Apple Executive Phil Schiller Deactivates Twitter Account

[avz]

Money will not "fix" humanity... it is the reason humanity is so screwed up.

You are probably did not mean to say "money". It is a paper fiat pyramid scheme that stopped working and printing of money is no longer creating an "added value".

 

[4743913]

^^^

Clearly hasn’t used Twitter or consumed a legitimate news source for many many years.

please share with us your list of "legitimate" news sources.

 

[wigby]

oh look at all the terms you are using . From what I remember twitter already had all “those”

Twitter had moderation policies in place and banned several high profile accounts that broke their terms of service. I don’t see that happening nearly as much now that Twitter has been proclaimed a free speech haven by Musk. Also, the bots will get much worse under Musk whether he knows it or not.

 

[ProfessionalFan]

please share with us your list of "legitimate" news sources.

Anyone who parrots their thoughts, I will save you the time.

 

[ProfessionalFan]

Trump and his Twitter had been much more dangerous than hardcore pornography ever was.

Contrary to popular belief, mean tweets aren't actually dangerous.

Neither is porn, but that's another topic for another day.

 

[4743913]

I deactivated mine the day I found out he took over. I knew this was coming. In fact it was the point of him buying it. Trump loves Putin because he uses his tactics. They complain about any media they don’t control. Twitter was a place where the truth was at times hard to find but it was there. n Not so much

Only one President in the past 22 years did not give up a piece of Europe to Putin. Can you name that President?

 

[ProfessionalFan]

Trump loves Putin because he uses his tactics

You need to keep up, that lie was debunked awhile ago and they moved on to saying he stole nuclear codes even though those change when the president changes and would be worthless even if true. They may circle back to the Russia angle when 2024 rolls around though.

 

[Reason077]

It's likely that Schiller was banned from Twitter for shilling (haha) his disinformation. In particular, he may have been making false claims regarding Lightning vs. USB-C.

 

[jjudson]

please share with us your list of "legitimate" news sources.

This is the most serious long-term threat facing the United States right now. Major news media sources have always been biased, but generally evenly on both sides. Now the right has Fox News (which has been sliding more left in recent years) and the Washington Times. The overwhelming rest of the media is made up of a left-wing echo chamber (yes, right wing sources echo each other, too).

This is how societies disintegrate -- by having media arms tied to regimes, both ideologically and culturally.

 

[Schismz]

This is the most serious long-term threat facing the United States right now. Major news media sources have always been biased, but generally evenly on both sides. Now the right has Fox News (which has been sliding more left in recent years) and the Washington Times. The overwhelming rest of the media is made up of a left-wing echo chamber (yes, right wing sources echo each other, too).

This is how societies disintegrate -- by having media arms tied to regimes, both ideologically and culturally.

Yes, it's called propaganda. I believe one of the world's last effective "journalists" was Julian Assange and Wikileaks which provided a fun window into pulling back the magical curtain of the Current Thing and Its Narrative. Which so upset the owners of the US government, that he's facing what, 180years in prison?

 

[cwosigns]

i don't even understand what people are outraged about. he bought it and owns it, and wants to improve it and everyone is upset because he allows people on there that you have a disagreement with. where is all this self-righteousness coming from? most twitter users are secular so they don't even have a justification for their fake moral codes

Did you really just conflate religion and morality?

 

[crees!]

Looks at clock …48 hours later.

 

[ProfessionalFan]

Looks at clock …48 hours later.

CBS News barely lasted 24 hours when they suspended twitter activity this weekend!

 

[WaxedJacket]

I hope he finds peace.

 

[PauloSera]

Honestly, I really liked Musk and everything he did for the world up until the moment he started getting political and belly-flopped into the Twitter cesspool. The game changing things he could have done for humanity with 44 billion dollars...

I just don't think you realize what a gift to humanity this actually was. Taking down a giant of reality distortion and perception manipulation is all important.

 

[Complex757]

What a whiny dweeb.

Cracks me up these lefties leaving twitter - a site that hosts the most graphic hardcore pornography on the internet - because they are offended… over Donald Trump.

These people are completely ridiculous and deserve to be mocked relentlessly.

The same people who were whining and crying when he was banned in the first place as if Twitter was his right granted by the US Constitution and God. Some of you really lack self awareness, and seem to be typing in to a mirror.

and the what aboutisms that have nothing to do with nothing. What?

 

[visualseed]

I don't know how iron clad the agreement is, but Trump promised that he would exclusively post on Truth Social, would he not be in some breech if he goes back to Twitter?

Update: OK, it appears that the agreement states that Trump has to post on Truth Social first and must wait six hours to post anywhere else including Twitter.

Now I don't know how much money Trump has tied into the whole Truth Social company, I am not turning this thread political, I just don't know how you run for President without Twitter.

My guess is he turns it over to his campaign and they tweet political "Statements"

 

[jjudson]

Yes, it's called propaganda.

 

[eatrains]

It’s funny to see people wasting their time so invested in political nonsense. They eat the “news” 24/7. Their life revolves around following idiots like trump or Biden. And they blame their poor choices on them. You just laugh at these people and how easy it is to pull their strings and move on as intended.

Do you seriously think politics doesn't affect people?

 

[rotax]

Hilarious. Thats like ripping out the stereo in your car because you dont like a station that it can receive's content. I just dont know how people can even choose to live in the same country as some other people? I mean if you are going to commit, commit!

 

[jimbobb24]

Always a huge insult to the citizens of this country that dictators, tyrants, etc had a place on Twitter but not a former president. Politicians praising BLM riots and deaths had a platform. It was always completely ridiculous.

Free speech is free speech. Moderation of who gets to speak was always a terrible idea.

 

[jimbobb24]

The Trump vs No Trump is worst than the Mac vs PC conflict. Huge rift between the two camps. Both sides feel they are on the good side. If you watch news and opinions from both sides, it makes it clear which side to support.

Neither? Trump is an unpredictable narcissistic politician and Biden is a power hungry senile narcissistic politician. I don’t know if the news helps clarify that but just watching for a little while makes that clear. Both are terrible human beings that should never be in power over free people. But both might support some things you support so…you have to make decisions.

 

[pacalis]

Yeah, kinda like how the right throws around words like "socialist" and "groomer" so that they officially mean nothing now.

Like others throw around the word "racist." The post you reacted to negatively was literal proof that racism was not the only potential reason why people were called birthers. And here's a clue - it's all nasty political behavior, all of it.

In my view, people try to feel better about themselves by calling each other names. How this discussion exploded on a thread about Shiller leaving twitter just shows how powerful the needs for false virtue and demonizing others is.

So good riddance to every dork that leaves twitter because they're such amazing people.

I've never used the service, so think of me what you will.

 

[ThisBougieLife]

Like others throw around the word "racist." The post you reacted to negatively was literal proof that racism was not the only potential reason why people were called birthers. And here's a clue - it's all nasty political behavior, all of it.

In my view, people try to feel better about themselves by calling each other names. How this discussion exploded on a thread about Shiller leaving twitter just shows how powerful the needs for false virtue and demonizing others is.

So good riddance to every dork that leaves twitter because they're such amazing people.

I've never used the service, so think of me what you will.

I don't much care for Twitter either and don't use it, but you undermine your point by calling people "dorks" for leaving; you reveal your contempt and your politics.

Birtherism was a racist movement, and I have demonstrated that with multiple posts in this thread. You do yourself no favors by defending it. The point of my quote was not that "racist", "groomer", and "socialist" mean nothing, in fact, the opposite, they continue to have meaning, no matter how many people misuse the terms, and it's a thin and fallacious defense to say "well they have no meaning now, so I guess I can't be racist".

 

[topdrawer]

Did you really just conflate religion and morality?

"the only reason i don't murder people is because of the threat of hell, but atheists are immoral"