Davkaus Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 13 minutes ago, Genie said: How are Apple going to measure breaches now though? Twitter has always been a shithole of hate and racism. Why didn’t they give it the boot before? They at least had a moderation policy with adequate staffing to deal with complaints, even if you think they were too soft (and I'd agree). Now, it's essentially 4chan v3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted November 29, 2022 Author Share Posted November 29, 2022 Anyone else noticing Twitter is starting to feel spammier and clunkier now? My feed is full of weird ads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 29, 2022 Moderator Share Posted November 29, 2022 1 minute ago, KentVillan said: Anyone else noticing Twitter is starting to feel spammier and clunkier now? My feed is full of weird ads Our corporate account is definitely getting some very strange followers again. I've no doubt the porn bots will start again soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted November 29, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 29, 2022 9 minutes ago, bickster said: Our corporate account is definitely getting some very strange followers again. I've no doubt the porn bots will start again soon Started seeing them within days of Musk buying it. Loads of twits of ladies with links to no-strings websites in their bio. Or maybe that’s just the algorithm responding to my searches 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted November 30, 2022 Moderator Share Posted November 30, 2022 8 hours ago, Genie said: How are Apple going to measure breaches now though? Twitter has always been a shithole of hate and racism. Why didn’t they give it the boot before? Under their existing terms, if hate speech etc. is moderated (and removed) then that’s the get out for app devs. Musk potted loads of mods, more resigned. So now, in addition to letting back a load of previously banned crazies, twitter appears to be no longer meeting the t&cs under which it is on the Play and Apple app stores. That’s the change, since he took over, no more moderation of hate, plus more hatey users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Apple allows ‘Telegram’ and ‘Truth Social’ in their App Store. It would take something pretty bad for them to remove Twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 30, 2022 Moderator Share Posted November 30, 2022 29 minutes ago, LondonLax said: Apple allows ‘Telegram’ and ‘Truth Social’ in their App Store. It would take something pretty bad for them to remove Twitter. Not really, it's all about optics. Telegram and TS don't even hit the usage stats in the US. Their userbase is that low. Twiter is only used by 23% of the population by way of comparison, even Reddit is now climbing and at 18%. Facebook is flatlining but at 69% but Youtube is the daddy at 81% and still climbing. Twitter's usage has been in slight decline for a few years, it's a niche platform at best. Telegram and TS are just very obscure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 38 minutes ago, LondonLax said: Apple allows ‘Telegram’ and ‘Truth Social’ in their App Store. It would take something pretty bad for them to remove Twitter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 9 hours ago, Davkaus said: They at least had a moderation policy with adequate staffing to deal with complaints, even if you think they were too soft (and I'd agree). Now, it's essentially 4chan v3 What was 4chan v2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Twitter will fade into memory, probably with a result that Musk will no longer control Tesla as he'll have to dump shares to stay afloat. Good riddance. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Twitter have stopped taking action against covid misinformation accounts from today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 30, 2022 Moderator Share Posted November 30, 2022 4 minutes ago, Genie said: Twitter have stopped taking action against covid misinformation accounts from today. to be honest, they didn't do THAT much in that direction anyway. It was a five strikes policy and to actually get perma-banned you had to breach it many more times than that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 2 minutes ago, bickster said: to be honest, they didn't do THAT much in that direction anyway. It was a five strikes policy and to actually get perma-banned you had to breach it many more times than that Still, another step towards pushing the doors fully open to idiots, madmen and bots. I am starting to think it’s like Brewster millions and he’s bet someone he can sink it completely within 6 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 32 minutes ago, Genie said: I am starting to think it’s like Brewster millions and he’s bet someone he can sink it completely within 6 months. He's just not as smart as people think he is. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 30, 2022 Moderator Share Posted November 30, 2022 1 minute ago, villa89 said: He's just not as smart as people think he is. He's also not as smart as he thinks he is either 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 9 minutes ago, bickster said: He's also not as smart as he thinks he is either That’s the most dangerous bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted November 30, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 30, 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, bickster said: He's also not as smart as he thinks he is either Yes, I think this is case. He's had a run of luck. Thrown some mad ideas out there and managed to make it work with a mixture of bravado/bullying/throwing obscene amounts of money at projects. But I think he believes he's some kind of genius miracle worker with a golden touch. I think he's misread the room massively and is not half so clever as he thinks he it. Thing is you can bullshit, bluster and bully people who work for you (to a differing extent) but the general public don't have to take any of that. He's also got some failures you don't hear much about like the cars on rollerskates and solar tiles. There are probably more. Maybe he's just too distracted from some of these projects or maybe he's got it wrong/overstretched himself. Burning Twitter ain't going to help any though. Edited November 30, 2022 by sidcow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Good rule to follow. If you're on the same side as Tucker Carlson you're on the wrong side. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 6 minutes ago, DCJonah said: Good rule to follow. If you're on the same side as Tucker Carlson you're on the wrong side. I don’t personally know him but I assume it’s like Nigel Farage in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 40 minutes ago, Genie said: I don’t personally know him but I assume it’s like Nigel Farage in the UK. Worse IMO, because he dresses up like a newsreader rather than a politician 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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