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[-] HN82@lemmy.world 347 points 1 month ago

Fuck you rocket Kiko hahah

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 117 points 1 month ago

I'm so down to calling him Kiko from here on out.

[-] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 52 points 1 month ago

Thanks to Brazil for making this possible!

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 month ago

It's in my head, it's done.

[-] Lanusensei87@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago

Holy shit, he actually does look like Villagran lmao

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[-] akincisor@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 month ago

Reply to his every tweet with that.

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[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 130 points 1 month ago
  • Brazil asked Elon to ban 7 fascist accounts spreading disinformation
  • Elon refused pretending it was a free speech issue even though he complied multiple times with similar requests from right wing govts

Gotta say, this is new information to me. I’ve briefly looked at the stories and the banning of twitter, but I never realized this was entirely because Elon wouldn’t ban accounts as he does for right wing government.

Elon seems like a kinda shitty guy.

[-] Denjin@lemmings.world 87 points 1 month ago

Elon seems like a kinda shitty guy

Hot take!

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

I mean it genuinely is because of the "kinda" and "seems"

"Elon is a shitty guy" is one of the coldest takes out there at this point

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[-] axx@slrpnk.net 96 points 1 month ago

But remember kids, he's some sort of business and tech genius!

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 27 points 1 month ago

The real life inspiration for super genius Cave Johnson from Portal.

[-] PyroNeurosis 36 points 1 month ago

Yeah, but Cave Johnson was a compelling and interesting individual.

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

A bit unfair since real life idiots don't have good writing teams.

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[-] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 67 points 1 month ago

He wants Twix to be Truth Social, but also profitable, and doesn't understand why he can't have it both ways.

[-] GardenVarietyAnxiety@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Back in late 2022 I was in an argument with my (adult) nephew about how the government isn't limiting free speech on Twitter. I was explaining how "the free market" is deciding whether Elon will sink or swim. He just could not understand how the government -wasn't- responsible.

....idfk

(Yes, there were some Governmental take down requests, but none of them seemed very sus to me)

[-] SacredHeartAttack@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago

I had a similar discussion with some people at a barber shop back when Pre-Elon Twitter banned Trump. They were complaining about free speech and I asked if they knew what it actually meant (in the US). When I explained that we are ONLY guaranteed free speech from the gov't, and that Twitter was a private business and could ban whoever they want, the same way this barber shop could tell someone not to ever come back everyone got real quiet like "oh shit I have to rethink my whole world view". I actually got thanked at another time by one employee for telling them how it actually works.

[-] GardenVarietyAnxiety@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

That's dope. It's rare to get through to people like that.

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[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 54 points 1 month ago

He acts literally like a fucking toddler.

Perhaps even a toddler in a tantrum.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 month ago

Now that's just kind of rude toward toddlers. He acts like what he is... a Ketamine addled, narcissistic billionaire, who got lucky in life and thinks he crafted his own destiny all by his own hands.

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[-] psmgx@lemmy.world 51 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Sounds like another Fan of The Art of the Deal

[-] aramis87@fedia.io 19 points 1 month ago

Sounds like another fucking narcissist.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

That's what they said :P

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[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 50 points 1 month ago

Twitter is now removing the block function next. It ought to bleed users like crazy.

[-] Throw_away_migrator@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago
[-] freddydunningkruger@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

X/Twitter will soon be making more changes to the block button, with CEO Elon Musk confirming that all public posts will be viewable going forward, even to those who have been blocked

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[-] Korne127@lemmy.world 50 points 1 month ago

Why, oh, why, Bluesky and not Mastodon

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago

Because Mastodon needs a reliable instance with a catchy domain name. Maybe even the slightest bit of advertising.

Someone reputable could make a real Twitter competitor for about $2m a year these days.

I'd say Mozilla, but they just took all their social media funding away and threw it at AI. Genius.

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[-] makyo@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

Mastodon has serious UX problems that even other federated networks don't have. I'm pretty well tech literate and love Lemmy, for instance, but I just couldn't ever get Mastodon to stick for me, like it just didn't have the right feel and wasn't fun to use. And if it's not working for me then it's never going to take off with a more general audience.

Bluesky is a lot better. It still has some issues that I feel keep it from fully replacing Twitter, especially Twitter before Elon screwed it up. But it does manage to keep me checking it, even though it's probably only once or twice a week max.

[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 19 points 1 month ago

Cause all the Linux people, FOSS people, and communists are already here.

[-] mke@programming.dev 18 points 1 month ago

I think one of the biggest reasons is that the Fediverse is often a pain to get into and sometimes a pain to use.

Bluesky and Threads "just work."

Some people say it's marketing and in Threads' case I can believe it, but I haven't seen any example of large marketing campaign by Bluesky.

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[-] gandalf_der_12te 41 points 1 month ago

uuh, new users for the fediverse. looking forward to y'all ;-)

[-] JuBe@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago

I still prefer to refer to him as “Leon.”

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[-] Prethoryn@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

Because he is a bitch.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago
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[-] SouthFresh@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 month ago

This is a hint at why he wanted involvement in PayPal and wants X to be a financial service. You can't take away money from a system he controls.

[-] SAF77@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

The government can absolutely take away money he controls.

[-] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 month ago

Elon hasn't said a word, but we will.

Fucking emerald spoon clown.

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[-] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 16 points 1 month ago

Elon should have received additional fines for his taunts and threats, honestly.

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