I understand that many journalists, writers, artists, podcasters, etc may rely on x for reach, professional connections, etc. But holy fuck where does one draw the line?
I'm particularly annoyed by the "we aren't leaving - we won't give him that victory!" you get from hashtag resistance liberals with massive followings like Mark Hamill, who whine a bit yet stay and continue to drive traffic and engagement on a nazi's site, as if that isn't exactly what Musk wants.
The way I see it is a lot of people don't know an alternative exist. And the ones that do, are afraid it doesn't have the same reach as twitter. To me bsky is more like Twitter was then Twitter was when I left. It has actual feed's and non crammed content, like pre 2012 twitter.
It is honestly shocking how bad that place has gotten in the past couple of days. The rampant misinformation surrounding the hurricane relief efforts was bad enough, but now that Elmo is simping hard for Trump it's going to get, so, so much worse.
The only thing that kept me there was my list of contacts. I tried to convince them to no avail. Until it was blocked in my country and all my contacts had to leave.
Old habits die hard, here we don't face such a nationwide block yet many of my old contacts on Tw refuse to go elsewhere, I tell them they're high on Stockholm syndrome. 🙃
There are contacts I burned from Tumblr for less than this. Yeah, it sucks, but how important should they be if don't have at least some of the sense you do?
Will his support for Trump finally make corporations, networks and politicians leave his poisonous site, or will they continue to support his politics by their presence?
OMG this is absolutely disgusting, and even worse seeing how "they" still have a chance to win, thats gonna be horrible, what the hell is happening to the USA???
People need to make sure they delete their entire account too not just their profile, like there is an option to delete all data and posts (or was about a year or so ago)
A lot of good, smart, thiughtful Dem journalists and politicians are still on that shitty site. I respect Howard Dean for leaving the moment musk bought it. I did the same. All gov contracts with him must cease.
Hes finally showing his true colors. The colors anyone would see from a thousand miles away.
Im sadly still on twitter but now that i have thought it through im gonna slowly set up to leave that garbage platform.
As soon as Skeb adds the ability to link my Bluesky account (which I have a backup account on Twitter since the main one that I re-created just to avoid impersonation got banned for the second time) Misskey(.)io would let me create an account there, I'm wiping my Twitter account from existence.
i dont understand this maga think. the usa is not "great"? my cousin lived there for a while and she liked, have good and bad things like every other place but it is not like if the country is a bad place to live...
isnt he the richest man alive? what more they want???
The quickest block I’ve ever done. I only go on Twitter anyways to find people to follow here, and get their discord. Fuck Musk, Fuck Trump, and Fuck MAGA!
Got to say, nothing gives me more optimistic vibes that Trump is heading towards a crushing defeat than Musk going all in for him.
Everything that dumbfuck touches turns to dogshit at an ever accelerating speed and i love that for him.
Twitter has officially become nothing more but a pool of hate that only gets filled with more each time an account is made. Every time I would use that app, all I would see is just rage baiting posts. Bunch of idiots wanting to gain views on their posts posting the most illegal thing ever
the wierd thing is that there is a balance that's necessary, beacause free speech is free speech, but to live togeder we already fairly give up part of that to better coexist, these people will say stuff like "kill x group" then scream censorship if they get repercussions
Trump is a Totalitarian craving power, they definitely will brainwash you by telling you you've already been brainwashed so you would obey. so its either vote against trump and get off X; or pick up a weapon, pick a side and pray you survive cuz if trump wins we are going to war. (1/2)
unless you live in another country, in which case grab some snacks, a drink and a notebook because you're going to get an in person history lesson on the Second American Civil War, and i hope you remember this lesson well because there is no "happy ending" to any of this. (2/2)
Americans by and large will not revolt, mainly because as a whole you have been conditioned to worry about your paycheck, the next it thing to buy, and missing out on your neighbor getting something you cannot. real revolution would be to rise against corporations and their owners and the 1%
Given with what happened with the Reconstruction and the Daughters of the Confederacy, it's not like we got a 'Happy Ending' to the FIRST Civil War, though things did improve somewhat.
GET OFF TWITTER and stop telling about why you fucking left, what you left behind, and archiving your tweets. This isn't an airport. We do not care about your arrival.
This is why it makes sense that Captain Lorca said he was a historical genius in Star Trek Discovery...the twist was that Lorca was from the evil Mirror Universe.
Makes sense a villain is a 'hero' in an evil universe..!
I’ve decided to keep my account open as I don’t want anyone else using the name, but I deleted all posts and padlocked it a year or so ago. Now Bluesky is getting me the news I want as well as the music/geek stuff I’ve closed the browser tab.
Screw Musk. Who knew “rocket scientists” were so dumb?!
A GLOBO DEPOIS DE DESTRUIR BOLSONARO APRESENTA O SEUS CANDIDATOS CARANDIRU.
O PALANQUE TA ARMADO. A GLOBO...MALAFAIA, CIRO NOGUEIRA, ARTHU LIRA E O MAIOR CABO ELEITORAL KASSAB QUE QUER BOLSONARO LONGE DE TARCISIO.
Here in Brazil, despite the X network being judicially blocked, we still receive notifications on our cell phones, but only for political content from brazilian far-right candidates. Elon Musk is a cancer that contaminates the world wide web. 🤮👎🏻👎🏻
Wasn't using my Twitter (later X) account & didn't want to bother logging in. Then there was a story about how an X hack leaked all sorts of personally identifiable data. The story came with instructions on how to do it. Disable the account, & it goes away in 30 days. Mine's gone.
oh, well now i don't have to explain myself when telling people he's both crazy and dumb
In all the whorst ways possible, like no he's not eccentric or "evewrybody called him crazy", no he's just a disturbed man with too mutch money
if everyone leaves X for good then elon lost 40 billion dollars to back trumps lies when he is forced to shut it down your choice each time you pay for the check mark you back trump
Generally yes but I would note an exception: I am not about to shame anyone remaining there as a Black Twitter participant
That is a hugely useful network of networks; recreating it would be time-consuming, difficult, and would sustain losses; and it is a population accustomed to hostile management
I just made another "Please reconsider being here" type post over there. It's so tiring to peek back over there and see artists and other people I like super active there and crickets here.
I already uninstalled Twitter from my phone. Had been thinking about uninstalling it for some time, and decided to do it before going on vacation last month. Since then, I feel better about my mental health.
When I've decided I was done with some website, I delete it from my browsing history so it doesn't pop up in autofill anymore. There are ways to block websites in your browser as well.
It takes a bit of time, but bad habits are breakable.
Tell me about it. A good chunk of my friends and gaming accounts that I follow are still on there.
If they all left that cesspool for Bluesky, I'd ditch it in a flash.
Parte deles estão aqui mas vão voltar pra lá assim que reativar lá. E eu volto a me dividir entre lá e cá por que muita gente de lá nem veio. Então vou só voltar à rotina
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No one said to me "you were right all along!".
There are contacts I burned from Tumblr for less than this. Yeah, it sucks, but how important should they be if don't have at least some of the sense you do?
He's purposefully making Twitter go down so he can make it a tax write off.
This dude is so actually pathetic and sad, and I am sick of him :3 /gen
We did a year ago, that's why we're here
https://bsky.app/profile/shihabsjoi.bsky.social/post/3l5wf4fbugy2l
Im sadly still on twitter but now that i have thought it through im gonna slowly set up to leave that garbage platform.
isnt he the richest man alive? what more they want???
I mean, is it contagious?
Everything that dumbfuck touches turns to dogshit at an ever accelerating speed and i love that for him.
like he was made in a lab to embarrass humanity
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look at this fucking shit
The saying 'The US sneezes and the rest of the world catches a cold' comes to mind.
Scary.
Dictators have a bad track record in staying alive.
I'm very concerned that a lot of people quietly won't pull the lever for a woman of color. 😐
Makes sense a villain is a 'hero' in an evil universe..!
i made a dummy account to see how things were going and instantly regretted it
account was deleted within a week
Screw Musk. Who knew “rocket scientists” were so dumb?!
O PALANQUE TA ARMADO. A GLOBO...MALAFAIA, CIRO NOGUEIRA, ARTHU LIRA E O MAIOR CABO ELEITORAL KASSAB QUE QUER BOLSONARO LONGE DE TARCISIO.
https://oglobo.globo.com/politica/kassab-vira-reu-sob-acusacao-de-corrupcao-lavagem-associacao-criminosa-caixa-2-24920917
It's sad what it became
None of them are valid. None.
In all the whorst ways possible, like no he's not eccentric or "evewrybody called him crazy", no he's just a disturbed man with too mutch money
Then shit like this happens and I'm thankful I'm far, far away from it.
That is a hugely useful network of networks; recreating it would be time-consuming, difficult, and would sustain losses; and it is a population accustomed to hostile management
I know that site is terrible and just being on it is doing harm. But my fingers like default there, it’s terrible.
It takes a bit of time, but bad habits are breakable.
If they all left that cesspool for Bluesky, I'd ditch it in a flash.
(Essas coisas nem apareciam pra mim)