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X Users Can Now Restrict Replies to Verifed Account Only (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Jat620DH27@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Let's review what Elon Musk has done just in 2023:

Changed Twitter to X.
Plans to implement a small monthly payment for everyone using the X system.
Plans to collect user biometric information, job, and education history for "safety, security, and identification purposes."
Brings back shadowbanning.
Uses user data to train AI models.
Limits replies to verified users only.

Elon has made so many terrible changes to Twitter that I can’t remember what the breaking point was for me.

Fortunately, there’s a lot more competition in Twitter-like social media platforms. Mastodon may currently hold the position as the most established platform, but there are numerous other services competing to become the next preferred place for online users.

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[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 64 points 1 year ago

Great news if you’ve ever looked at your replies and thought “you know what? there are too many non-Nazis here”

[-] Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

I get what you mean but at the same time that would mean we'd want more Nazis. I do not want more Nazis.

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago

I think you missed the sarcasm

[-] Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago

Most definitely

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Been there, sorry ya got downvoted for it!

[-] randompepsi@lemmy.ml 47 points 1 year ago

People still use Twitter?

[-] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

People are were the content is, but using this platform after all that's happened to it... Yeah no, I don't get it either

[-] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Way too many massively good artists I follow are still on Twitter with no intention of leaving. Some are on Pixiv or DeviantArt, but most not.

[-] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Out of interest, what do you get out of following artists you like on twitter?

[-] hyde@lazybear.social 1 points 1 year ago

@breadsmasher @SSUPII it's more about FOMO I guess than having anything useful. Happy to not follow any of them ...

[-] Jat620DH27@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Agreed.

[-] rayyyy@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

They use Twitter because they can't use MySpace

[-] mateomaui@reddthat.com 12 points 1 year ago

“Accounts you follow” still the best option.

[-] GenEcon@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Otherway round would be a lot more useful. Block idiots who pay Elon for his new 'X'.

[-] IzzyData@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

That already exists by leaving Twitter. 👽

[-] morras@links.hackliberty.org 7 points 1 year ago

Humanity will make huge progress once it stop commenting every sh*t originating from E. Misk.

Seriously, there is now way to block all that noise?

[-] Natanael@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago

Lots of lemmy clients have keyword filters

[-] morras@links.hackliberty.org 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, thanks. Didn't notice :)

[-] harmonea@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Can't believe you forgot the usage limits on how many tweets you can view and how many DMs you can send. I think some of those might have been walked back, but I know people who were holding back from discord because twitter DMs were enough that now rarely go there.

Also all sorts of API functionality has been killed off - embeds, RSS, bots, etc

[-] Ozzy@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Free block list

[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It’s funny that all the new features they’re touting over there are really simple changes. Things like a new setting that controls an if statement.

[-] Iceman@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

What a time to be alive!

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

What I need for Mastodon is a database of verified users organized by subject matter expertise or your of content.

[-] ragica@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

There are a few attempts things like this. Here is one.... https://fedi.directory

this post was submitted on 12 Oct 2023

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