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Twitter used to be a place where false narratives were protected and promoted. Now it's a place where they're challenged and corrected.
— Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) May 3, 2023
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So many BI posters posting Twitter links constantly, so much so that there are complaints about pages not loading due to the shear amount of Twitter links. Not using Twitter apparently hasn't been going so well. Are liberals getting DT's and falling off the wagon? Musk owns the most real estate in the world.
I mean, it's mostly just okaydo.oski003 said:
So many BI posters posting Twitter links constantly, so much so that there are complaints about pages not loading due to the shear amount of Twitter links. Not using Twitter apparently hasn't been going so well. Are liberals getting DT's and falling off the wagon? Musk owns the most real estate in the world.
Will Musk ever move Twitter from The City? Austin would tempt many Liberals.
What's the purpose of election officials attending conferences? Is there any legitimate purpose? What useful information could they possibly learn at these conferences when the only thing they need to know has been known for thousands of years, i.e. how to count. https://t.co/mSnZzoFOht
— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) May 9, 2023
sycasey said:I mean, it's mostly just okaydo.oski003 said:
So many BI posters posting Twitter links constantly, so much so that there are complaints about pages not loading due to the shear amount of Twitter links. Not using Twitter apparently hasn't been going so well. Are liberals getting DT's and falling off the wagon? Musk owns the most real estate in the world.
Dont forget Going4Roses.
He uses Twitter and TikTok as a surrogate.
In fact, it's a rare post when he doesnt post links from the above.
"Cults don't end well. They really don't."
I used to criticize Okaydo for posting twitter links but I think it's become the best way to share current events type content. The embed feature on BI is great and it gives the poster an opportunity to share a snippet and a link to the source content. Obviously posters will differ in how they introduce and reflect on the content they share, but I think twitter posts are often the best content to share.DiabloWags said:sycasey said:I mean, it's mostly just okaydo.oski003 said:
So many BI posters posting Twitter links constantly, so much so that there are complaints about pages not loading due to the shear amount of Twitter links. Not using Twitter apparently hasn't been going so well. Are liberals getting DT's and falling off the wagon? Musk owns the most real estate in the world.
Dont forget Going4Roses.
He uses Twitter and TikTok as a surrogate.
In fact, it's a rare post when he doesnt post links from the above.
The alternative (which I also use when I think it's best) is to post links to the original source and/or block quotes. The worst is when people vaguely reference something they read, but they don't provide a link and are often times just completely wrong. This is common with the, shall we say, more mature generation.
Tiktok links are annoying because there is no embed feature. If there were, I would be far more likely to view them or whatever but given that the links tell you nothing about the content I'm not about to go and click on them to get taken to some other website to view content that may or may not interest me.
I am a big fan of Twitter now that government agencies aren't strongly suggesting (dictating) which posts are hidden and which are highlighted.Unit2Sucks said:I used to criticize Okaydo for posting twitter links but I think it's become the best way to share current events type content. The embed feature on BI is great and it gives the poster an opportunity to share a snippet and a link to the source content. Obviously posters will differ in how they introduce and reflect on the content they share, but I think twitter posts are often the best content to share.DiabloWags said:sycasey said:I mean, it's mostly just okaydo.oski003 said:
So many BI posters posting Twitter links constantly, so much so that there are complaints about pages not loading due to the shear amount of Twitter links. Not using Twitter apparently hasn't been going so well. Are liberals getting DT's and falling off the wagon? Musk owns the most real estate in the world.
Dont forget Going4Roses.
He uses Twitter and TikTok as a surrogate.
In fact, it's a rare post when he doesnt post links from the above.
The alternative (which I also use when I think it's best) is to post links to the original source and/or block quotes. The worst is when people vaguely reference something they read, but they don't provide a link and are often times just completely wrong. This is common with the, shall we say, more mature generation.
Tiktok links are annoying because there is no embed feature. If there were, I would be far more likely to view them or whatever but given that the links tell you nothing about the content I'm not about to go and click on them to get taken to some other website to view content that may or may not interest me.
okaydo is the Twitter guy (outside of the conservatives and Putin stans, anyway). g4r is the TikTok guy.DiabloWags said:sycasey said:I mean, it's mostly just okaydo.oski003 said:
So many BI posters posting Twitter links constantly, so much so that there are complaints about pages not loading due to the shear amount of Twitter links. Not using Twitter apparently hasn't been going so well. Are liberals getting DT's and falling off the wagon? Musk owns the most real estate in the world.
Dont forget Going4Roses.
He uses Twitter and TikTok as a surrogate.
In fact, it's a rare post when he doesnt post links from the above.
Half of Joe Biden's Twitter followers are fake, audit reveals https://t.co/fKHhLcnJ8h
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) May 17, 2022
The bots used to love Twitter but many of them left as well as 80% of Twitter's employees after Elon took over.
Unit2Sucks said:I used to criticize Okaydo for posting twitter links but I think it's become the best way to share current events type content. The embed feature on BI is great and it gives the poster an opportunity to share a snippet and a link to the source content. Obviously posters will differ in how they introduce and reflect on the content they share, but I think twitter posts are often the best content to share.DiabloWags said:sycasey said:I mean, it's mostly just okaydo.oski003 said:
So many BI posters posting Twitter links constantly, so much so that there are complaints about pages not loading due to the shear amount of Twitter links. Not using Twitter apparently hasn't been going so well. Are liberals getting DT's and falling off the wagon? Musk owns the most real estate in the world.
Dont forget Going4Roses.
He uses Twitter and TikTok as a surrogate.
In fact, it's a rare post when he doesnt post links from the above.
The alternative (which I also use when I think it's best) is to post links to the original source and/or block quotes. The worst is when people vaguely reference something they read, but they don't provide a link and are often times just completely wrong. This is common with the, shall we say, more mature generation.
Tiktok links are annoying because there is no embed feature. If there were, I would be far more likely to view them or whatever but given that the links tell you nothing about the content I'm not about to go and click on them to get taken to some other website to view content that may or may not interest me.
I agree that being able to embed tweets is great. The reader does not have to open any additional tabs and does not have to leave the BI thread
BearHunter said:Half of Joe Biden's Twitter followers are fake, audit reveals https://t.co/fKHhLcnJ8h
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) May 17, 2022
The bots used to love Twitter but many of them left as well as 80% of Twitter's employees after Elon took over.
I'm sorry to burst your bubble since I know you love people to have to take sides, but that's in line with Trump's Twitter following numbers.
Haloski said:
I'm sorry to burst your bubble since I know you love people to have to take sides, but that's in line with Trump's Twitter following numbers.
Link?
I don't have anything against Twitter embeds in and of themselves (I use them too), but it can become difficult to read a thread when it's nothing but a series of embeds that take forever to load (or crash your browser entirely). I criticized BearForce when he was doing it and there's not necessarily anything different about okaydo's thread that also crashes my mobile browser, other than the political lean.Unit2Sucks said:I used to criticize Okaydo for posting twitter links but I think it's become the best way to share current events type content. The embed feature on BI is great and it gives the poster an opportunity to share a snippet and a link to the source content. Obviously posters will differ in how they introduce and reflect on the content they share, but I think twitter posts are often the best content to share.DiabloWags said:sycasey said:I mean, it's mostly just okaydo.oski003 said:
So many BI posters posting Twitter links constantly, so much so that there are complaints about pages not loading due to the shear amount of Twitter links. Not using Twitter apparently hasn't been going so well. Are liberals getting DT's and falling off the wagon? Musk owns the most real estate in the world.
Dont forget Going4Roses.
He uses Twitter and TikTok as a surrogate.
In fact, it's a rare post when he doesnt post links from the above.
But it's also pretty clear that the mods mostly aren't going to police the "personal Twitter feed" threads, so I've given up on complaining about that.
I complained about the Twitter links causing me problems, but I don't want people to stop posting them. I get to read about things I otherwise wouldn't see. Also, once we finished off the page from hell in the one thread, I was fine on the new page. I'll just have to be more judicious about which threads I read on my phone.sycasey said:I don't have anything against Twitter embeds in and of themselves (I use them too), but it can become difficult to read a thread when it's nothing but a series of embeds that take forever to load (or crash your browser entirely). I criticized BearForce when he was doing it and there's not necessarily anything different about okaydo's thread that also crashes my mobile browser, other than the political lean.Unit2Sucks said:I used to criticize Okaydo for posting twitter links but I think it's become the best way to share current events type content. The embed feature on BI is great and it gives the poster an opportunity to share a snippet and a link to the source content. Obviously posters will differ in how they introduce and reflect on the content they share, but I think twitter posts are often the best content to share.DiabloWags said:sycasey said:I mean, it's mostly just okaydo.oski003 said:
So many BI posters posting Twitter links constantly, so much so that there are complaints about pages not loading due to the shear amount of Twitter links. Not using Twitter apparently hasn't been going so well. Are liberals getting DT's and falling off the wagon? Musk owns the most real estate in the world.
Dont forget Going4Roses.
He uses Twitter and TikTok as a surrogate.
In fact, it's a rare post when he doesnt post links from the above.
But it's also pretty clear that the mods mostly aren't going to police the "personal Twitter feed" threads, so I've given up on complaining about that.
I wonder how many of Elon Musk's followers are bots.BearHunter said:Half of Joe Biden's Twitter followers are fake, audit reveals https://t.co/fKHhLcnJ8h
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) May 17, 2022
The bots used to love Twitter but many of them left as well as 80% of Twitter's employees after Elon took over.
Eastern Oregon Bear said:I wonder how many of Elon Musk's followers are bots.BearHunter said:
The bots used to love Twitter but many of them left as well as 80% of Twitter's employees after Elon took over.
— NautPoso 🇮🇪☘️ (@NautPoso) April 25, 2022
BearHunter said:Haloski said:
I'm sorry to burst your bubble since I know you love people to have to take sides, but that's in line with Trump's Twitter following numbers.
Link?
You bet:
https://sparktoro.com/blog/we-analyzed-every-twitter-account-following-donald-trump-61-are-bots-spam-inactive-or-propaganda/
Stop trying to divide people. It's not a good use of your time. What's the benefit for you?
Haloski said:BearHunter said:Haloski said:
I'm sorry to burst your bubble since I know you love people to have to take sides, but that's in line with Trump's Twitter following numbers.
Link?
You bet:
https://sparktoro.com/blog/we-analyzed-every-twitter-account-following-donald-trump-61-are-bots-spam-inactive-or-propaganda/
Stop trying to divide people. It's not a good use of your time. What's the benefit for you?
I don't divide people, I am a unifier. If you stop stalking movielover, I can help you two come together and be friends.
Pre Elon Musk takeover in 2018:
- The most generous theory one might assign is that many people signed up for Twitter, filled out no information, send very few or no tweets, but followed Trump's account and few others, then abandoned the platform. That is certainly true for at least some of these fake followers, though the triggering of some of the spam flags (use of spam-correlated keywords in particular) and the fact that Trump's account is so much higher in fake followers than others, makes this a less comprehensive explanation.
- Over the summer, Twitter removed a large number of spam accounts, but clearly, there are tens of millions (or more) still remaining on the platform. The singer @KatyPerry supposedly "lost" 2.8 million spam accounts in Twitter's cleanup, while @RealDonaldTrump lost an estimated 300,000. Those numbers are surprising, given that Perry's account appears to have far fewer obviously detectable spam followers (40.6%).
Musk recently posted they will soon purge lots of Twitter inactive accounts.
oski003 said:I am a big fan of Twitter now that government agencies aren't strongly suggesting (dictating) which posts are hidden and which are highlighted.Unit2Sucks said:I used to criticize Okaydo for posting twitter links but I think it's become the best way to share current events type content. The embed feature on BI is great and it gives the poster an opportunity to share a snippet and a link to the source content. Obviously posters will differ in how they introduce and reflect on the content they share, but I think twitter posts are often the best content to share.DiabloWags said:sycasey said:I mean, it's mostly just okaydo.oski003 said:
So many BI posters posting Twitter links constantly, so much so that there are complaints about pages not loading due to the shear amount of Twitter links. Not using Twitter apparently hasn't been going so well. Are liberals getting DT's and falling off the wagon? Musk owns the most real estate in the world.
Dont forget Going4Roses.
He uses Twitter and TikTok as a surrogate.
In fact, it's a rare post when he doesnt post links from the above.
The alternative (which I also use when I think it's best) is to post links to the original source and/or block quotes. The worst is when people vaguely reference something they read, but they don't provide a link and are often times just completely wrong. This is common with the, shall we say, more mature generation.
Tiktok links are annoying because there is no embed feature. If there were, I would be far more likely to view them or whatever but given that the links tell you nothing about the content I'm not about to go and click on them to get taken to some other website to view content that may or may not interest me.
Yeah, it is much more up your alley for Musk to be dictating what we see on Twitter as opposed to government officials -- from both parties -- merely requesting certain content be removed. Especially when the dictator is the subject of this tweet:
Today, Elon is going full mask off. He has:
— Max Berger (@maxberger) May 9, 2023
- shared an article claiming Zuckerberg stole the election for Biden
- claims the media is racist against white people
- denied the Allen shooter was a neo-Nazi and claimed it was a psyop.
This is all fascist propaganda. pic.twitter.com/7aWctUiQqx
chazzed said:oski003 said:I am a big fan of Twitter now that government agencies aren't strongly suggesting (dictating) which posts are hidden and which are highlighted.Unit2Sucks said:I used to criticize Okaydo for posting twitter links but I think it's become the best way to share current events type content. The embed feature on BI is great and it gives the poster an opportunity to share a snippet and a link to the source content. Obviously posters will differ in how they introduce and reflect on the content they share, but I think twitter posts are often the best content to share.DiabloWags said:sycasey said:I mean, it's mostly just okaydo.oski003 said:
So many BI posters posting Twitter links constantly, so much so that there are complaints about pages not loading due to the shear amount of Twitter links. Not using Twitter apparently hasn't been going so well. Are liberals getting DT's and falling off the wagon? Musk owns the most real estate in the world.
Dont forget Going4Roses.
He uses Twitter and TikTok as a surrogate.
In fact, it's a rare post when he doesnt post links from the above.
The alternative (which I also use when I think it's best) is to post links to the original source and/or block quotes. The worst is when people vaguely reference something they read, but they don't provide a link and are often times just completely wrong. This is common with the, shall we say, more mature generation.
Tiktok links are annoying because there is no embed feature. If there were, I would be far more likely to view them or whatever but given that the links tell you nothing about the content I'm not about to go and click on them to get taken to some other website to view content that may or may not interest me.
Yeah, it is much more up your alley for Musk to be dictating what we see on Twitter as opposed to government officials -- from both parties -- merely requesting certain content be removed. Especially when the dictator is the subject of this tweet:Today, Elon is going full mask off. He has:
— Max Berger (@maxberger) May 9, 2023
- shared an article claiming Zuckerberg stole the election for Biden
- claims the media is racist against white people
- denied the Allen shooter was a neo-Nazi and claimed it was a psyop.
This is all fascist propaganda. pic.twitter.com/7aWctUiQqx
How is this an example of Musk dictating what is seen? This seems to be more of an example of you wanting what Musk posted not to be seen. You seem to support the previous government influenced Twitter censorship, and therefore don't like the new Twitter.
The (Democrat) government had hundreds of people in various agencies flagging posts for review; in addition, don't forget 'former' FIB hires at Twitter, Facebook, etc.; as well as any unknown number of FIB / CIA individuals employed / paid at NBC, ABC, NYT, etc.
Years after the Cold War ended, an aging CIA agent met up with an old KGB rival for a friendly drink.
— Wyatt Reed (@wyattreed13) May 7, 2023
“I have to admit, I was always so impressed by Soviet propaganda,” says the CIA spy. “You really know how to get people worked up.”
“Thanks,” replies the KGB officer, “but it's… pic.twitter.com/ks0bFHTR0m
Strange that election officials from pivotal regions attended a far left conference when they’re supposed to be impartial
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 9, 2023
I did not say this was my proof, similar to how you did not provide proof for your claim that the government dictates what you see on Twitter. The reason for including the tweet in my previous reply is to show how radical Musk is. Speaking from personal experience, I started seeing tweets from extreme right-wingers shortly after Musk took over. There was a new tweet from Musk himself in my feed literally every time I logged on, even though I had not adjusted any preference or changed my behavior on Twitter. I never signed up for his far-right conspiracy theories yet there they were.
That's free speech. You're OK BLM Marxists and child groomers?
It's happening *more* often now...
https://theintercept.com/2023/03/28/twitter-modi-india-punjab-amritpal-singh/
https://theintercept.com/2023/03/28/twitter-modi-india-punjab-amritpal-singh/
NEW: Twitter basically stopped fighting gov demands for censorship & surveillance under Musk.
— John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton) April 27, 2023
Shameful.
Nightmare for freedom of expression.
And dangerous to dissidents, opposition parties, human rights defenders etc.
By @russellbrandomhttps://t.co/bqnCWoeGae pic.twitter.com/Di66LGAx6W
Government still helping to run the backend? ($$$)
If only Elno used the massive influence he purchased with Twitter (and augmented through elevating his account) to call out disingenuous right wing talking points instead of amplifying them through his sea lioning.
2/ The graph is shared by an account called 'end wokeness' (agenda much), and the message is quite clear. 'Black-on-white violence is the biggest form of interracial violence but media focuses more on white-on-black violence'. First, where's the data from? pic.twitter.com/AqnjPEUgbS
— Marc Owen Jones (@marcowenjones) May 10, 2023
5/ As @GeorgeTakei 's response to Musk indicates, if you factor in white-on-white violence the graph looks dramatically different, as white-on-white violence is clearly the highest in the table. However, this is perhaps not the biggest problem pic.twitter.com/FDTWtAoju8
— Marc Owen Jones (@marcowenjones) May 10, 2023
8/ The graph gives the misleading impression that inter-racial violence, and particularly black-on-white violence, is the biggest issue in the States. In fact, intra-racial violence is by far the largest proportion of violent victimization incidents
— Marc Owen Jones (@marcowenjones) May 10, 2023
10/ in the US. Thirdly, he is making unfounded claims about the media coverage in the US of crime (a straw man). While findings vary about coverage of violent perpetrators in US news media, most studies tend to find that white people are OVERREPRESENTED as victims in crime pic.twitter.com/ByIdmcQddB
— Marc Owen Jones (@marcowenjones) May 10, 2023
15/ So @EndWokeness is right about one thing, 'Perspective IS everything'. You can manipulate graphs and stats to suit your agenda, and maybe, the tech 'genius' Musk will embrace your content uncritically, cos he's a great scientist... pic.twitter.com/Ws16gQzwPT
— Marc Owen Jones (@marcowenjones) May 10, 2023
Unit2Sucks said:
If only Elno used the massive influence he purchased with Twitter (and augmented through elevating his account) to call out disingenuous right wing talking points instead of amplifying them through his sea lioning.2/ The graph is shared by an account called 'end wokeness' (agenda much), and the message is quite clear. 'Black-on-white violence is the biggest form of interracial violence but media focuses more on white-on-black violence'. First, where's the data from? pic.twitter.com/AqnjPEUgbS
— Marc Owen Jones (@marcowenjones) May 10, 20235/ As @GeorgeTakei 's response to Musk indicates, if you factor in white-on-white violence the graph looks dramatically different, as white-on-white violence is clearly the highest in the table. However, this is perhaps not the biggest problem pic.twitter.com/FDTWtAoju8
— Marc Owen Jones (@marcowenjones) May 10, 20238/ The graph gives the misleading impression that inter-racial violence, and particularly black-on-white violence, is the biggest issue in the States. In fact, intra-racial violence is by far the largest proportion of violent victimization incidents
— Marc Owen Jones (@marcowenjones) May 10, 202310/ in the US. Thirdly, he is making unfounded claims about the media coverage in the US of crime (a straw man). While findings vary about coverage of violent perpetrators in US news media, most studies tend to find that white people are OVERREPRESENTED as victims in crime pic.twitter.com/ByIdmcQddB
— Marc Owen Jones (@marcowenjones) May 10, 202315/ So @EndWokeness is right about one thing, 'Perspective IS everything'. You can manipulate graphs and stats to suit your agenda, and maybe, the tech 'genius' Musk will embrace your content uncritically, cos he's a great scientist... pic.twitter.com/Ws16gQzwPT
— Marc Owen Jones (@marcowenjones) May 10, 2023
His post is not disingenuous. It is contrasting the amplified coverage between white on black crime vs black on white crime. Neither of which are specifically a problem, but the media amplifies white on black crime, just like GFR amplifies questionable law enforcement behavior. It is divisive.
movielover said:
That's free speech. You're OK BLM Marxists and child groomers?
Child groomers?
Like these 2?
"Cults don't end well. They really don't."
Which government? There are several countries filling as many or more takedown requests as the US (e.g. India).
Some more likely explanations:
Maybe Musk fired all the people who would have pushed back on these requests.
Maybe the people left don't have time to try and fight takedown requests from every government.
Maybe Musk doesn't really care about free speech and mostly cares about promoting his viewpoint...
Some more likely explanations:
Maybe Musk fired all the people who would have pushed back on these requests.
Maybe the people left don't have time to try and fight takedown requests from every government.
Maybe Musk doesn't really care about free speech and mostly cares about promoting his viewpoint...
DiabloWags said:movielover said:
That's free speech. You're OK BLM Marxists and child groomers?
Child groomers?
Like these 2?
Mostly Democrats visited Epstein's island. These people aren't groomers, they're pedophiles.
Odd, I wonder why Elno would respond this way time and time again.
[Himmlerfan1488]: I die today for the white race. Please remember me by my manifesto
— Ewan (@jelly_pack) May 9, 2023
[Elon Musk quote tweeting conspiracy theory that the shooter is a secret liberal SJW to 150 million people]: Odd
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