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Meta’s version of Twitter (Threads) went live this morning
Have you seen how much data Meta wants to collect on Threads users though? Surveillance capitalism at its worst - no wonder they’re not trying to launch it in the EU.
Have you seen how much data Meta wants to collect on Threads users though? Surveillance capitalism at its worst – no wonder they’re not trying to launch it in the EU.
this is the same for facebook and insta et al. It's the accounts being linked to insta that's the EU blocker
Someone posted the permissions list in the other thread and it all looked pretty normal (as in normally intrusive) to me.
There is the small issue at the moment tho - where if you delete your Threads account it'll take you Insta account with it.
There is the small issue at the moment tho – where if you delete your Threads account it’ll take you Insta account with it.
Threads is basically a new UI for instagram's database, they are the same accounts atm. I think this was thrown out the door as quickly as possible
Let’s just hope Meta let this thing be used to converse with the people you really want to.
What makes you think they're suddenly going to do that?
Apparently now more than 70 million signups in the first two days. For context, Twitter have about 450 million unique users in a month. I imagine Elon is sweating a bit.
It's kind of impressive that Musk has managed to make Facebook/Meta/Zuckerberg seem like the better option for once.
Flaccid or erect?
Don't worry he's going to use ai to figure out the true nature of the universe. Something to look forward to, thanks Elon!
As a total aside, anyone managed to get a Bluesky invite? Is it any good?
Yeh, that is just going to ramp up harrasment of anyone remotely vulnerable, and the Twitter article I read just before that was of a couple of advertisers pulling out as their ad were being playing on Nazi accounts. So its going well.
It’s the classic misunderstanding on the overgrown toddler’s part that just because people have the right to freedom of speech, that doesn’t trump others’ right not to listen to them.
This’ll just drive off users and advertisers, unless he’s planning to beef up moderation/reporting which seems… unlikely.
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I dont know if community notes has that completely right but quite amusing regardless
removing the block function would make twitter unbearable
if he goes ahead with it, expect a swift U-turn
Just a suspicion, but I think it's possible that they looked at the data and noticed that non-Blue Checks were disproportionately blocking Blue Checks and figured that this would mostly upset non-subscribers and please the Blue Check subscribers.
Amy Musk fanboys want to comment on what a genius he is?
I think the Musk fanbois stick to the electric car thread.
Well, he paid $44b and its now valued at $4b, which is actually quite an impressive achievement
https://time.com/6297303/twitter-x-rebrand-cost/
Well, on the bright side, he did make a small fortune, he just started with a large fortune.
Is it $13b borrowed for that purchase? I dont want to even try imagine owing that much money (although google suggests its Twitter that owes it)
He didn't buy twitter, he bought a fully formed user base for his new online banking project. It doesn't really matter that he's lost loads of users as they aren't the kind of people who would have signed up to his one stop shop anyway.
I'm not suggesting he's clever but if he can tap into the MAGA bunch with his free speech as long as it's my free speech thing and then get them to bank with him, he'll see the returns he wants.
TBF, it's as likely that this was done inadvertently as deliberately.
https://twitter.com/tomcoates/status/1692922211416334597
Apparently it's a breaking-of-links issue rather than a deletion issue. Which is worse, but is probably more easily fixable/reversible if applicable.
The'll be restoring from backup as we speak.
He didn’t buy twitter, he bought a fully formed user base for his new online banking project.
This would be the same banking project that was such a good idea that the PayPal board forced him out when he tried it there.
I’m not honestly sure that this was the ulterior motive when he bought Twitter (which I think was a combination of his enthusiasm for ‘free speech’ and it being too good an offer for the Twitter board to pass up) but it might be now.
Behind it all, he’s a massive self-publicist who got lucky and who isn’t as clever as he or his f@n80is think.
I’m not honestly sure that this was the ulterior motive when he bought Twitter
Question for everyone really, Do you trust Twitter more now or before Musk took over?
Question for everyone really, Do you trust Twitter more now or before Musk took over?
I've entirely stopped using it, it's just toxic garbage. If X was the last bank/social-media mashup on the planet I still would not use it.
Yep, I'm off it for good too. I miss Fesshole and Anon Opin but I'll survive on the snippets in the b3ta weekly email....
Question for everyone really, Do you trust Twitter more now or before Musk took over?
I'll answer this by not actually answering it
https://twitter.com/PCMag/status/1692587937219678228?t=Nd9DGavD2kIkZdTuy0WcSg&s=19
Also dont fancy trying to hang on to the MAGA crowd if they need to sign in with facial recognition.
I currently used Twitter with fake details and a VPN.
For those in GDPR, youd be consenting to sending your data outside of GDPR from what I can see.
Absolutely nothing has changed on Twitter for me, apart from the logo and more ads for stuff i dont care about. I never ever look at anything on the "for you" tab.
Just to partly correct that last post of mine
https://twitter.com/xDaily/status/1691867855317500000?s=20
@imkster Surely that’s rhetorical?
Some kind soul gave me a Bluesky invite today - seems a but rustic (eg. no iPad support) and not many people obviously on it but we’ll see…
This is a handy refresher on Musk's bullshittery.
https://twitter.com/youwouldntpost/status/1693321900787630397
This would be the same banking project that was such a good idea that the PayPal board forced him out when he tried it there.
Yeah, it's really unlike billionaire old white men to hold a grudge and try to prove they they were right all along, even if that comes at the distraction of technology and society.
Is Musk really this stupid or is he just trolling?
https://twitter.com/BradMossEsq/status/1698707749742252330
Stealth ads now. Just not a trustworthy service. But I guess everyone here has already dumped it… yeah?
I just block any promoted posts. I don't follow many people so they don't need to be labelled for me to see if they're an ad or not.
A $1 a year fee does seem so low that it may be being used to stop bots, unless those pesky bots have their own card/bank account.
Payment plans don't stop bots, they tax them.