesky has the juice of basically just being Twitter before the pedo guy took over if they'd just fucking open up already. I’m guessing they don’t yet have the compute to open it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 12 hours ago, Ricofoley said: I'm on Bluesky (I have 3 invites if somebody needs them btw), and really the only thing preventing me from switching there full time at this point is that Twitter is still genuinely useful for weather, and I don't see a lot of the weather accounts on follow on Bluesky yet, like the region-specific National Weather Service accounts. Twitter really is an absolute cesspool at this point. Every ad I see is for bottom-tier right-wing news sites or crypto scams. For me it's sports. A lot of the sports guys I like aren't there yet. 13 hours ago, ort said: Twitter is such a fucking dumpster fire now. My FOLLOWING feed has about 20% the activity it used to, when I go to the FOR YOU feed it just shows my obnoxious political crap, and mostly from prominent right wingers. And the. When you go to read the comments on them, he pushes all the blue check chuds to the top so the top commenters are always dumb right wingers who choose to pay musk $8 a month. It’s an echo chamber of utter right wing nonsense. He changed it so that when you link to a news article, it doesn’t show you the headline anymore. You only see a picture. You don’t even really have a good way to see that it even is a link. It just looks like a photo. It's so bad. Every ad is for some crypto scam or NFT garbage. Every blue check is a braindead moron. It sucks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 13 hours ago, ort said: Twitter is such a fucking dumpster fire now. My FOLLOWING feed has about 20% the activity it used to, when I go to the FOR YOU feed it just shows my obnoxious political crap, and mostly from prominent right wingers. I see you complaining, but don't you constantly tell the algorithm that's what you like to read? I don't do that and I get almost all left wing posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 26 minutes ago, Reputator said: I see you complaining, but don't you constantly tell the algorithm that's what you like to read? I don't do that and I get almost all left wing posts. On twitter specifically, even if you only follow “lefty” accounts, as soon as you engage with anything beyond the actual post itself you’re flooded with blue checks which in my experience are largely right wing accounts. The top replies didn’t used to be mostly chud nonsense, this is a relatively new development since Musk’s takeover and the boosting of blue check accounts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyPiranha Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Reputator said: I see you complaining, but don't you constantly tell the algorithm that's what you like to read? I don't do that and I get almost all left wing posts. The algorithm doesn’t give you what you WANT, it gives you what will keep you reading, and rage keeps page views up. Even in my following tab o still get ads for shit my follows would never lead you to think I’m interested in even slightly. My “for you” tab is only vaguely tolerable because I block constantly and even then I get crypto bullshit and other nonsense constantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 22 minutes ago, LazyPiranha said: The algorithm doesn’t give you what you WANT, it gives you what will keep you reading, and rage keeps page views up. Even in my following tab o still get ads for shit my follows would never lead you to think I’m interested in even slightly. My “for you” tab is only vaguely tolerable because I block constantly and even then I get crypto bullshit and other nonsense constantly. Again, I don't get that stuff, aside from dumb ads. You must be doing something wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Kal-El814 said: On twitter specifically, even if you only follow “lefty” accounts, as soon as you engage with anything beyond the actual post itself you’re flooded with blue checks which in my experience are largely right wing accounts. The top replies didn’t used to be mostly chud nonsense, this is a relatively new development since Musk’s takeover and the boosting of blue check accounts. Oh no, my rule with replies is the same as most comments sections. Avoid like the plague. Just read the main post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 “get gud” but for twitter is not what I expected this morning 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 My favorite ads are for the mobile games that show gameplay but then the community notes say that isn’t the gameplay at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Reputator said: Oh no, my rule with replies is the same as most comments sections. Avoid like the plague. Just read the main post. Again, if you read the comments of people that you followed up until recently (assuming it wasn't a hate follow or something), the top replies were usually relevant and often interesting. It's not like that anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 50 minutes ago, MarSolo said: My favorite ads are for the mobile games that show gameplay but then the community notes say that isn’t the gameplay at all. Those fake games spawned a real game of the fake games YEAH! YOU WANT "THOSE GAMES," RIGHT? SO HERE YOU GO! NOW, LET'S SEE YOU CLEAR THEM! on Steam STORE.STEAMPOWERED.COM Cute and comical stickman characters have arrived for you to enjoy "those games" you've seen and wanted to play before. Play a variety of minigames fully, thoroughly, and enjoyably to your heart's content! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Elon Musk’s X illegally fired employee who publicly challenged return-to-work plans, NLRB alleges WWW-CNBC-COM.CDN.AMPPROJECT.ORG The National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint on Friday against Elon Musk's X, claiming the company violated the National Labor Relations Act. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-14/musk-says-advertising-revenue-on-x-drops-massively-during-war Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 X fined $610,500 in Australia first for failing to crack down on child sexual abuse material | X (formerly known as Twitter) | The Guardian AMP.THEGUARDIAN.COM Company formerly known as Twitter becomes the first online platform to be issued a fine under Australia’s Online Safety Act Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GeneticBlueprint Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 Can’t tell if you guys are talking about the fines or the material Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 25 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: Can’t tell if you guys are talking about the fines or the material I was memeing the fine’s dollar amount. It’s great they got hit with them but the amount is so low to actually matter at X. I think Brian is just expressing that he wants to see them hit with more fines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 1 hour ago, chakoo said: I was memeing the fine’s dollar amount. It’s great they got hit with them but the amount is so low to actually matter at X. I think Brian is just expressing that he wants to see them hit with more fines. Yeah I know because I know you guys. I was just making a tasteless joke :P 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 X will begin charging new users $1 a year FORTUNE.COM X owner Elon Musk has long floated the idea of charging users $1 for the platform. Now, the team is moving the idea into production. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 X is well and truly fucking dead soon with that move. I think we’re at the point now that we might as well take bets on how it ends. Does he pull the plug or just dump it for cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 If you give Musk your credit card info than you should instantly be given a court-appointed caretaker because you obviously lack the logical faculties to make decisions on your own. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 12 minutes ago, chakoo said: Does he pull the plug or just dump it for cheap. Limps along for years until it's less popular than Craigslist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 20 minutes ago, chakoo said: X is well and truly fucking dead soon with that move. I think we’re at the point now that we might as well take bets on how it ends. Does he pull the plug or just dump it for cheap. What's even better is the fixed costs of a credit card transaction are apparently more than $1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 31 minutes ago, chakoo said: X is well and truly fucking dead soon with that move. I think we’re at the point now that we might as well take bets on how it ends. Does he pull the plug or just dump it for cheap. He dumps it for cheap and uses it as a tax write off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, mclumber1 said: He dumps it for cheap and uses it as a tax write off Which is still worth a fraction of what he paid for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Once he gets a database of credit card numbers he sells it to a Russian bot farm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 18, 2023 Author Share Posted October 18, 2023 One year post-acquisition, X traffic and monthly active users are in decline, report claims | TechCrunch TECHCRUNCH.COM Despite proclamations from X CEO Linda Yaccarino that usage of the social network was at an all-time high this summer, a new report is throwing cold water Quote Despite proclamations from X CEO Linda Yaccarino that usage of the social network was at an all-time high this summer, a new report is throwing cold water on those claims, saying that X usage has actually declined on all fronts, across both web and mobile. According to data from market intelligence firm Similarweb, X’s global website traffic was down 14% year-over-year in September, and U.S. traffic was down by 19%. On mobile devices in the U.S., performance had also declined 17.8% year-over-year, based on monthly active users on iOS and Android. Although the U.S. accounts for roughly a quarter of X’s web traffic, other countries also saw declines in web traffic, including the U.K. (-11.6%), France (-13.4%), Germany (-17.9%) and Australia (-17.5%). The report notes that September was not just a fluke, either, as declines in usage were visible in long-term trends as well. When comparing the first nine months of 2023 with the same period in 2022, Simiarweb found X’s website traffic was down 11.6% year-over-year in the U.S. and down by 7% worldwide. Mobile app usage in the U.S. was also down by 12.8% during that same period of time. Quote In addition, Similarweb’s analysis touches on the declining importance of X in the news ecosystem, noting that three years ago, The New York Times would receive 3-4% of its traffic from Twitter, but that’s now down to less than 1%. Of course, X began throttling links to the Times in August, along with other competitors like Bluesky and Threads. This week, X was accused of throttling Patreon links as well. But in reality, Twitter’s importance to news publishers has always been overstated. News may have broken on Twitter but it was never a significant traffic source. In fact, NPR left the platform six months ago after Musk began labeling it and other outlets as “state-affiliated media.” A recent report from Nieman indicates NPR’s loss of traffic from leaving X has been “negligible” — traffic only dropped by a single percentage point, where it used to account for just under 2% of overall traffic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 I guess Elon earnestly believes that nobody will make any bot accounts if they have to pay money, even if it's a trivially small amount, which.... c'mon man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 When someone says 'X CEO Linda Yaccarino' out loud I can't tell if they're still CEO. 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finaljedi Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Dark web operators have a nice easy way to test stolen credit cards and maybe get a little side cash(crypto, whatever) selling a twitter account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 4 hours ago, SuperSpreader said: Limps along for years until it's less popular than Craigslist Missed connections though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 I finally got a Bluesky invite. If any if you dolts are foolish enough to follow me: @pixelpipes.bsky.social Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Sent you a follow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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