It’s going to be amazing to watch how quickly Twitter loses its utility when liberals eventually flee the site and it turns into Gab or Parler or Truth Social.
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Hopefully we can welcome different voices. IMO it’s not so much about opinions it’s about acceptable behaviour. I’m not hopeful finding a meeting point in the short term as crap behaviour has elsewhere become the new normal. Hopefully tho things will settle down a little?
bluesky has the potential to become a place where interested and curious people come together and discuss things. #truthfinding instead "owningthelibs".
The other site is just rage baiting, trolling and misinformation now. No serious and/or intelligent thoughts anymore.
Xitter (pronounced as shitter) did not _have_ to become a alt-right, christofascist echo chamber. But they sure did everything they could to become just that.
Sounds like you’re not reading my message in good faith. I have no desire to debate with people who are just looking for a gotcha. Have a good night, don’t let that block hit you too hard on your way out the door.
I'm only trying to point out, in good faith, that language extremes can enter a conversation very quickly. This discourages honest discourse. I asked you to reconsider the either/or classifications in your message.
That's kind of how adults interact.
Don't stress. People in the center and on the left disagree and debate about a lot of things. Consensus is reserved for the biggies - like hating nazis and everything they stand for. Eventually, a lot of conservatives will find their way here, too.
I’ve watched nearly every video you’ve made. You’ll get me back as a subscriber when you stop with the clickbait titles. My outrage button is worn out. Trumps campaign suffered many “FATAL BLOWS” but he’s thriving nicely.
I am so thankful for the work you do. As progressive living in the South, we are starved of these types of factual conversations about the state of affairs. I am not sure if the rest of the country is fully aware of the conservative stronghold that is here and the toll it is taking.
Following you there and pretty much everywhere else…except Twitter now.
I finally deactivated my account today.
And, I subscribe to your emails.
Thank you for your voice.
Also, thank you for all the times you bring the receipts! ✊😎
I have watched your YouTube for years. I bought your book and really enjoyed the read. You are one of my favourites. Even though I am Canadian I follow closely US politics because it affects us too. Elon is now trying to help our very own Maple Maga. Not going to happen.
Twitter won't lose utility until institutional and commercial subscribers leave. Too many services use it as a connection to clientele. Politicians, bus/train companies, utilities, ....
They won't go until the market falls out and they have to hire someone costly to rejig things for them.
Trump is making rules for "freedom" of speech focusing on his and Elon's platforms. Another grift. Will use new rule to censor other sites as violations.
I got banned for life for making offensive remarks to Donald Trump & Ted Cruz, so I've BEEN off Twitter for 5 years now. If you stay ready you don't have to get ready.
We need to continue to encourage others to leave Twitter for good. We can win if we fight. I’m only using Twitter because I have 3 weeks left on my premium, so I’m using that signal boost it provides to encourage others to leave Twitter. Once it runs out, I’m deleting the account.
I think Elmo is trying to stop us from deactivating our accounts. I, also, was told my passwords were incorrect even though I’d written them down. So, I just turned my account profiles into ads for Bluesky & deleted the app.
I tried deactivating and was told it was the wrong password. So I logged out and somehow logged back in with the same password without issue, tried deactivating again, and was again told “wrong password”.
Just think of any of your common passwords or gmail it's under. I hope this helps. Mine was linked to my Gmail, and I updated my password then deactivated it. I forgot mines to. A phone number can also help. 😊
My husband is trying to deactivate his right now and they are making it hard. He can’t do it on the app at all and just going in circles on the desktop. But I’m sure it’s just a coincidence…
Actually, I wouldn’t recommend deactivating your account because X is going to sell to advertisers based on user counts. They’ll see high user counts and charge a bunch but, as people flee and leave open active accounts and never interact with those ads, the companies will see low pull through and
if the price is high on X and the pull through low… it may mean higher revenue for X now but the velocity of advertisers leaving due to it being a poor investment for the cost will be greater later and it’ll be way more difficult to get those advertisers back.
Like, if X just becomes a place in the advertising firm world where cash just gets burned, ad firms will stop suggesting it as a buy because that hurts their bottom line too.
Same. I had three different accounts on X, and deleted all three. Elon can go f himself, as far as I'm concerned. I've just had it with corrupt people.
Twitter and truth social seem to be similar platforms. My guess is Trump will sell his stocks in djt and they’ll merge the two platforms. Either way, I’m sure both are just a cesspool of hate and misinformation, at this point.
In thee end, X (formerly Twitter) will be an abandoned shopping mall, sitting out in thee neighborhood and gathering dust and cobwebs . . . . eventually demolished to become an apartment complex for people looking to live where past, outdated milieu had once deteriorated.
Those psychos will just follow the Liberals wherever they go b/c the reality is they can't stand each other over there & they live to bully, harass & troll.
Sad to say, just got my first Hi Micheal. I'm sad and lonely excessive cleavage soft porn post.
Instant block. Bots attracted to all the new traffic here.
Mark my words.Twitter and Truth social are going to merge sooner than later because they're both sinking ships full of the same mostly far right Kool-Aid drinking fanatics. You can't have a Burger King next to a McDonald's in a town of 500.
Yeah, but Elon is also a narcissist, so he gets off on attention, like Trump does. So, it will bother Elon that he's lost control of us, and we don't have to listen to him anymore.
At the decline rate, with Elon owing money to the investors that helped him buy Twitter. The rumors of truth social merging with Twitter may have to happen. Please feel free to stay on Twitter if it's your preference. The bigotry is a lil much for some of us.
When I downloaded the Bluesky app, there was an ad for (un)Truth Social at the top of Play Store. I reported the TS app to Google for TOS violations, lol.
Is there anyone liberal, progressive, or socialist left on Twitter? Elon Musk banned me for saying cisgender to many times while it was still called Twitter.
I don’t think that’s the answer. The problem with twitter was the lack of moderation. These people exist and avoiding them does nothing. If anything it’s time to go as low as them. Humiliate them on every lie, destroy them on their lack of knowledge. That’s my plan when I engage the bad faith ones.
We have the power to do more than this, yes we can. The thing is, we all have the ability to bring spending to a halt. When things are dirt cheap, only buy to donate. Get whatever you can for free. Hunker down. END corporate media even at the local level.
Since I've joined here, I keep jumping back and forth. I think I'll follow the same path and kill that nonsense once and for all. I know a lot of people have been urging users not to leave that platform, to stay and fight. But that s*** is just too exhausting over there. We can fight from here 🇺🇸💪
I deleted three of my X accounts today. I had stopped using them anyway. Elon doesn't deserve to have any if us there. It's very liberating to delete the accounts with a loud, FU Elon! 😊
Do it! I did three days ago. Had a bit of withdrawal the next day, but I feel so much better without it. Most of the “experts” I followed on Xitter are here now.
On Twitter 12 years. Deactivated yesterday, thought i’d be in withdrawal, but I’ve already had more sane conversations and followed more interesting people than in all those years on T.
If you have the Twitter icon on your home screen just put it away somewhere that isn't easily accessible (a folder, buried in an app tray, etc) and replace it with BlueSky. See how the flow works so you don't delete your account but you make BSky your new norm until you feel comfortable deleting X.
People can send a message to businesses all over the country that support the Fascist Pig and hit them where it hurts the most, in their wallets. Stop watching corporate media and sink their ratings. We need to post lists so people can stay informed as to who to boycott and who to buy from.
I intend on blocking every one of them. If everyone ignores them, or blocks them (even better), eventually they'll only have each other to message. What fun will that be for them?
I should have decided this years ago but it's never too late to make a change. Attention is what they want. I'm not giving it to them. I've never actually cared what they thought, despite being roped in, so why start now? No bearing on my life whatsoever.
They don't want to admit it, but they're offended. Here's a reaction to one of my mutuals announcing he's leaving. This person obvs wants him to stay and argue. Well, too bad UTS. He said nope.
Funny how they always try to frame it as freedom of speech. Yeah hun, you have freedom of speech, but it comes with consequences. And the consequence here is BLOCK
Today is the first day I've utilized block. And not for reasonable opposing ideas. It was definitely trolling...something about antifa and another was the drunk cackler.
They're apparently mad because...
1. they won
2. people don't feel how they want them to
3. people they don't know are leaving Xitter
4. Bluesky exists
5. it's Tuesday
6. Arbor Day
7. other
😉😅
You don’t say! I interacted with one earlier and guess what? He was starting to settle like posting things, sharing articles. Do they even realize that they are betraying their dark gothic MAGA leader when they do that? I think they like it here too 😳
Most of the remaining accounts milling around agreeing with each other, heavily sighing that they "haven't called anyone ______tard, or posted a clown emoji in a month". How will they go on?
The only problem is some good people made their metal there and they're going to be very difficult for them to give it up in spite of the fact that's a it's a Nazi infested Russian operation now
Scenario: T starts buying back “Truth” stock,The Other Guy buys it and combines it with X, laundering a ton of cash for T. And TOG gets more favors from the White House.
He will just plead bankruptcy, make a fortune, and start another Nazi site. One thing since Nov. 5th I have learned is that “The Wealthy Will Never Allow You To Vote Away Their Wealth”.
With all key media and content here but only a subset on twitter this becomes the default for this type of space. Realistically there’s only room for one.
I stopped using Twitter because it seemed every time I logged on, within ten minutes I saw repugnant posts usually by MAGA supporters both in the States but also shockingly in Australia. Twitter for me is unusable. So while my old profile is still there, I won’t use it anymore.
It's kind of pathetic what it's devolved to, it's going to become a complete echo chamber with Russian bots, rage grifters, and biased algorithms that are constantly fueling their rage.
Sadly enough I believe it already fulfilled it's purpose as a right and FAR right bubble/safe place to share and propagate all of the misinformation and hate not tolerated on even the most "understanding" of media platforms. It was never about long term viability or platform profitability.
And what. This becomes one big echo chamber? We need an app where people of all political persuasions post.. with a degree of decorum. i.e. no calling people a Nazi for believing that there's only 2 genders or that redistribution of wealth is a good thing.
🙄 not true actually. Yes huge engagement on Election Day but massive drop off since. It should just merge with truth social and fulfill its cesspool destiny.
Elon evaporated 44billion just to buy his position in a make believe government department.
We truly live in peak irony where the world’s richest human ever is going to impose austerity on the working class and American children in the name of “efficiency”. Upside down world Robin Hood
Yes. We’re over here making jokes and having a good time, but the reason platforms like Parler and Truth struggle is because what they really want to do is argue with us. If there’s nobody to pretend they’re beating in a “debate,” they’ll leave.
Blocking on sight is truly the very best tactic to use. Once I started actually applying the lessons I've learned in therapy, I noticed vast improvements to my quality of life 😉
Twitter is still around because liberals are still interacting with the right-wing pile of EXCREMENT, Russian bot farms, and Musky The Clown's fake accounts. The moment we stop interacting with righ-winger BS that's the moment they lose power! WE MUST STOP INTERACTING WITH THESE 👇👇👇
Can @briantylercohen.bsky.social and @davidpakman.bsky.social help form a coalition of liberal influencers to come up with a list of say "20 Actions" that all of us can take individually to resist and help Trump fail? You have access to economists and experts. We need a single list to rally around.
Somebody among our media ecosystem needs to make a push for a bottom-up working class movement similar to the type of populism Bernie Sanders brought to the table.
I tagged you guys on my post, but in case you missed it; you might want to consider making your posts on Twitter view only (no replies). That way if ppl want to interact, they have to come here. Cheers.
MAGA's whole reason for existence is to argue with reasonable people. If the reasonable people stay on Twitter, it gives MAGA life because they have someone to yell at.
David sir! This is your perfect opportunity to upstage @briantylercohen.bsky.social Remeber when someone said Brian's only slightly more attractive than you? Since he has been streaming with hoodies, you can out-suit him right now and surpass his attractiveness. I'm team David!
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And scolds. Oh yeah, I am blocking them too.
And centrists. Until they explain what a centrist position is on abortion, gay marriage, climate change, and free speech.
The other site is just rage baiting, trolling and misinformation now. No serious and/or intelligent thoughts anymore.
Feeling better about the future here!
There's all kinds of positions on a whole range of topics that don't require us to include conservative hatemongers to not echo.
That's kind of how adults interact.
https://bsky.social/about/blog/4-28-2023-domain-handle-tutorial
- Dan Saltman
I'm passing the below around hoping it helps bringing people over here from twitter:
https://bsky.app/profile/david-stone.bsky.social/post/3lb3rzhegns2r
I finally deactivated my account today.
And, I subscribe to your emails.
Thank you for your voice.
Also, thank you for all the times you bring the receipts! ✊😎
https://substack.com/home/post/p-151721941
On TikTok & IG. 😉👍
They won't go until the market falls out and they have to hire someone costly to rejig things for them.
And I, for one, do not miss Elon's blue checked MAGA Nazi fanboys tweeting from Mommy's basement.
Or Catturd.
#F**kTwitter #F**kElon #F**kTrump
I want to close it just to add to the closed account stats.
But I really like the idea of the remaining advertisers wasting money on my ghost ship of an account.
Decisions decisions
Let’s see what the algorithm does with that 🧐
Instant block. Bots attracted to all the new traffic here.
Just nothing but conservative circle jerking, not interested in it.
https://www.techpolicy.press/new-research-points-to-possible-algorithmic-bias-on-x/
Thank you for your presence and intelligent articulate reporting of the insanity. please keep us informed!
we’re not there.
get used to it.
It's glorious. Catturd joined here, he was blocked by one of my lists within an hour, and acct suspended within half a day
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:e4elbtctnfqocyfcml6h2lf7/lists/3l53cjwlt4o2s
1. they won
2. people don't feel how they want them to
3. people they don't know are leaving Xitter
4. Bluesky exists
5. it's Tuesday
6. Arbor Day
7. other
😉😅
Remember Friends Reunited?
MAGAts will tire of their echo chambers when there are no libtards for them to troll, unless Trump keeps them riled up for 4 more years of lies
We truly live in peak irony where the world’s richest human ever is going to impose austerity on the working class and American children in the name of “efficiency”. Upside down world Robin Hood
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