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[–] 332 points 2 years ago (18 children)

I agree this is of questionable veracity, but could you imagine if for example fb users had trouble following Trump? There would be a whole news cycle culminating in a congressional hearing. When people talk about the asymmetrical standards that conservatives are held to vs liberals in the media this is a prime example.

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  • [–] 168 points 2 years ago (13 children)

    He posted a picture on his stream of the error message "There's a problem here" over the Biden/Harris campaign page, so at very least he's trolling instead of taking his job seriously. Twitter is his private platform so whatever, but it's another reminder that Musk will not be impartial and is actually pouring millions into the Trump campaign, so if you're still there now would be a good time to leave.

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  • [–] 133 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yo it was a good time to leave back when he bought it. It was a good time again when he dumped moderation. It was a good time again when he changed the name to X. Really its always been a good time to leave. Anyone who hasn’t left by now has already ignored so many signs not even Ace of Base can help them.

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  • [–] 43 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    This is what happens when trying to give equal platforming to buttcracks on top of shoulders. They shit all over everything and dont understand why the mic was taken from them. They dont understand why we can post about single payer healthcare and they can't say immigrants deserve to die. They think all ideals are equal on the battlegrounds of legislature.

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  • [–] 192 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    That would be called “election interference”

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  • [–] 129 points 2 years ago (17 children)

    Shocking that people are still using Shitter in 2024.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (13 children)

    Is it? It's where most people still post publicly, and until someone unseats Twitter on that throne (which I hope is really soon) no other network is going to compete in terms of having the users people want to follow...

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    [–] 128 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Can we revoke his government contracts now?

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  • Seriously though, it should be grounds for getting blacklisted from the government.

    Or if the company in question is strategically crucial to national interests, as is the case here, it should be put into federal receivership with the appropriate relevant agency - so, SpaceX goes to NASA, Tesla goes to the DoT, Twitter goes to the FCC, etc.

    I so deeply want this to be a case of “fuck around and find out”.

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  • [–] 107 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Musk made 151 tweets on Sunday

    Assuming he's awake for 16 hours, that's over 9 tweets an hour. Someone is definitely scared.

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  • [–] 74 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Why is anyone still on, "The Social Media Platform Formerly Known As Twitter" ?

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  • [–] 65 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Maybe technically in Florida and Texas, given that they passed a law to try to stop sites deplatforming Trump.

    https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/bills/3102.htm

    "The owner or operator of a social media website who contracts with a social media website user in this State is subject to a private right of action by a user if the social media website purposely: ... (2) uses an algorithm to disfavor, shadowban, or censure the user's religious speech or political speech".

    In May 2022, the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruled to strike the law (and similarly there was a 5th Circuit judgement), but just this month the US Supreme Court vacated the Court of Appeals judgement (i.e. reinstated the law) and remanded it back to the respective Court of Appeals. That said, the grounds for doing that were the court had not done the proper analysis, and after they do that it might be struck down again. But for now, the laws are technically not struck down.

    It would be ironic if after conservatives passed this law, and stacked the supreme court and got the challenge to it vacated, the first major use of it was used against Xitter for censoring Harris!

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    [–] 68 points 2 years ago

    Maybe we should take a page from the Trumpers here and declare it a conspiracy!

    The deep state doesn't want people following Harris! They don't want you to know about it. They think they know better than you!

    "Let me tell you, folks, I know how to follow people and this Twitter situation smells. I know all about smelling. Smells. Smelling. Smell... Ling! The word just sounds awful, right? They want you to smell things. They're coming for your smells!"

    Haha, yeah... This is Elon Musk's X.com we're talking about. It's just sheer incompetence and the usual buggy bullshit. We should expect this as normal X behavior at this point. Is anyone really surprised that X is suddenly throwing errors when users try basic functionality? Come on. The platform is garbage and that's not even taking account the garbage present on the platform.

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  • [–] 56 points 2 years ago

    Trump's going to be mad that x is becoming a direct competitor to truth social

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  • [–] 55 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    What do they even expect? They know who’s site they are using.

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  • [–] 53 points 2 years ago*

    Keep being transparent as fuck, Space Karen

    🤣

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  • [–] 45 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This might be one of Twitter's automatic security features I'd heard about a while back (prior to the Musk takeover). Supposedly, Twitter stops accounts from getting a large amount of followers in a short amount of time to try to limit botting. Sometimes, rarely, it can trigger when a large amount of real people follow a real account.

    I think I heard about it when I ran into the issue myself, but I don't remember what account it was that I was trying to follow.

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  • [–] 44 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Which goes to show that if you are a public figure whether in politics, entertainment, or otherwise, owning your own server for social media instead of relying on Zuck and Musk should be a critical concern at this point.

    There is no reason for the Harris campaign to not dip their toe into federated social media at this point given Musk's antagonism towards them.

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    [–] 38 points 2 years ago

    Ew I. Accidently clicked on a twitter link I ieel so dirty

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  • [–] 38 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    People big enough to have a staffed social media team will stilk have an Xitter account just because it is a viable vector to get news out. They may also have Truth Social account, just because it's there.

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    [–] 26 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Maybe the reason Elon broke every part of Twitter was just so he has plausible deniability while he meddles with everything and desperately tries to get his name in every discussion.

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    [–] 25 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    Musk and trump could share a deserted island outside the shipping lanes of the pacific and make the western hemisphere a calmer more peaceful place

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    They could both live on musk's mars colony, the first rockets are set to start as early as 2018!

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    I'm ashamed to say that when he was talking about that originally, I was gullible enough to think a one-way Mars trip would be worth doing.

    I mean, I still think that, in the abstract, if we could make a good plan and trust the people back home. But I did not understand what massive pieces of shit billionaires all were and what a terrible idea it would be to volunteer for humanity's very first off-world company town.

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    [–] 19 points 2 years ago

    Stop.using.xitter

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago

    It appears the world’s most divorced bozo is at it again.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Can we please kick this dweeb back to Canada or Africa?

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