Sadly, don’t expect this site to survive as-is through the coming admin. Sued into oblivion? Forced to sell or merge? Forced to Xitter-ize it? Who knows. But it won’t be ok.
I was banned from Twitter before he named it X, so I can't imagine how much it has degraded. I blocked Musk and I got banned for life. ☺️ I do miss the friendships I had made over the years though, now I'm starting over.
I agree. It was pretty evident when things started to change. The hate was amplified, and the content was very one-sided. I was hoping Elon would improve the platform when he bought it.
Yes. I only hope Bluesky doesn’t shift too far the other way. Just hoping for civility and different opinions - with respect. But I fear so many Bluesky users just want a new echo chamber.
It’s so nice to read responses and comments on posts here. Substantial improvement in tone and literacy - I’m starting to read replies again without nausea or rage. It’s a good thing.
same! It's a hate parade over there. I stuck it out al long as I could enjoy the clapbacks from smart folks but the "end of woke" celebration is insufferable.
This graph surprises no one, given the current situation. The system is surprisingly simple: Figure out dog whistle, use dog whistle, ensure dog whistle is the only thing heard (or seen, in this case). It amazes me how many people who think of themselves as individualistic succumbed so completely.
Can we file this one under "no s**t, Sherlock? This is why he bought Twitter, with other people's money, to change the narrative. Judging from this report, sadly, it seems to have worked.
Welcome! George, you should have your tech change your BlueSky handle to your domain @georgetakei.com it's under settings / Advanced. You'll be more "verified" and the inevitable fake bot accounts trying to impersonate you will be thwarted.
I just joined here Mr Takei having given up on Muskville some time ago. Have been on Threads since then which I enjoy too. Good to see your good self here
We would have left months ago.But we did not have a home to goto.
Now we can work out thru sensible discussion,how do we make Democracy work for the people,in such a way that people want to be part of the discussion
Let that other place just become a hate filled sounding room where all the trump followers shout at each other calling each other libtards and accusing each other of being democrats when all the democrat voters sit over here watching the chaos
I noticed that too.
I also noticed that my feed was suddenly full of magats with 119 followers getting tons of likes.
At the same time my engagement fell off a cliff.
It's especially galling after the "Twitter Files" fraud that dishonestly blamed pre-Musk Twitter for doing exactly the kind of politically-motivated content throttling that Musk does now on X. It's beyond hypocrisy. BTW, I deleted my X account yesterday and I'm never going back to Musk's shithole.
This is why I ignore people who say we need to stay on Twitter because that's where the battle is. There is no battle there that can be won. Not anymore. Twitter just induces exhaustion which leads to resignation.
Blue Sky is where the energy is. You can feel it.
I've been saying this over and over. It's literally advertised on the sites news feed. The more you pay the billionaire the more your speech is boosted over anyone else.
I'm so happy I'm not being force fed posters here. I'd go weeks over on the Musky ones site and not see 3/4 of the people I was following unless I went directly to their page. So VASTLY different here.
The maroon managed to convince Muslims to vote for him!!! I nearly spit my tea out when one woman a few days ago said 'he lied to us!' about Palestine. That's AFTER he said he wants Neti to "finish the job." smh
There is also some speculation that these obviously terrible nominations are trump's test to the republican senate, over whether they're going to bend the knee and give him what he wants, or stand up to him... as they did with electing Thune as the majority speaker.
His plans to replace the generals is what is concerning. Then it doesn't matter what everyone else wants. He'll manufacture a crisis, call in the military and declare martial law, dismantle the US government and become king.
Yeah. Would depend how deep into the ranks he replaces the leadership. He can't get them all. And if the states refuse to comply, it could give the rebelling soldiers a place to go.
In following back, I’m trying something new. I vet, b/c unlike TFG I believe in the process. Just b/c you follow me, doesn’t mean I’ll follow you. This isn’t my biz, it’s my pleasure. That being written, this is also how I run my actual biz.😂 Going forward. I’m gonna let you know why I follow you.🥂💋
The 44billion easily recouped via his cabinet positions tax waiver on all his entities. Hundreds of billions while he shrinks our resources all the while waving his pt barnum escape to Mars exit strategy.
on X I @musk 'the only thing 44billion accomplished was the total and utter division of the USA'. He liked the tweet. I read On Memefication it explains the facile rush to anger and ar15 to school hallway conundrum. Esp in the post trump white space ultimatum. Twitter and X similar in fate 👉
Thank you for making the switch @georgetakei.bsky.social. We need the major sports leagues to follow suit. That’s the main draw imo to Twitter for many non-politic centric folks.
I'm a lifelong Democrat and liberal progressive. A tracking algorithm of my posts, likes, and interests would NEVER conclude I want to see Trump or GOP ads. Yet, as soon as Elon took over Twitter, that's all I got. I kept blocking, but they kept coming. I hope X crashes and burns.
I love this platform with all my Twatter peeps and the pre-loaded lists from Muller she wrote for a huge block n tackle for Maggots and other such A-holes.
That's why I'm on here too. Totally fed up with seeing the same multi billionaire pop up telling me how to think every time I opened ex. Most irritating were his one word retweets - 'True', 'Yes', 'Totally'. Urgh. It's much better on here - especially with long time heroes like yourself here too.
Yes, and it is key for a building broad grassroots movement in internet era to come in contact with likeminded people without the filth and poison that Twitter became.
The oddly shaped man-child gave trump back his account but not me. I never looked back at that HELLSCAPE. Put in to get the account back a few times and was denied. Probably on a guest list in a camp somewhere.
George, you were there the whole time. I’ll guarantee it didn’t affect your political leanings.The problem isn’t Musk. The problem is the overwhelming level of ignorance and laziness in this country surrounding our government.The information is there if you’re willing to do a few minutes of research
Humanity has a billionaire problem. In the past, when the rich have gotten too full of themselves, we've had to remind them of noblesse oblige. https://youtu.be/acT_PSAZ7BQ?si=OHQ58DCbUsMrD-4f
Yes. A man who was paid 56B this year by one of his companies bought a 44B propaganda machine. When the the scope of the FCC rules were written they did not see (or is it spelled Nazi) this coming. To quote Agent Orange: Sad
Well, the good news is that, according to Gallup, the percentage of people self identifying as liberal is growing rapidly. It's gone from 25% in 2022 to about 32% now. If this trend continues then our future is liberal, not conservative.
Leon did say he was going to jail if Kamala won. Now we know why. This shows he essentially donated an absurd amount of free media to the Trump campaign.
If leadership was incompetent but independent you might stand a chance of changing course. Elon has a clear picture of what he wants Twitter to be and isn't changing. No idea why people adverse to the right wing are trying to stick it out. If they leave the right wingers lose their plaything.
Unless uneven field is what you are looking because you, more or less, secretly blame others for your misfortune and poor life.
In that case, it's always nice to see others struggle and cheer for your spits of poison you so much like to spit on others, especially on those having better life.
It really felt like a switch flipped on Election Day. Suddenly I saw nothing on my “for you” feed except MAGA, conspiracy theories, and crypto-scammers. Before that I would also see things I wanted to see, like cats, but all of a sudden there was nothing good on display.
Was there for 12 years and the last year everything was so negative. Someone would post a normal thing and the replies would be terrible- Mocking, agenda-driven, mean, plus bots galore. Crazy how many ppl wanna spend their online lives just hating and arguing.
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Btw that was day 1 or 2 of Elon's ownership. The shift to the right started very early.
One rich guy bought his own country.
He is the puppet master.
Now we can work out thru sensible discussion,how do we make Democracy work for the people,in such a way that people want to be part of the discussion
For certain, there was a marked increase in ugliness around that time.
I also noticed that my feed was suddenly full of magats with 119 followers getting tons of likes.
At the same time my engagement fell off a cliff.
Blue Sky is where the energy is. You can feel it.
We can only hope.
(1) John BlueSky
(2) Deleite Musk account.
I used https://redact.dev/ to archive and delete everything from the old site (there are other similar tools as well).
What a coincidence.
I like your work
The way things are panning out the only ones who will be left will be maggots (his dedicated follows)
And all those who migrated to Blue will have identified themselves to 'him' as his dark state - 'enemy within'.
Simple.
https://youtu.be/acT_PSAZ7BQ?si=OHQ58DCbUsMrD-4f
Elon only bought it bc he thought he’d finally have some friends to talk to.. but it’s really just a bunch of bots now.
Trump and Kamala were both controlled assets and the outcome is never unfavourable to the power structure despite their protestations.
Do not participate in state media during periods of Fascism.
No one is coming to save us. We must save ourselves. Get yourself ready. Fight back.
In that case, it's always nice to see others struggle and cheer for your spits of poison you so much like to spit on others, especially on those having better life.
Delete the app and permanently move here if you want to send a message to Elron, people!!!!!
I vote not just for me,
but for the people I care and hate.
Just like my #music,
I hate you, but have fun.