Every day I miss my twitter account less and less. I now wish there was a way I could block twitter content inside news articles and such.
We've got it blocked at our router. The DNS server just responds with no such address.
Hijacking twitter DNS queries and redirecting to a page that only serves images of cats.
Man, musk really fucking hates his daughter
I just realized I had no clue what her assigned gender was. Probably says something about the media I consume.
Don't worry, it's completely acceptable that you neither know about nor care about a billionaire's daughter.
This is a good time to remind people one of his kids is trans. What utter garbage he's turned out to be.
Despite pushback from some users
Well there's your problem. You're still using the fascist platform.
Any active user who "pushes back" in an attempt to "fix" the fascist platform is either delusional or being disingenuous. There's no fixing it, guys. Just walk away.
Imo the best pushback is to leave and make twitter irrelevant
Boycotts can work. Leave, and let people know why you're leaving. (The second part is important!)
Yep. I could see people sticking around if there were not viable alternatives. And while those alternatives have indeed been around for a good while, they are very available now. There’s really no excuse now.
Now, while I do think Mastodon is the better platform, I’m curious to see how BlueSky affects Twitter’s user base once it comes out of its “beta”. For all of its faults, it does have the smallest learning curve - if really any at all - when comparing it to Twitter.
Can we please just stop talking about the clown in command, and his dogshit bigoted platform?
And how is this even about technology anymore?
It is about an abuse of technology so it is relevant
Everyday there is some "tech news" about X. These are not tech news anymore. How is a trans film promotion tech news? Where is the technology in this? This is just drama news at this point.
It never was.
Seriously though, are there any better tech communities here?
Browse around programming.dev, there’s plenty of good tech content here.
I'm sure if we ignore him, he'll just go away. That's how this works, right?
Great "technology" article.
Social Media isn't technology?
Oh I hate this argument.
With an election year next year, politics is about to get shoe horned into everything with the "(insert subject) is politics" is justification.
I think most people think of technology as scientific based rather than social media trends and events.
Followers and online friends are very important to some people, but at what point do remaining Twitter users give up?
I understand there are some pathetic individuals who agree with Musk. I’m not talking about them. I mean the ones who should know better, but haven’t left yet.
What does it take for people to realize “I’m helping an utterly wretched man keep his business alive?” Don’t they realize they’re burning their all-important reputations by staying? Is it worth it to them? Why?
I feel like you're underestimating the amount of apathy most people have.
You may be right. It could be just that simple.
It absolutely is that simple. Most people just do NOT give a fuck until it directly affects them negatively. They don’t want to lose their followers and shit so musks bullshit is acceptable in that context
Detransition is the equivalent of people who decided they actually aren’t gay. It’s rare enough to not make policies or be an ass about it, it’s super rare for it to go all the way to straight/cis and instead is typically “actually it turns out I’m bi/nonbinary”, and there’s a group actively funded and encouraged by the right wing, many of whom later retransition. It is a real phenomenon, but so is quicksand, both of which turned out to be less common in real life than certain media would have you believe
It’s also sadly common for folks to detransition because of hostility and a lack of support. Hard to afford hormones if you can’t get a job because you’re trans.
Twitter already sucked in its own ways, but X-formerly-known-as-twitter is so utter shit I have a hard time imagining people browsing and enjoying it.
X-formerly-known-as-twitter
I've also heard people call it "Twitter, desperately trying to be known as X".
Shitter
Xitter, pronounced "shitter".
That's because you have a hard time imagining what it would be like to be one of the people who browses and enjoys it.
Those people are called "material supporters of fascism".
Why mince words? Fascists.
This is why they're losing advertisers left, right, and center.
This is why they're losing advertisers left ~~right~~ and center.
Fixed that for you.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
PragerU, which is not a university, aims to “preserve American ideals.” The organization has been criticized for doubting climate change and downplaying the realities of slavery.
“PragerU has chosen X/Twitter specifically for this campaign, as it is one of the least censored social media platforms,” the organization wrote in a press release.
PragerU calls the short documentary its “most important” video yet, but extensive research shows that detransitioning is incredibly uncommon.
In spite of research indicating that these procedures are often life-saving and rarely result in regret, right-wing figures continue to drum up panic around gender-affirming care for LGBTQ+ people.
X CEO Linda Yaccarino claims that the company will be profitable by 2024, but other evidence shows that the platform’s advertising business continues to suffer.
As recently as this week, Musk has posted that he believes the word “cis” is a “heterosexual slur,” a personal position that reflects changes made to the company’s content moderation policies under his leadership.
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This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
