People currently trying to get Steve Ablini to listen to Ween ;D
Twitter thread
Look, I love Ween, but that seems like a fool's errand.
Plus, everyone knows the best US band ever is obviously Sonic Youth, but it's actually really Butthole Surfers
Plus, everyone knows the best US band ever is obviously Sonic Youth, but it's actually really Butthole Surfers
adamopp wrote:
X Marks The End
Bye bye, birdie.
Twitter, the text-based social media platform that played an outsized role on society by serving as a digital town square, was killed by its unhinged owner Elon Musk on Sunday. It was 17 years old.
A zombie Twitter, known only as X, reluctantly endures. A warped and disfigured platform, X marches on like a White Walker, an ugly shell of its former self under the command of a loathsome leader.
Whereas Twitter was once a fountain of authoritative information, X is a platform where trolls can pay a small fee to have their ugly content boosted ahead of reputable sources.
X is a platform where identity verification no longer exists and impersonation is only a paid subscription away.
X is a platform where journalists are banned and smeared while the most repellant and dishonest voices are elevated.
X is a platform where the rules are unclear and content moderation is largely an idea of the past.
X is a platform where the most important and consequential decisions are made on a whim and can happen without any warning.
And X is a platform where vital infrastructure is crumbling and the most basic of features often fail to function.
X might resemble Twitter. It might occupy the same address on the internet that Twitter once did. But make no mistake, it is not the same platform it once was — even as recently as nine months ago, when Musk took over, quickly decapitated the former leadership, and threw the company into chaos and turmoil.
That platform has ceased to be. It arguably died some time ago, before it was announced to the public by way of a sudden and disorderly rebranding.
In many ways, Musk has done to Twitter what Donald Trump did to the Republican Party: wholly remade it in his own image. At least, with Musk, the deformed entity is getting a different name, one that allows the public to perhaps separate Twitter from what Musk has transformed it into.
X will, of course, inherit all of Twitter's business problems. Musk is the entity that has proven toxic to advertisers and much of the user base, not the widely recognized bird logo. How the billionaire ultimately turns that ship around is unclear, particularly as he faces new competition from Mark Zuckerberg and Threads.
So far, however, there is little hope Musk will be able to successfully steer the ship out of iceberg-ridden waters. He is, after all, the captain who led the ship into them — all while manically laughing alongside his inner circle while standing at the wheel.
- Reliable Sources (CNN)
Who is need of a BlueSky invite..
kosmo wrote:
Who is need of a BlueSky invite..
Me!
Justin wrote:kosmo wrote:
Who is need of a BlueSky invite..
Me!
Check your DMs!
Should get another invite later in the week
I have one invite if anyone needs one.
What is it? I don't even know if I want an invite or not…
Heilung4eva wrote:Its a Twitter/X alternative. Seems to be the one getting a fairly large beachhead of users built up.
What is it? I don't even know if I want an invite or not…
Julian, wrote:Heilung4eva wrote:Its a Twitter/X alternative. Seems to be the one getting a fairly large beachhead of users built up.
What is it? I don't even know if I want an invite or not…
Oh I thought that was Threads.
Heilung4eva wrote:Threads is also in this space. Bluesky isn’t attached to a mega Corp and seems to put more of an emphasis on keeping hate speech off it. Does not require a bunch of technical know how a la Mastodon.Julian, wrote:Heilung4eva wrote:Its a Twitter/X alternative. Seems to be the one getting a fairly large beachhead of users built up.
What is it? I don't even know if I want an invite or not…
Oh I thought that was Threads.
Mueller, She Wrote
@MuellerSheWrote
THREAD: Today on @CNNSotu, trump’s lawyer said “What President Trump didn’t do is direct Vice President Pence to do anything. He asked him in an aspirational way.” Since he was being “aspirational”, I’ve put some of what he said to Pence that day on motivational posters. Enjoy.
@MuellerSheWrote
THREAD: Today on @CNNSotu, trump’s lawyer said “What President Trump didn’t do is direct Vice President Pence to do anything. He asked him in an aspirational way.” Since he was being “aspirational”, I’ve put some of what he said to Pence that day on motivational posters. Enjoy.
LOL:
Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️
@tribelaw
BREAKING: Trump will be tried as an adult!
Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️
@tribelaw
BREAKING: Trump will be tried as an adult!
Anyone need a bluesky invite?
Justin did you get yours? I DMed it to you via the forum
And even with kitten pictures and a Wet Leg reference, my social media reach is minuscule
Justin did you get yours? I DMed it to you via the forum
And even with kitten pictures and a Wet Leg reference, my social media reach is minuscule
I guess I'll bite, if it's still available.
Heilung4eva wrote:Im assuming you’re taking Kosmo’s.
I guess I'll bite, if it's still available.
I have one more if anyone else wants one.
Ditto…i've got one available
Julian, wrote:Heilung4eva wrote:Im assuming you’re taking Kosmo’s.
I guess I'll bite, if it's still available.
I have one more if anyone else wants one.
I’ll send mine over
Twitter is just dwindling away at this point, just endless lousy promoted tweets. And not enough people I follow have jumped to threads and now the brands and influencers are gone it’s just all journalists I never followed on Twitter
Bluesky is just a head scratcher at this point