As opposed to the unchecked proliferation of child castration a mutilation propaganda that was going on before he took over?
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Truth Social is also a nice Twitter alternative.
He bans journalists and competitors he disagrees with. He constantly claims things like “you will now receive money for views”, but you don’t. It’s just a hype lie to get subscribers to Twitter Blue.
I’ll take Zuck.
Yeah, I’ve never seen any of that before or after he took over.
Most studies show that Meta does a better job handling it than even Twitter.
Yeah how could a guy that sued a companies founders to get himself listed as a founder when he wasn't, then built up that company that's had years of losses by taking millions in tax breaks and grants while jacking up stock prices, then complains about other companies that get government funding are untrust worthy due to their govt connections, repeatedly does the opposite of what he says, threatens people that openly state opposite opinions of his own and give his products bad reviews, and refuses to pay the bills to vendors/landlords of a company he just bought ever be corrupt....
Which, speaking for myself at least, is also why I’m not on Instagram… or any Meta product for that matter.
The great new one will be the one that’s able to soak up all those dollars that were earmarked for Twitter but has gone unspent. Open source “something” will always be available, but the one that pulls in those dollars will be set for the long haul.
If I had a FB or IG acct I'd trust Meta over Twitter. At least then it's just 1 company data mining my crap and selling it, instead of two separate ones.
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, but I'm a bit disappointed that Threads is currently showing mostly posts from people you don't know on your timeline rather than people/organisations you follow. I used to use Twitter purely as a breaking news feed from reputable news sources only (not as a social media platform), and I was hoping Threads might be an alternative for that use case. Maybe that will change as it develops, but I'm not holding my breath.
On the plus side, every other post isn't some crazy mutterings from their CEO, so I guess that's one advantage.
On the plus side, every other post isn't some crazy mutterings from their CEO, so I guess that's one advantage.
unless it allows adult content, it will probably be DOA...
He literally fired most the staff that works to prevent kiddy stuff and the "actions" he took were programs already in the works and scheduled to be deployed. He look 0 action at all other than "didnt stop already planned actions"
But the fact you actually think it was "unchecked" proves how much you rely on right wing media and not actual facts. I don't know ANY person that ever saw kiddy stuff on twitter and I work in social media marketing. You had to explicitly look for it or be in the circle/connection of a lot of other kiddy pervs for the algorithm to think you wanted to see it. It didnt "just magically show up" on your feed. Anyone who swears it "just somehow showed up" I literally Do. Not. Believe.
Ok. I’ll start with his multi-year ******** lie about FSD being just around the corner.
PSA: Ignore what the snake oil salesman says. Instead, listen to what Tesla engineers tell state regulators. Newsflash, one group of people are being honest. The other person is an *******.
The media love that there is now a new contender to move away from Musk because he doesn’t align with their politics.
I prefer zuckerberg to Elon. Like, by a lot.
There are definitely some racist POSs on Twitter. But they should still be allowed to speak.
The only Threads related thing I’ll be interested in!
Elon or not, I am sticking with Twitter for such media. The $P@M on Meta platforms is diabolicle, and they continue to fail on controlling it or killing the sources.
Waiting for a "Promote it on ******" response to this post from a META bot.
Waiting for a "Promote it on ******" response to this post from a META bot.
that makes no sense. Anyone, including you, could've done what he did at Tesla 20 years ago if you think all it took was 'taking tax breaks, grants, jacking up stock price'. But you didn't, and he did. How does that make him corrupt? You made it sound like it's something as easy as snap a finger then an EV, an unproven technology in 2000s would just appear. Government issued grants and tax breaks all the time to encourage entrepreneurs to take on risks in new industry. GM received government bailout and never paid back. Why aren't you complaining about them?
Hard pass from me.
- Privacy nightmare
- Have to make an Instagram account
- No desktop or iPad experience
- Discoverability seems low (I mainly “use” Twitter to follow a few organizations and companies that use it as their main communication channel, whereas Threads seems focused on following real life people you know).
- For how I use Twitter, I don’t see how Threads offers any better of an experience (there has to be a compelling reason for people to want to migrate, aside from “new and shiny”).
Aside from my own personal gripes, I don’t see this succeeding unless Twitter actually dies. They’re too similar of a product to both do well, practically speaking. Big companies and advertisers will want one clear winner, and unless they move over, the average user won’t either. Social networks are very sticky things at that size. I’ll predict that one of these will be either entirely shut down or virtually dead within a year.
- Privacy nightmare
- Have to make an Instagram account
- No desktop or iPad experience
- Discoverability seems low (I mainly “use” Twitter to follow a few organizations and companies that use it as their main communication channel, whereas Threads seems focused on following real life people you know).
- For how I use Twitter, I don’t see how Threads offers any better of an experience (there has to be a compelling reason for people to want to migrate, aside from “new and shiny”).
Aside from my own personal gripes, I don’t see this succeeding unless Twitter actually dies. They’re too similar of a product to both do well, practically speaking. Big companies and advertisers will want one clear winner, and unless they move over, the average user won’t either. Social networks are very sticky things at that size. I’ll predict that one of these will be either entirely shut down or virtually dead within a year.
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Considering how Musk is already pissing off the Twitterverse i wouldn't be so sure