Society/Culture Elon Musk - Takeover of Twitter?

[Not Important]

they are shit cars anyway. going electric, get a volvo.

 

[Chicken Treat]

I'm just going to put this on here because it's relevant to people's concerns about the platform. (I'm not a fan of Elon and the way he has changed the site)

 

[MJG14]

Amongst other issues, he's made the platform so frustrating to use, The comments section to popular posts has turned to shit because of the high number of blue tick bots posting irrelevant garbage. The blue ticks being given priority has made discourse worse.

 

[Not Important]

it’s about an 8-minute watch, but the deal musk has with trump should he win is alarming.

PBS News Hour | What's behind Elon Musk's massive effort to elect Trump | Season 2024 | PBS

What's behind Elon Musk's massive effort to elect Trump

www.pbs.org

 

[Satan]

Lol

 

[Gethelred]

I'm just going to put this on here because it's relevant to people's concerns about the platform. (I'm not a fan of Elon and the way he has changed the site) View attachment 2150222
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I actually struggle a little to disagree with her.

People behave like their specific site or blog or service or whatever have you isn't a business that you can opt in or out of their product. If that product no longer specifically appeals to you - for whatever reason - don't use or consume it. It's not fundamental to your identity; you don't need it for work unless you work in a very specialised field, you don't need it socially unless your friends are chronically online (and if they are, there's alternatives like discord, whatsapp), you don't need it to do anything. It's a way of being connected, and there are other ways to do that.

If you have privacy concerns stemming from online stalking - or doxxing - then that's potentially a separate issue, the solution ostensibly remains the same: get off the site. Scrub your profile, tell them your reasons, and leave.

If Woolies ceases to sell a product you like, find it elsewhere. You're not going to whinge at Woolworths for neglecting to stock a product you liked. If you don't like prepaying for fuel, don't go to the sites which force you to do it after hours.

If you don't like that Twitter won't let you block people, go to an alternative that will.

 

[Chief]

I actually struggle a little to disagree with her.

People behave like their specific site or blog or service or whatever have you isn't a business that you can opt in or out of their product. If that product no longer specifically appeals to you - for whatever reason - don't use or consume it. It's not fundamental to your identity; you don't need it for work unless you work in a very specialised field, you don't need it socially unless your friends are chronically online (and if they are, there's alternatives like discord, whatsapp), you don't need it to do anything. It's a way of being connected, and there are other ways to do that.

If you have privacy concerns stemming from online stalking - or doxxing - then that's potentially a separate issue, the solution ostensibly remains the same: get off the site. Scrub your profile, tell them your reasons, and leave.

If Woolies ceases to sell a product you like, find it elsewhere. You're not going to whinge at Woolworths for neglecting to stock a product you liked. If you don't like prepaying for fuel, don't go to the sites which force you to do it after hours.

If you don't like that Twitter won't let you block people, go to an alternative that will.

Listening to people who use it for their work and activism, they say that when someone is getting creepy, most of the time blocking them takes away easy access to their little obsession and they give up.

The friction of starting a new account is usually too high. Creepy trolls are lazy.

This is purely a way to get more views and time on site for creeps.