I'll call Ms. Musk's misadventure Twitter if I want. She can't stop me.
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I shut down my Xitter (pronounced "*******") account two days after Elmo bought it.
As predicted, it turned into a cesspool of neo-nazis. Why would I ever go back, let alone pay that asshat money?
As predicted, it turned into a cesspool of neo-nazis. Why would I ever go back, let alone pay that asshat money?
His model seems to be "make it 4chan with ads." And the advertisers don't agree.
These are pretty good lines for first dates. Great conversation starters.
Not only that look what they are doing with the ads now, even the hardest Musk fanboys must see how dumb this is.
mashable.com
X rolls out new ad format that can't be reported, blocked
The new ads also don't disclose who the advertiser is or that they are even ads.
mashable.com
should be named: not premium, somewhat premium, a bit more premium!
A page full of hate, not so much because of the actual article so much, but just because the person who owns it doesn’t fully support their political views. All social media apps operate pretty much the same. They all have ads. Watch, my post will be the one that gets deleted.
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Or you can completely go cold turkey and not deal with Twitter which is now X. Do we really need to even use this? I mean it is in there other things in life that are more important to do
Cannot shake the feeling that Elon Musk is re-shaping X as a misinformation machine for 2024 - that new ad-format would go a long way towards that.
Well that would be obvious. Now they can see what other people think because they are not being banned for having different opinions.
False, it was a cesspool before Musk bought it, and instead of improving it, he brought back the worst people and has been day by day making it worse. I don’t know why certain people keep repeating things that are completely untrue? The latest nonsensical ad changes are insane and will be used as propaganda. Surely no nefarious actors will use them against anyone, right??
And not just here, it will be used across the world.
I had long since given up on Twitter as a source of news (long before Musk bought it), but now it's not even remotely a source of information and/or entertainment for me anymore. It's just gross.
Most of the people/sources I followed for tech info have moved on because they're drowned out by "creators" who have no idea what they're talking about, "know-it-alls" who just want to find flaws in every word anyone says, and flat-out negativity.
Most of the people/sources I followed for entertainment reasons have moved on because they're drowned out by political posts. Period.
It's unfortunate that Mastadon is a dumpster fire for all but the most tech-savvy users, and Threads just hasn't caught-on with anyone (numbers aside, since we all know 90% of their registered users are just accounts that got activated from people's Instagram but never actually used).
Most of the people/sources I followed for tech info have moved on because they're drowned out by "creators" who have no idea what they're talking about, "know-it-alls" who just want to find flaws in every word anyone says, and flat-out negativity.
Most of the people/sources I followed for entertainment reasons have moved on because they're drowned out by political posts. Period.
It's unfortunate that Mastadon is a dumpster fire for all but the most tech-savvy users, and Threads just hasn't caught-on with anyone (numbers aside, since we all know 90% of their registered users are just accounts that got activated from people's Instagram but never actually used).
Ultra = Double ads
SuperUltra = Tripple ads
MegaUltra = Only ads, no X
So how much would I get paid for offering my twitter/X for only ads? 🤔
people making fun of this are completely ignorant to the fact that the most annoying cornballs on your timeline need something to spend their money on too 😤
I had to several days ago after a full September month off.
(I joined in 2014)
what irked me was the politico aspect of some moron posts randomly hidden in my friends posts.
In August, she posted turtles in the wild pertain got science and biology
then somehow an ad for a USA political issue in Texas appeared, then 4 anti and pro comments later
while my friend had to delete her turtle post eventually after Xwitr did nothing.
I miss my fiend's (only 8) everyday life posts which some were from Tokyo,
so sad!
it a shame we had to lose such a easy, friendly thing over petty cash.
then maybe others like you should start a rocket company to compete. it's not this one person's fault he chose to risk half of his net worth in making rockets cheap and reusable.
Besides the fact that you only mentioned one of his businesses, your response has absolutely nothing to do with the point of my post. Musk starting a company isn’t a problem. Good for him. It’s ANY ONE person having that much global control that my comment addressed.
My point is, X is a terrible name. It's unusable and hard to even use in a sentence. On top of that, if people don't know what you're referring to, that adds to Musk's misadventure. People won't know what X is about. All these things are good for those of us who hate what he's doing with it or hate the site already.
I think a lot of people are misunderstanding my statement. If you don't like X, think it's a terrible name, and think the change of name will help it fail, then use it. It's his bed, let's make him lie in it!