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How much longer is Twitter going to last?
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OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
Well, they had Google + but Twitter killed it years ago.

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OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
I started surfing a few things under explore.
3rd page logged me out.


e: hmmm, refreshing main page gave me a log in at the bottom, which I used and it worked.
But then logged me back out again.

OgNar fucked around with this message at 03:23 on Dec 29, 2022

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
e: thought this was fake at 2nd glance, but at 3rd its real

This was on Dec 24th, dont remember hearing about it til now though.

https://twitter.com/ReutersTech/status/1611138057075318787

OgNar fucked around with this message at 05:02 on Jan 6, 2023

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

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Absurd Alhazred posted:

I mean, haveibeenpwned found the email I use for Twitter in this breach.

Yeah, i saw the name Reuterstech and replies saying fake, but then realized those users were conservatives. :D

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
Depends on how ridiculous it is.
If his posts weren't so drat stupid, they wouldn't be news.

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart

Ghost Leviathan posted:

Most news sites are almost completely unusably choked with ads, even WITH an ad blocker.

Ublock Origin really gets 99.999% of any ads for me.
Along with Bypass Paywalls
https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome
And this quick javascript switcher for stuff like Washington post, I rarely have problems accessing any news site.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/quick-javascript-switcher/geddoclleiomckbhadiaipdggiiccfje?hl=en-US
Turning off javascript and its paywall nag for that site will block stuff like images for the news post but will allow me to read it no problem.

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart

Soonmot posted:

I don't use reddit, what is this?

You know when you buy games on Steam now you get Steam points?
If you look at a review for a game you can give those reviews Awards using your points.
Its like that except you are giving Elon money to do so.

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
Crap, that was a tweet from months ago.

NM

It was a fox headline stating Elon thinks he will be assassinated.

Still alive.

OgNar fucked around with this message at 03:34 on Mar 6, 2023

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
I haven't been able to search any topic for 2 days now on Twitter (Chrome pc).
All I get is "Something went wrong, but don't fret--its not your fault"
Clicking on any trending topic also gives same error.
Started yesterday morning.
Browsing followed people works fine.
Disabling ublock doesn't seem to fix it.

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
haha
https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1640013725514997760

"Zoë Schiffer, the managing editor of Platformer, tweeted Saturday that Musk told staff Twitter had been through a period of radical but necessary change because it'd been "about 4 months away from running out of money. Now, he says, the financial incentives of employees should align with the company.""

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-twitter-worth-less-than-half-what-he-paid-2023-3

OgNar fucked around with this message at 19:39 on Mar 26, 2023

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
Elon raking it in now.
https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1649563297690140673

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
https://twitter.com/wapplehouse/status/1649771796239986691

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
See the 'Your resistance only makes my Penis harder' meme for anything Elon related.

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
Biden ripping on Elons ability to ruin things.

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1652500078366449664

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
Oh look, Elon is being an asshat again.
Seems that he is debating on giving control of NPRs twitter to someone he decides even though the TOS says active if they've logged in, not whether they've posted

e:link in tweet is borked, use one below

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173422311/elon-musk-npr-twitter-reassign

https://twitter.com/BobbyAllyn/status/1653559074376515584

"Under Twitter's terms of service, an account's inactivity is based on logging in, not tweeting. Those rules state that an account must be logged into at least every 30 days, and that "prolonged inactivity" can result in it being permanently removed.
Musk did not answer when asked whether he planned to change the platform's definition of inactivity and he declined to say what prompted his new questions about NPR's lack of participation on Twitter."
""Our policy is to recycle handles that are definitively dormant," Musk wrote in another email. "Same policy applies to all accounts. No special treatment for NPR.""

OgNar fucked around with this message at 04:38 on May 3, 2023

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
Saw Orban trending and saw a bunch of videos of him talking about how great Trump is and should come back.
But also saw this.


With my VPN on anything from RT is now getting blocked.
The US gets to see any tweet from them in their full glory though.

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1661503979791216640

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
For a short breakdown.

Hotez makes a comment about Rogan spewing his anti vax disinformation.
Rogan offers him $100k to come on his show and debate RFKjr as some form of validation to turn it around and to use it to further their own ends.
Which he has no intention of doing.
Elon joins in on the childish taunting, because he's a child.
A follower of those 2 then sits outside of Hotezs house so he can confront him and make a video about it for clicks.
It looks like Hotez will be on Mehdi Hasans show tonight to discuss it.

https://twitter.com/axidentaliberal/status/1670279426787901441

https://twitter.com/PeterHotez/status/1670594524937084928

OgNar fucked around with this message at 02:27 on Jun 19, 2023

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
Tales of Twitter Dungeon
e: drat Mastodon doesnt embed
Stories of how they bought Gnip, expanded into its basement and 'desk buddied' 2 people per desk.

A thread
https://mastodon.social/@rodhilton/110561579833908574

"People were asked to come into the office, largely so photos could be taken without it looking abandoned. It didn't work, even the grand opening of the space only brought about 15 people in, 2 of whom were required to be there to staff the front desk.
3 days later, Elon Musk was invited to a company-wide all-hands AMA where he was repeatedly asked about remote work and layoffs, to which he was noncommittal about his plans, though he did talk a bit about alien civilizations."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/judge-ruled-twitter-must-be-evicted-from-colorado-office-over-unpaid-rent/

OgNar fucked around with this message at 10:10 on Jun 19, 2023

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
The being a complete shitbag thing isnt working, now its down to just blurting out dumb poo poo for attention.
So no change I guess.

https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/1671806217721618433

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
Mommy said no.

https://twitter.com/realRevJesus/status/1673113169143930880

https://www.sportsmanor.com/the-fig...ark-zuckerberg/

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
I got this message this morning and it seems that 60k others did also.
That I violated their spam policy, even though I can see I made 3 replies in the last 3 months.

https://twitter.com/QuakerNana/status/1673682777462505474

This site suggests from this tweet that it may be because we use adblock, which is against Twitter policy.

https://twitter.com/bc_news_addict/status/1673687191422398466

https://www.thestreet.com/social-media/elon-musk-accused-of-yet-another-unpleasant-twitter-change


I have never seen an ad on twitter thanks to Ublock Origin on Chrome and am happier for it.

OgNar fucked around with this message at 08:17 on Jun 28, 2023

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
I had never had a Facebook account until I got my Oculus last year.
And had been blocked from viewing most FB posts up until that point.
Zuckerberg had been doing this same thing for most of FBs life.

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

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OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
loving Dave man.

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
Lets check in to see how Threads is doing.

https://twitter.com/itsJeffTiedrich/status/1676781538841620480

Supposedly its already available if you click on the hamburger menu from your Instagram app and you are in the US.
Its app only atm, no web interface.
Comes out later tonight I think though for those not in the US.

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
Linda just straight up lying.

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1689646515726508033

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
Monterey Bay Aquarium had the best farewell tweet of all the other day.

https://twitter.com/MontereyAq/status/1691918497708994915
https://twitter.com/MontereyAq/status/1691918503899742582

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
Is there a Bluesky invite thread?
I have an invite if anyone needs one.

VVVV Sent

OgNar fucked around with this message at 22:25 on Aug 23, 2023

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart

Dick Trauma posted:

I am curious to see what it's like, if the invite's still available.

I follow the Whats Science feed for interesting stuff.
Under Feeds click the gear and search and it'll suggest a few.


e: also this is useful

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aPddaH-d7N53jZm1S3vUrfjVVy5nykPQz6qd7QpPCQE/edit

OgNar fucked around with this message at 22:32 on Aug 23, 2023

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
When your invite is accepted you get auto notified what their name is so you can follow them.
Also once you get invited you randomly start getting codes to pass out.
Not sure if its based on time passed or your usage but i passed out 2 codes this month.

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
Speaking of, I have another bluesky code if any one needs one.
e:sent

OgNar fucked around with this message at 10:22 on Sep 8, 2023

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
Personally I like Blue Sky atm because I can look at interesting posts and not see garbage reply after garbage reply from blue checkmarks.
Its certainly not as useful as Twitter used to be but a refreshing change is nice.

OgNar fucked around with this message at 22:34 on Sep 8, 2023

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart

banned from Starbucks posted:

I don't use Twitter. What is the point of paying to hide a like instead of just...not pressing the like button?

Because some senators/republicans cant help themselves.

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/tennessee-lt-gov-randy-mcnally-gay-instagram-1234694123/

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
"Who wouldn't want Elon Musk at their side"
Hands go up and laughs start.

https://twitter.com/RubSchreurs/status/1707525545729098031

Full interview (38m) here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYymRU-bfpQ

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
For non Twitter social media info...

Discord seems to be having problems with cloudfare and is telling people they are blocked for the last few hours.

https://twitter.com/discord_support/status/1707723388481929704

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
https://twitter.com/clearing_fog/status/1710042019840799103

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
This had to be a gift just so she could say they were advertisers without them actually giving Twitter money.
'Please just give me something'
https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1710405691129692336

OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
Someone in that thread said its $1000 for gold checkmark but the top companies get it for free.

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OgNar
Oct 26, 2002

They tapdance not, neither do they fart
I have tried various extra adblocking extensions for Chrome that supposedly work for that new Youtube timer that might work for a few hours before getting another one.
There is a reddit thread that people have been posting extensions that work, but the 3 i've tried still get that eventually popup.
There are a few people in there saying its happened to them on Firefox also, but most Firefox users dont seem to have gotten it at all.

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