Elon Musk Agrees to $44b Deal for Twitter

[HereticBD]

My feed has turned into nothing but street fights and videos of people getting shot, with MMA buried way beneath.

I know it's all algorithm based, and sometimes I have watched those videos (which is my fault), not very often, though, and never with any kind of comment, retweet, or real engagement: so I can't help but think it's been oversimplified to show 'fight' videos to someone who watches 'fights', which actually isn't the same thing when you're actually interested in MMA fights.

If I used Twitter more, I'm sure it would correct itself, but it's a real mess and I can't be bothered correcting it.

So for me, it's noticeably become a load of shit, and that's not even a political observation, it's just sloppy bullshit pushed from popular accounts that show 'raw' footage.

I've never had a Twitter account, but I can guarantee that it's not hard to personalize your feed. There are basic functions built in to filter feeds on any generic forum, let alone a beast like Twitter.

Regardless, the same shit happens on Youtube(and a billion other social media sites), and nobody is calling it a "broken dumpster fire". Only if someone who might hold a different political opinion buys it, would you see these petty complaints being billed as "the end times" for the platform. It's all just a game. Like micro-analyzing the TOS, as if the owner of the company is beholden to them, and should be banned for the most minor of violations. "He's trolling, REEEE!!!!"

I mean, come on. It's so obvious why these minor complaints are all of a sudden the end of the world. They wouldn't be out there, if Elon Musk was Mark Cuban, and he bought the platform. Nobody is fooling anybody here.

 

[LangfordBarrow]

I've never had a Twitter account, but I can guarantee that it's not hard to personalize your feed. There are basic functions built in to filter feeds on any generic forum, let alone a beast like Twitter.

Regardless, the same shit happens on Youtube(and a billion other social media sites), and nobody is calling it a "broken dumpster fire". Only if someone who might hold a different political opinion buys it, would you see these petty complaints being billed as "the end times" for the platform. It's all just a game. Like micro-analyzing the TOS, as if the owner of the company is beholden to them, and should be banned for the most minor of violations. "He's trolling, REEEE!!!!"

I mean, come on. It's so obvious why these minor complaints are all of a sudden the end of the world. They wouldn't be out there, if Elon Musk was Mark Cuban, and he bought the platform. Nobody is fooling anybody here.

Your same old bullshit. I never had an account but I guarantee reeeee....

 

[HereticBD]

Your same old bullshit. I never had an account but I guarantee reeeee....

Is Twitter causing you PTSD? Did that awful Musk man like a post you disagreed with? It's a broken platform!!!

You guys are such women.

 

[rearnakedchoke]

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1671370284102819841?

Oh, it's real

Jeez. Talk about being a snowflake from the free speech absolutist. I mean, complaining about others being sensitive , while being sensitive doesn’t come off as credible. Except to well, others who are equally sensitive.

 

[LangfordBarrow]

Is Twitter causing you PTSD? Did that awful Musk man like a post you disagreed with? It's a broken platform!!!

You guys are such women.

I've never had Twitter but it's obvious Musk has jumped into identity politics and decimated his workforce. I'll take an actual user's opinion over yours. The Canadian guy smugly supporting a foreign President and offering the same guarantees that he was going to win reelection. Get a grip.

 

[Siver!]

I've never had a Twitter account, but I can guarantee that it's not hard to personalize your feed. There are basic functions built in to filter feeds on any generic forum, let alone a beast like Twitter.

Regardless, the same shit happens on Youtube(and a billion other social media sites), and nobody is calling it a "broken dumpster fire". Only if someone who might hold a different political opinion buys it, would you see these petty complaints being billed as "the end times" for the platform. It's all just a game. Like micro-analyzing the TOS, as if the owner of the company is beholden to them, and should be banned for the most minor of violations. "He's trolling, REEEE!!!!"

I mean, come on. It's so obvious why these minor complaints are all of a sudden the end of the world. They wouldn't be out there, if Elon Musk was Mark Cuban, and he bought the platform. Nobody is fooling anybody here.

Maybe.

But I've been on there long enough for there to be some differentiation in what I'm actually interested in (ie, those I follow, those posts I interact with) for it to be better than it is right now.

I'd be tempted to agree with you if I wasn't actually witnessing it not be very good.

I've stepped back quite a bit from Twitter for a variety of reasons, but I never really used it for anything other than MMA news. What I'm saying is, it's now buried for some reason.

Just my experience.

 

[HereticBD]

I've never had Twitter but it's obvious Musk has jumped into identity politics and decimated his workforce.

LOL, you mean like every other tech company? Yes, I'm sure your heart bleeds for the Twitter folks who got laid off en masse. Facebook, Amazon, and Google doing the same? Ah', who gives a fuck? Their owners don't disagree with you politically, so it's okay when they lay off tens of thousands of people...

Clown shoes. You're wearing them.

 

[LangfordBarrow]

LOL, you mean like every other tech company? Yes, I'm sure your heart bleeds for the Twitter folks who got laid off en masse. Facebook, Amazon, and Google doing the same? Ah', who gives a fuck? Their owners don't disagree with you politically, so it's okay when they lay off tens of thousands of people...

Clown shoes. You're wearing them.

Lay off the assumptions Bozo.

 

[BAM]

Wow, that James Esse dude is SAWFT as warm butter.
Some person I dont know called me a name on social media, and now I am melting. Then Elon had to White Knight him. Free Speech absolutist only when it absolutely suits his agenda.

nobody is melting down, they're just cynically pointing out the attempt to harass them, noting the irony, which will be used to justify shitting on trans people further. Nobody was owned, they're not emotionally impacted by any of it, they're just using it to their advantage. Maybe put down the pom-poms for a second and pay attention.

 

[44nutman]

nobody is melting down, they're just cynically pointing out the attempt to harass them, noting the irony, which will be used to justify shitting on trans people further. Nobody was owned, they're not emotionally impacted by any of it, they're just using it to their advantage. Maybe put down the pom-poms for a second and pay attention.

If someone called me a Cissy I would put the Pom poms down and not make a look at me post fucking melting down about it. No irony he is just being a bitch. He started shit and then clutched pearls when shit was directed back at him. That is rage porn peddler 101. Victim card gets clicks.
It’s the internet and people are shitty on the internet and most definitely would not need Elon to be a White Knight for me.
When did dudes in America become so fucking SAWFT.

 

[BAM]

If someone called me a Cissy I would put the Pom poms down and not make a look at me post fucking melting down about it. No irony he is just being a bitch. He started shit and then clutched pearls when shit was directed back at him. That is rage porn peddler 101. Victim card gets clicks.
It’s the internet and people are shitty on the internet and most definitely would not need Elon to be a White Knight for me.
When did dudes in America become so fucking SAWFT.

there's no pearl clutching from any of them, it's a move to normalise shitting on trans people using a false equivalancy; that's it. When you're in the majority, someone trying to slur you has no impact. If somebody called me a "cracker", I'd laugh. Underestimate your opponents, and you'll be surpassed by them.

 

[James Bomb]

I've never had a Twitter account, but I can guarantee that it's not hard to personalize your feed. There are basic functions built in to filter feeds on any generic forum, let alone a beast like Twitter.

Regardless, the same shit happens on Youtube(and a billion other social media sites), and nobody is calling it a "broken dumpster fire". Only if someone who might hold a different political opinion buys it, would you see these petty complaints being billed as "the end times" for the platform. It's all just a game. Like micro-analyzing the TOS, as if the owner of the company is beholden to them, and should be banned for the most minor of violations. "He's trolling, REEEE!!!!"

I mean, come on. It's so obvious why these minor complaints are all of a sudden the end of the world. They wouldn't be out there, if Elon Musk was Mark Cuban, and he bought the platform. Nobody is fooling anybody here.

You really think nobody has ever called YouTube, especially the comments section, a dumpster fire? Lol.

There are even papers written about how racist the comments section is
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1461444818792393

The artificial boosting that Elon gave to blue check marks means that the top replies to any given tweet are usually Elon superfans that are willing to pay him $8 a month for a product that just keeps getting worse for everyone else.

Fidelity wrote down their investment in Twitter by two thirds already, so no, things are not going well.

 

[HockeyBjj]

So apparently Musk said he’d fight Zuck, and Zuck is calling him on it

So uh, yeah that’s kinda wild. Also, Zuck deserves pretty much all the shit he gets, but he did enter an actual jiu jitsu competition against real people (not some celebrity thing where they all go easy on it, just actual dudes who train after work 3ish nights a week like so many of us) and took first and second in white belt (not sure which was gi and which nogi). So Musk would probably get his butt whooped. We all know even a 3 stripe white belt beats up a non athlete.

 

[Damien Karras]

So apparently Musk said he’d fight Zuck, and Zuck is calling him on it

So uh, yeah that’s kinda wild. Also, Zuck deserves pretty much all the shit he gets, but he did enter an actual jiu jitsu competition against real people (not some celebrity thing where they all go easy on it, just actual dudes who train after work 3ish nights a week like so many of us) and took first and second in white belt (not sure which was gi and which nogi). So Musk would probably get his butt whooped. We all know even a 3 stripe white belt beats up a non athlete.

You mean a man with this herculean physique will get beat by a BJJ white belt?!?

 

[BAM]

So apparently Musk said he’d fight Zuck, and Zuck is calling him on it

So uh, yeah that’s kinda wild. Also, Zuck deserves pretty much all the shit he gets, but he did enter an actual jiu jitsu competition against real people (not some celebrity thing where they all go easy on it, just actual dudes who train after work 3ish nights a week like so many of us) and took first and second in white belt (not sure which was gi and which nogi). So Musk would probably get his butt whooped. We all know even a 3 stripe white belt beats up a non athlete.

not impressive to train, and then for your first fight challenge a non-trained fat guy in his 50s. I would fucking hope that he would win, otherwise what the fuck have you been doing all this time

 

[HockeyBjj]

You mean a man with this herculean physique will get beat by a BJJ white belt?!?

He just looks like a normal rich 50 year old in that view. It’s the side angle that’s bizzare

 

[HockeyBjj]

not really impressive to train, and then for your first fight challenge a non-trained fat guy in his 50s.

Musk was the one who called out the fight first. Zuck just seems like he said he’d accept if it was serious

 

[BAM]

Musk was the one who called out the fight first. Zuck just seems like he said he’d accept if it was serious

Musk is an idiot and kinda lazy, probably doesn't even know that Zuckerberg trains and just shot his mouth off knowing he'd never have to back it up.

 

[chardog]

Your same old bullshit. I never had an account but I guarantee reeeee....

I didnt like the username I had on twitter, so I deleted my account, however I think I have to wait 30 days? either way, I'm still using the app, and it'll personalize it for you. Of course, if you have an account, this can go way further.

 

[KaNesDeath]

Musk is an idiot and kinda lazy, probably doesn't even know that Zuckerberg trains and just shot his mouth off knowing he'd never have to back it up.

We're talking about a person who likes to rewrite history. Like how he's a founder of Paypal and Tesla. Remember that fraud guilty plea? Narrative today is that was coerced by the deep state.