Exactly what sort of positive entertainment do Republicans like? Lynchings? Police beatings? I'm unaware of a Republican who does not view art and beauty as "woke"
Hatred is all they have. It's the only tool in their bag.
X is exhausting - I left after it was sold- I’m mindful of where I invest my time - I’m enjoying BlueSky - lots of interesting, talented and curious humans and some beautiful shared photography
This is no surprise. When the all the MAGA sycophants on X start actually realizing what is actually happening in real time and complaining, their content will be banned and suppressed like all the rest of us who were trying to warn others. Musk shot himself by announcing this too soon.
Maybe saying banned was a bit deep, but it wouldn't shock me one bit if that ends up happening. Especially with Elon at the helm. Visibility filtering and blacklisting accounts were already a thing within the Twitter/X management.
What if I post: “I am positive Elon Misk is a douche. He’s the biggest bestest douche in all of DoucheLand. He’s so popular, he was elected mayor of DoucheLand.”
Please Read and Share:
Scarlet F is Coming for Trump - Tom Hartman
written 1/4/25
Trump 1st Term FCC - remove our privacy
Biden FCC - reversed it.
Republicans sued Biden FCC to reinstate.
Allows co's like Starlink to spy on everything we do.
Part of the problem is that large companies, news outlets etc, still have Twitter share links, and not Bluesky ones. I've started messaging them asking them to change it.
Yes! I jumped off there right after Musk started making me pay attention to him and posting those dumb fake “polls.” Never looked back. What an absolute douche.
I escaped today. I stayed because the chess community is stronger there than here but Führer Musk and an uncensored video of a bloke shooting his partner made me evaluate my social media usage.
But please don't think ill of us that were/are still on there for niche interests or community
Welcome and congratulations on a smart move! If there ain't a chess group here, please consider starting one. People are going on about starting packs for all kinds of interesting stuff...
Thats how it is to play in a shitty kids backyard, he makes the rules for his yard, youre the ones who are still there using his backyard. Remember, dont complain if you get hit by the kid when you are there on your own volition. I left so he wouldnt get a chance to hit me.
Ohhhhh I get it now. Now they want to promote pro trump instead of anti Biden. We don’t need one person to have the power to change algorithms like it’s a thermostat.
The genius really isn’t a genius. He’s a narcissistic, silver spooned man child that constantly has to control everything he can to make himself the center of attention.
Dr. Peter Hotez- he's such a good soul he won't leave until he saves every unvaccinated person in the world; Don Winslow, because he won't give Elon Mush the satisfaction of driving him away; and every moderate democrat politician who still doesn't understand how to properly leverage social media.
Oh, hahahahaha “positivity”douchebag who just had a tantrum and told everyone to “f” themselves in their faces 🤔 … has a new idea now that he’s decided that hateful trolling is undesirable on a social media platform (such as it is) 😂 LOL
Demonstrating again and again a steadfast refusal to operate from a single standard.
Captain Positation also expects to be taken seriously.
Choose One.
It's still in keeping with today's Xitter. I dropped by a few days ago and it was nothing but a cesspool of positively racist garbage. The bulk of it was in poorly made, poorly acted videos of sordid little racist "short fables" of under a minute or so and then bulked up comment screeds afterward.
As arrogant and obvious as this double-standard is, I still find solace in knowing that I didn't pay $44B for a platform whose relevance is eroding fast.
I also find solace in knowing that I'm not the person responsible for eroding that relevance.
Those are Musk problems. Good luck with allll that
Musk payed $44B to buy it and set it on fire.
Twitter was an effective way for journalists to discover and spread facts and for activists to organize, and he considered that threatening enough to spend the money to prevent it.
I think that's partly true, but Musk is still trying to make Twitter profitable and I really believe he didn't expect his involvement to tank Twitter's growth. He probably did want to disable activists and journalists, but I don't think he was prepared to lose this much money on it.
Nah. I don’t think he really cares about the $44B. He’ll get more than that back from us through Trump. Profitably might be a nice add-on, but he bought the platform for the purpose of spreading propaganda and misinformation to install Trump and empower the oligarchy.
Although I disagree on whether he cares about losing $44B, I do agree that he bought it to spread propaganda and misinfo. The irony is that Musk didn't need to buy the platform at all. Trump's simpletons would've believed anything he said on any platform.
It’s all a continuation of the narrative, that all things blue are bad, and all things red are good… Facts and reality are subject to interpretation… Lies, propaganda and money now rule this country… The over fifty year plan to subvert our democracy has prevailed.
It's his right as owner of a private entity. The problem is that people happily ensconce themselves in their echo chambers. They reward this sort of thought control.
Of course, nobody would ever suggest B-sky is the same, as disagreement is encouraged (chuckles).
We're not in Europe, nor are we discussing European issues. I think Musk is a d-head, one of the worst and condemn his censorship or algorithm-mangling. I quit Twitter the day the fool bought it, but in the US private entities can do what they please.
SA wants Western Culture, as long as they can still keep women as house slaves, not give them rights to even drive... And of course, gays must stay in the closet. But they want the golf, the formula 1, and horse racing... Maybe society needs to tell them to change if they want the "good things."
Its the outer limits ... they control your horizontal, they control your vertical and they have made it perfectly clear they are brainwashing you to be the person they want you to be.. BE WOKE.. The Fascists are controlling you with social media... They Turned the election with social media...
IDK. But -- "I will go to war on this issue the likes of which you can not possibly comprehend." Hasn't he said this before? Is it now his signature line?
That reminds me of an exactly 50 years old German short story from Heinrich Böll:
My Sad Face:
…"And why?" I asked again.
"There is the law that you have to be happy."
"I'm happy!" I called.
"Your sad face..." he shook his head.
"But this law is new," I said.
"It is thirty-six hours old…“
I visit a little just to see what's happening.
It is an unrelenting shit pile.
If he really wanted to promote positivity, almost all comments over there would be silenced.
But we know of course what he really means. MAGA and Musk-bois ok, everyone else not.
So all Musk’s bros he trained & encouraged to criticize the Government, be negative in general & spread propaganda & conspiracy theories will now be demonetized. By design? Yes! You can’t criticize the King (no free speech) plus Musk saves a lot of coin. They were used 🤣 Suckers
If we ever get another Democratic president (along with Democratic control of at least one house of congress), I wonder what his algorithm will look like then.
Another reason X will lose people. Trump and his zombies will eventually fuck over the craziest of the crazy and they will want to vent. Realizing that Elon and his "free speech"
Platform was complete & utter BS. Much like trumpo & zombieville.
#trumprepublicansdon'tgiveasinglefyckaboutyou
I know none of this is surprising but you can also expecting the legacy media to keep stories about Trump as positive as possible too. Negativity toward the administration will be curtailed across media outlets.
Because he got want he wanted from MAGAnuts. He spread hate and disinformation to get them riled up and after he was voted defacto president, he called them the R word. That’s brutal MAGA 😂
We seriously need public laws guaranteeing not just freedom of speech but freedom of reach. No algorithms to downplay or boost certain types of posts for political reasons. This is blatant!
I wish Mr Musk would stick to rockets and cars and stay away from social media. I canceled my Twitter quite some time ago after realizing that he's now trying to wreck the political discourse in Canada like he did in the US. I guess being his ticket out of South Africa meant nothing to him!
Elon Musk is turning out to be the bond villain from Tomorrow Never Dies. Which is ironic because its my least favorite Pierce Brosnan Bond film because at the time I thought it was completely unrealistic.
So if we post positive things about the Biden Presidency we should be on solid ground. ( i'm sure there's a rule they would impose to stop THAT "nonsense".)
You hit the nail on the head. What’s frightening is he’s actually bought his own rhetoric about himself. He made a comment about keeping a knife embedded in the wall above his bed because it’s more efficient than a gun when it comes to killing someone. He actually believes this crap.
Agree. He is so lost.
Has veered so far from that Centre line, that true North, if you will. He seems to have no sense of perspective that reasonably intelligent and balanced humans have.
Just a bunch of word salad that ultimately says “I need people to like me and if they won’t I will force the content of those who would literally eat my shit to the top to make me fee special” Elon fanboys are the most beta males in existence.
What an idiot. Neither positive nor negative has an objective definition. Rather, whether a post is "positive" depends on the emotional response of the reader. In our current devisive world, MAGA and sane readers will disagree. So, Twitter will continue unchanged despite Musk's virtue signaling.
well now that most decent people quit X they don't have anybody to fight with so elon is afraid that they eventually discover that he is the one they should be upset with and let him have it. 🤯
He ain’t bipolar. He’s a narcissist of the highest order. Bipolar people don’t act this way in just about every case.
Being a wishy washy asswizard doesn’t make him bipolar.
He might be a goddamn sociopath. He uses his kid as Kevlar.
Every time an article about Musk appears in Ars Technica, at least one comment is "Oh that asshole again" while fanboy ass kissing comments get downvoted off the forum.
And MAGA, who are STILL fighting each other. It’s why I don’t think we’re closer to French Revolution than we are Nazi Germany. There will be some bad shit happen, bout these fuckers are feckless.
Musk is in Trump School of Obscurity. Follow along with the Pied Pipers of MAGA who, after spending the past 10 years complaining about the unfair algorithms of Google, Dorsey's Twitter & MSN, the MAGAs have determined that THEIR algorithms are OK to curate your experience!! 2024s NEW BIg Brother
Do not criticize Trump The Führer ..
The sinister intent, and hypocrisy of it is infuriating.
And scary.
They are laying the foundation for this to be an offence. Something that can get you fined or arrested.
Drip-drip-drip...
You accept this, get used to that..
#Gestapo
#Tyranny
📎📎📎
Sort of like free and fair elections only work when the orange guy wins. He warned us when he ran against Hillary that it would only be fair if he won that election, unfortunately he did win that and there was a peaceful transfer of power. When he lost to President Biden, the election was rigged.
Now that he has won again, this latest election was fine. We now have a president who acts like a petulant child always wanting to get his own way. It is going to be a very bumpy ride for his tenure in office.
It never ceases to amaze me how openly two faced he is about it, too. From free speech "absolutist" to banning detractors to outright bragging about being in control of the tone of speech on his platform. Oh, and reducing the reach of anything left wing, and even right wing if it tweaks his nose.
So, MAGA could shit all over Biden for 4 years but, now traitor Trump has to be protected because his little ego can't take it. Such a whiny little bitch!
There it is folks, the reason why social media companies like X should not operate without liability. Revise CDA Sec. 230 or suffer the societal and political dire consequences more than has already been exacted on America by Apartheid Musk.
It is up to blue state AGs to step up or step aside.
“Penalizing negativity” is, by definition, according to “X,” censoring “criticism of the government” (Trump, Musk, GOP), and “attacks” against the “powerful.”
Since Musk and “X” are now a part of the government, this is a clear violation of the First Amendment.
Sue Now. https://bsky.app/profile/leahmcelrath.bsky.social/post/3lexasxzfqc27
Unfortunately, the First Amendment doesn’t apply here. exTwitter is “private property,” not a public utility. As such, he can set his own rules and their enforcement.
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Hatred is all they have. It's the only tool in their bag.
Funny that it took a right wing hack taking over for that to come to reality.
Scarlet F is Coming for Trump - Tom Hartman
written 1/4/25
Trump 1st Term FCC - remove our privacy
Biden FCC - reversed it.
Republicans sued Biden FCC to reinstate.
Allows co's like Starlink to spy on everything we do.
But please don't think ill of us that were/are still on there for niche interests or community
😉
@schumer.senate.gov
@sengillibrand.bsky.social
@aoc.bsky.social
This is dangerous and needs to be addressed.
Captain Positation also expects to be taken seriously.
Choose One.
I also find solace in knowing that I'm not the person responsible for eroding that relevance.
Those are Musk problems. Good luck with allll that
Twitter was an effective way for journalists to discover and spread facts and for activists to organize, and he considered that threatening enough to spend the money to prevent it.
It's his right as owner of a private entity. The problem is that people happily ensconce themselves in their echo chambers. They reward this sort of thought control.
Of course, nobody would ever suggest B-sky is the same, as disagreement is encouraged (chuckles).
Fuck Elon! 🖕🏼
💙💪💙 #14thNOW
My Sad Face:
…"And why?" I asked again.
"There is the law that you have to be happy."
"I'm happy!" I called.
"Your sad face..." he shook his head.
"But this law is new," I said.
"It is thirty-six hours old…“
I don't like to accuse people of being assholes or Nazis.
But you gotta wonder.
It is an unrelenting shit pile.
If he really wanted to promote positivity, almost all comments over there would be silenced.
But we know of course what he really means. MAGA and Musk-bois ok, everyone else not.
Whatever happened to freedom of speech. Oh wait he's scared. Biden should send ICE after him.
When you that, one of those cunts can take over your handle and pretend to be you, and spread all sort of garbage.
No thank you.
Platform was complete & utter BS. Much like trumpo & zombieville.
#trumprepublicansdon'tgiveasinglefyckaboutyou
(*as long as I like what you say)
A leopard does not change its spots.
So much for free speech
Btw, don't tell me you're considering buying a Tesla?
From the people that know hate sells and that’s how we got Trump!
Great, it won’t be long before they’re all snowflakes like us. Kumbaya, my Lord Kumbaya.
😝
Could use even a bad Bond right now.
Has veered so far from that Centre line, that true North, if you will. He seems to have no sense of perspective that reasonably intelligent and balanced humans have.
Fuck Leon and the mule he road into America on.
If you want to be negative, start by being positive.
they should not be allowed to make public accounts if all they wanna be is cancer
Being a wishy washy asswizard doesn’t make him bipolar.
He might be a goddamn sociopath. He uses his kid as Kevlar.
He has lost the geek-o-sphere big time.
The sinister intent, and hypocrisy of it is infuriating.
And scary.
They are laying the foundation for this to be an offence. Something that can get you fined or arrested.
Drip-drip-drip...
You accept this, get used to that..
#Gestapo
#Tyranny
📎📎📎
If it walks like a bluebird and it talks like a bluebird...
It is up to blue state AGs to step up or step aside.
Since Musk and “X” are now a part of the government, this is a clear violation of the First Amendment.
Sue Now.
https://bsky.app/profile/leahmcelrath.bsky.social/post/3lexasxzfqc27