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nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013
Elonng Musk is having a massive meltdown right now banning a whole fuckton of big twitter accounts who have been critical about him over the last day or so

https://twitter.com/theserfstv/status/1603559420784693248

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Phoix
Jul 20, 2006




nine-gear crow posted:

Elonng Musk is having a massive meltdown right now banning a whole fuckton of big twitter accounts who have been critical about him over the last day or so



The list is growing by the minute. Seems like the first ones hit were people who contacted the LAPD to ask about his stalker story, then a bunch of people who shared the statement from the LAPD, and now just anyone who has been mean to him in the last few days

FlamingLiberal
Jan 18, 2009

Would you like to play a game?



nine-gear crow posted:

Elonng Musk is having a massive meltdown right now banning a whole fuckton of big twitter accounts who have been critical about him over the last day or so

https://twitter.com/theserfstv/status/1603559420784693248
Also Keith Olbermann

nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013

Phoix posted:

The list is growing by the minute. Seems like the first ones hit were people who contacted the LAPD to ask about his stalker story, then a bunch of people who shared the statement from the LAPD, and now just anyone who has been mean to him in the last few days

https://twitter.com/cmclymer/status/1603562427131596820

Olbermann got got too.

e: beaten

MixMasterMalaria
Jul 26, 2007
Less Homelander, more wish version of the already mockable Captain Amazing from mystery men.

thedavid
Oct 29, 2004

Starting on 9/11 this year I've 'season passed' Keith Olbermann on my tivo.

Also, Golden Girls.

Awful.

Made a mastodon account tonight, even if I think that’s going to not reach critical mass.

Edit: Yes, I usually just lurk, but felt like this post was special.

Leon Trotsky 2012
Aug 27, 2009

YOU CAN TRUST ME!*


*Israeli Government-affiliated poster
Musk is now banning journalists who are reporting on his banning of other journalists.

This is a full on meltdown live. I have to think he eventually backs down and makes up some kind of excuse to reinstate them.

Up to 38 bans so far.

https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/1603563516321239040

Leon Trotsky 2012
Aug 27, 2009

YOU CAN TRUST ME!*


*Israeli Government-affiliated poster
Bloodbath of major reporters covering Musk:

https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1603552557221269505
https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1603554786653134848
https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1603558021120118784
https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1603562916048908288
https://twitter.com/MarkHNewton/status/1603560476666904576
https://twitter.com/_Fiat_Lux__/status/1603554939942633473
https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1603557464322056192

Phoix
Jul 20, 2006




Elon claiming it was because of people reposting ElonJet stuff even though almost none of the banned accounts were tweeting about it

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603573725978275841

Barrel Cactaur
Oct 6, 2021

Death spiral intensifies

I AM GRANDO
Aug 20, 2006

Lowtax speedrun is really going places.

Charlz Guybon
Nov 16, 2010

Rigel posted:

Correct, the Senate is going to be busy working on other things, this won't get a vote and it would need 60* votes anyway.
Nope,IIRC the constitution specifies that votes to ratify new states is by majority. This is entirely on Dems.

Eric Cantonese
Dec 21, 2004

You should hear my accent.

Barrel Cactaur posted:

Death spiral intensifies

Is traffic decreasing yet? Is revenue plummeting? If not, is it really a death spiral?

Leon Trotsky 2012
Aug 27, 2009

YOU CAN TRUST ME!*


*Israeli Government-affiliated poster
Twitter just updated their terms of service to say that posting pictures or videos of anyone without their consent will earn you a ban.

quote:

December 2022

In addition, you may not share private media, such as images or videos of private individuals, without their consent.

https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-information

Main Paineframe
Oct 27, 2010
Looks like the guy who attacked Pelosi's husband is going on trial for attempted murder, among other things, and we're already getting more info coming out from the hearings.

https://twitter.com/AmyLarson25/status/1603129515747573760
(full coverage at KRON4 News)

He was pretty open about his motives to police interrogators, too.

quote:

Hurley: Do you know why you are in custody?

DePape: Oh absolutely. I’m not trying to get away with it. I know exactly what I did. The lies are insane. People in Washington. It originates with Hillary. Honestly, day in and day out, the person on TV lying every day was (Nancy) Pelosi. It’s f**king insane the crime spree the Democrats have been on, persecuting the rival campaign.

Hurley: Do you mean the Trump campaign?

DePape: Yes Trump. (The Democrats) go from one crime to another crime. It’s a whole f**king four years. It’s unacceptable.

Hurley: What was your intention going there (Pelosi’s house)?

DePape: Well, I was basically going to hold her hostage and talk to her. If she told the truth, I’d let her go. If she told a lie, I’d break her kneecaps.

Hurley: Did you really think that she would tell the truth?

DePape: No.

Also, I don't remember seeing it posted here previously, but apparently people found his blogs a couple months ago and were able to trace his political evolution. He started off as a Green Party supporter who made hemp jewelry and hung out with nudism activists, but then he started getting really into Gamergate. Not too long after that, his girlfriend left him and took the kids. From there, he followed the increasingly familiar trajectory of Extremely Divorced white guys becoming obsessed with hating feminism and "wokeism", and then spiraling ever deeper into the far-right rabbit hole from there. By 2022, he was spouting full-on white supremacism and open transphobia.

Quorum
Sep 24, 2014

REMIND ME AGAIN HOW THE LITTLE HORSE-SHAPED ONES MOVE?

Charlz Guybon posted:

Nope,IIRC the constitution specifies that votes to ratify new states is by majority. This is entirely on Dems.

You're incorrect.

quote:

Section. 3.

New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.

That's all the Constitution says, which means the procedures for Congress admitting states are set by Congress, which means the existing rules (i.e. the filibuster) apply where no exception has previously been defined.

(To be fair, the claim that a statehood vote requires a simple majority is technically correct, the best kind of correct. It just requires a cloture vote first in the Senate.)

Spiffster
Oct 7, 2009

I'm good... I Haven't slept for a solid 83 hours, but yeah... I'm good...


Lipstick Apathy
What a loving poo poo show this all is. He’s Calvinballing with terms and conditions now to justify his poo poo reactions to things he’s pissed about. It’d be hilarious if it wasnt just a huge flex featuring his insecurity of being disliked and his astronomical wealth

BDawg
May 19, 2004

In Full Stereo Symphony

Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:

Twitter just updated their terms of service to say that posting pictures or videos of anyone without their consent will earn you a ban.

https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-information

Unless it’s of Hunter Biden?

RBA Starblade
Apr 28, 2008

Going Home.

Games Idiot Court Jester

Green party to lunatic chud seems increasingly common.

Leon Trotsky 2012
Aug 27, 2009

YOU CAN TRUST ME!*


*Israeli Government-affiliated poster

BDawg posted:

Unless it’s of Hunter Biden?

To be fair, it does say "public figures are exempted."

They also updated it again just a few minutes ago to say that encouraging or sharing pictures of people without their authorization or consent is a ban too.

quote:

You may not publish or post other people's private information without their express authorization and permission. We also prohibit threatening to expose private information or incentivizing others to do so.

In addition, you may not share private media, such as images or videos of private individuals, without their consent. However, we recognise that there are instances where users may share images or videos of private individuals, who are not public figures, as part of a newsworthy event or to further public discourse on issues or events of public interest. In such cases, we may allow the media to remain on the platform. 

Seems like they are updating the policy every 10 minutes in the last hour. This is update #4.

SubG
Aug 19, 2004

It's a hard world for little things.

Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:

Twitter just updated their terms of service to say that posting pictures or videos of anyone without their consent will earn you a ban.

https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-information
Didn't Musk do precisely that like, within the past 24 hours? As in doing that was the thing that started all the reporting that he's now banning people for.

Tarezax
Sep 12, 2009

MORT cancels dance: interrupted by MORT

Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:

Twitter just updated their terms of service to say that posting pictures or videos of anyone without their consent will earn you a ban.

https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-information

He ought to ban himself for posting that video of the guy who supposedly accosted the car carrying Elon's son

Quorum
Sep 24, 2014

REMIND ME AGAIN HOW THE LITTLE HORSE-SHAPED ONES MOVE?

Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:

To be fair, it does say "public figures are exempted."

They also updated it again just a few minutes ago to say that encouraging or sharing pictures of people without their authorization or consent is a ban too.

Seems like they are updating the policy every 10 minutes in the last hour. This is update #4.

quote:

However, we recognise that there are instances where users may share images or videos of private individuals, who are not public figures, as part of a newsworthy event or to further public discourse on issues or events of public interest. In such cases, we may allow the media to remain on the platform. 

This seems to be basically just the "posting videos of trans people and drag queens is fine because it's ~~furthering Elon's personal bigotry public discourse~~" rule.

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

Eric Cantonese posted:

Is traffic decreasing yet? Is revenue plummeting? If not, is it really a death spiral?

Revenue is, in fact, plummeting.

quote:

The World Cup has historically been a boon for Twitter, bringing in record traffic and an influx of advertising dollars.

But this time, when the global soccer tournament started on Nov. 20, Twitter’s U.S. ad revenue was running at 80 percent below internal expectations for that week, three people with knowledge of the figures said.

[. . .]

Many of the company’s troubles can be traced to Mr. Musk’s takeover in late October. Since then, advertisers — which provide 90 percent of Twitter’s revenue — have paused some spending on the platform, citing concerns about how Mr. Musk might change the service. The billionaire, a self-described “free speech absolutist,” has reinstated banned accounts and dropped at least one misinformation policy. Hate speech on Twitter has soared in recent weeks, researchers found.

Phoix
Jul 20, 2006




Real time updating of the TOS to reflect Elon's desires vs what the lawyers tell him is actually doable is a surreal bit

Leon Trotsky 2012
Aug 27, 2009

YOU CAN TRUST ME!*


*Israeli Government-affiliated poster

SubG posted:

Didn't Musk do precisely that like, within the past 24 hours? As in doing that was the thing that started all the reporting that he's now banning people for.

Yes. One of the accounts they banned was a reporter pointing this out, lol.

Looks like Musk is blocking Mastadon links on Twitter now too. Existing links are now given a warning and you are blocked from posting new ones.

https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1603580065341644802
https://twitter.com/charles_gaba/status/1603579605654376448

haveblue
Aug 15, 2005



Toilet Rascal

Eric Cantonese posted:

Is traffic decreasing yet? Is revenue plummeting? If not, is it really a death spiral?

1. Unclear but likely. 2. Definitely. Half a death spiral, then

Spiffster
Oct 7, 2009

I'm good... I Haven't slept for a solid 83 hours, but yeah... I'm good...


Lipstick Apathy
Any bets on how much longer twitter will limp along for before it goes the way of MySpace?

Bar Ran Dun
Jan 22, 2006




That seems like a good way to get regulated.

Edit : I think something similar got Microsoft in trouble with browsers (Netscape) back in the day.

Bar Ran Dun fucked around with this message at 04:10 on Dec 16, 2022

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

Spiffster posted:

Any bets on how much longer twitter will limp along for before it goes the way of MySpace?

I have no idea, but I'd put money that this is going to speed it up significantly.

haveblue
Aug 15, 2005



Toilet Rascal

Bar Ran Dun posted:

That seems like a good way to get regulated.

He’ll get regulated when he starts mass banning Democrats and RINOs

Gyges
Aug 4, 2004

NOW NO ONE
RECOGNIZE HULK

MadJackal posted:

It’s so enjoyable seeing the line where even his own diehards realize the grift.

I honestly believe this and the boring re-election announcement are an inflection point where his primary numbers nosedive and DeSantis starts flexing his moronic grassroot support.

DeSantis popularity and support are going to take a big hit once he actually has to campaign nationally. The dude is a huge loving goober with no real ability to play his persona in a live setting. All but one of his political races have been layups, and he has the personal bravery of a chicken. The one actual race he won, against a black mayor with very public State corruption investigations and a very public FBI investigation, was won by .4%.

Republican primaries are a dumpster fire, and no one can predict who eventually survives the flames. However, a yellowbelly brown noser like DeSantis is very likely to implode.

Stabbey_the_Clown
Sep 21, 2002

Are... are you quite sure you really want to say that?
Taco Defender

Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:

Twitter just updated their terms of service to say that posting pictures or videos of anyone without their consent will earn you a ban.

https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-information

So anything showing a crowd of people is a bannable offense?

Phoix
Jul 20, 2006




Stabbey_the_Clown posted:

So anything showing a crowd of people is a bannable offense?

Honestly just assume anything that offends a right-winger will get you banned currently

Young Freud
Nov 26, 2006

Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:

Twitter just updated their terms of service to say that posting pictures or videos of anyone without their consent will earn you a ban.

https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-information

It doesn't matter. The only rule and policy is Elon makes the rules. He's going to let Libs Of TikTok still do what she's been doing, but no one can show her face now that it's been revealed without getting banned.

BrainDance
May 8, 2007

Disco all night long!

Phoix posted:

Elon claiming it was because of people reposting ElonJet stuff even though almost none of the banned accounts were tweeting about it

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603573725978275841

When I think about it, like 90% of journalism could be considered doxxing if you try hard enough. Literally all news about people. No one thinks that way because its loving stupid but I guess that's the direction Elons gonna take.

Leon Trotsky 2012
Aug 27, 2009

YOU CAN TRUST ME!*


*Israeli Government-affiliated poster
Musk says everyone he banned was "posting assassination coordinates" about him.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603587970832793600

Note: The "obvious violation of Twitter's terms of service" were violations of terms he added after they were banned.

Phoix
Jul 20, 2006




Elon is extremely concerned with the stinger missile contingent

Carew
Jun 22, 2006
Following publicly available private jet tracking data is basically how Agent 47 hunts down his targets.

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Mendrian
Jan 6, 2013

Yes of course 'assassination coordinates' jesus christ this dude has lost it.

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