Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by 650REDHAIR on Monday April 25, 2022 @12:33PM
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I had a moderately successful Twitter profile years ago. Few thousand followers, good engagement, etc, but left after awhile because of the effort and the fact that I was no longer in a position that benefited from minor social media stardom. I recently returned with a new account and holy crap the toxicity within the crazy-silo’d communities is off the chains.
It’s not a fun place to be if you aren’t specifically using it to advance your own agenda. Occasionally I will end up on Twitter to read a thread linked from somewhere else, but if I’m forced to log in to read I always close the tab and move on with my day…
Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by nerfhammer on Monday April 25, 2022 @12:57PM
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only a tiny, tiny percent of users achieve "minor social media stardom". solving their problems actually doesn't strictly relate to the experience of the vast majority of users.
Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by parkingrift on Monday April 25, 2022 @02:35PM
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It is alarming that you, and so many others, talk about freedom of speech in such a derogatory or negative manner. Humans and human societies are capable of self governance. It's worked just fine for speech in the real world.
He's come out and said that he's buying it to fulfill some kind of free-speech absolutism fantasy. If you think Twitter is toxic now, wait until it's just Parlor with 100x the users.