queer/trans nonbinary comrade with brain issues. he/they.
Is anyone else really confused why so many people are concerned about this when the Earth is literally boiling away and fascists are integrating themselves into every government system? I’m not saying we should be completely ignoring this concern but I just do not understand the obsession with it. My dad keeps talking about the AI singularity and I’m like that’s the least of our problems right now? Maybe that’s just me but…
I feel like normally I would share y’all’s view on this and be like “good” but now I can’t help think about how Twitter was a critical space for organizing a lot of resistance movements. Really starting to believe those pieces that were like “Musk bought Twitter to bury it”
We were all like “he’s not that smart” at the first few articles, but now I’m like, this dude has poisoned the well so utterly - and now he’s getting rid of blocking, apparently? - like, fuck. (And yes organizing on a corpo platform was never going to be truly reliable/safe, but still, esp for folks just getting exposed to activism, this “on ramp” space going to shit really sucks.)
I know we’ll always find/create new spaces for ourselves, but this is a blow to a lot of networks.
I’m legit wondering what the term for communication between…Xs…is…? Like…???
They are called TWEETS, ELON! TWEETS!
Appreciate you and everyone else who broke this down for me!
I’m a non-techie and don’t understand half of this, but from what I do understand, this is a goddamn nightmare. The world is seriously going to shit.
Signal. We just have a group chat. No idea what the extended family is up to anymore though.
I use this app and I really love it; I’ve even donated in the past. The pictures are awesome & it’s so fun to see which one will load. I have even paid for a personal license for one of those background pics so I could use it as a wallpaper.
Is this a fucking joke?? Holy shit lmao.
Really starting to wish there was a rule against self-promotion, or that all self-promotion was kept to one community (maybe Chat?)
Like come on.
Edit: Meant this as a reply to a thread. 🤷
Well there’s a headline I never thought I’d see. It’s official y’all. This is the worst timeline.
Discord: “The biggest problem: our current usernames can often be too complicated or obscure for people to remember and share easily.”
Tumblr: “The underlying problem is that Tumblr is not easy to use.”
Why does everyone think we are collectively too stupid to figure out how to use the internet? Like holy crap.
Yeah, I know these updates are geared toward a very specific audience, but I’m allowed to resent that, lol. Stop infantilizing users; we are not stupid.
Lol how dare he frame this like he’s firing employees for not doing their jobs. This isn’t a job dipshit, it’s unpaid volunteer labor that for some dumbass reason you think you’re entitled to just for offering an empty room for people to walk in, decorate, and create community in. Honestly what a POS.
Would really appreciate it if this article had actual links to supporting articles/documentation. I can’t find anything recent in the news that corroborates this number. Admittedly I didn’t look too hard, but still - OP do you have any additional sources here? This website is vague af