Twitter and The Musk

[Ksyrup]

I just saw one of these in the wild for the first time on Monday, in Lexington. It looked even more ridiculous in person than I imagined. It was white. Even the brake lights were stupid looking - they looked like some sort of PC Jr.-generated pixelated red lights. My wife saw it and just busted out laughing.

[flere-imsaho]

If I've been following the news correctly, it seems that Cybertrucks do a pretty good job of disabling themselves.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

I just saw one of these in the wild for the first time on Monday, in Lexington. It looked even more ridiculous in person than I imagined. It was white. Even the brake lights were stupid looking - they looked like some sort of PC Jr.-generated pixelated red lights. My wife saw it and just busted out laughing.

The ones that have are not stainless steel are actually the better looking ones. Wait till you see the stainless steel one. It looks ridiculous with fingerprints all over it.

[RainMaker]

So a reporter decided to post the hacked materials from the Trump campaign. His account was suspended by free speech absolutist Elon shortly after.


If you want to read it, it's here.

[GrantDawg]

Sounds like a big nothing-burger. About what I expected when the press didn't release it.

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[Ksyrup]

Elon also has such a lack of self-awareness, he actually tweeted that Mark Cuban is proof thast morons can become billionaires.

[Insert Face Palm Emoji Here]

[JPhillips]

Looks like Elon's robots were "human assisted" which means a guy in a haptic suit did everything the robot did.

[Mota]

Twitter becomes more of a cesspool every day. It's just right wing MAGA morons that are left, I do stay because I follow a bunch of wrestling stuff on there, but all of the "normal people" are gone.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by Mota

Twitter becomes more of a cesspool every day. It's just right wing MAGA morons that are left, I do stay because I follow a bunch of wrestling stuff on there, but all of the "normal people" are gone.

I only use the "following" tab, so I stay away from most the far Right stuff unless it is someone reposting a reaction to it, but many of the regular posters I follow are gone. Like yesterday during the college games, there are usually a pretty steady stream of reactions from all the sports accounts I follow. It was pretty quiet.

[RainMaker]

Seems weird Musk has high security clearance and gets hundreds of billions in welfare and contracts.

[flere-imsaho]

Does it seem weird though, really?

[JPhillips]

Wow: Twitter's new ToS says all disputes will be heard in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas located in Tarrant County (Tesla investor Reed O'Connor's court)

Truly remarkable, considering Twitter's new HQ is NOT in this district, but in western Texas. pic.twitter.com/IoJgrVgytq

— Bobby Allyn (@BobbyAllyn) October 17, 2024

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Mota

Twitter becomes more of a cesspool every day. It's just right wing MAGA morons that are left, I do stay because I follow a bunch of wrestling stuff on there, but all of the "normal people" are gone.

Au contraire. I get the leftist dregs of humanity all the time, all I have to do is click on virtually any trending topic/phrase/hashtag.

This just adds to my belief that the real algorithm largely exists to shove shit we don't want down our throats because pissed off users tend to engage more.

[bronconick]

Originally Posted by Mota

Twitter becomes more of a cesspool every day. It's just right wing MAGA morons that are left, I do stay because I follow a bunch of wrestling stuff on there, but all of the "normal people" are gone.

I'm down to mostly high school football scores and occasional college hockey. I can get the rest elsewhere and only will target a story so I can find the source

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by bronconick

I'm down to mostly high school football scores

It is absolutely a Godsend for that purpose.

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Au contraire. I get the leftist dregs of humanity all the time, all I have to do is click on virtually any trending topic/phrase/hashtag.

This just adds to my belief that the real algorithm largely exists to shove shit we don't want down our throats because pissed off users tend to engage more.

That may very well be the case.

I'm glad I no longer need Twitter for HS sports and my girls' recruiting stuff. I had been slowly weeding my follow list of a bunch of college and travel SB teams/coaches, but Elon made me short-cut it by pushing me to weed myself from my own feed.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Au contraire. I get the leftist dregs of humanity all the time, all I have to do is click on virtually any trending topic/phrase/hashtag.

This just adds to my belief that the real algorithm largely exists to shove shit we don't want down our throats because pissed off users tend to engage more.

That is absolutely what the algorithm is trained to do. It is all about keeping you pissed off and clicking.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

Wow: Twitter's new ToS says all disputes will be heard in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas located in Tarrant County (Tesla investor Reed O'Connor's court)

Truly remarkable, considering Twitter's new HQ is NOT in this district, but in western Texas. pic.twitter.com/IoJgrVgytq

— Bobby Allyn (@BobbyAllyn) October 17, 2024

LOL

[PilotMan]

The speed at which AI and bots are flooding and taking over social media is amazing. A lot of my feed is fake AI generated content purporting to show something 'amazing' that 'not many people' know about, or some 'once in a lifetime' shot in space, or earth, and it's all such bullshit. We thought the eclipse was bad, that was just the start.


Then you have thousands upon thousands of bots that comment on it with 'praying hands' 'amen' and all manner of expression. You have people calling it fake, and bots replying asking to be friends with said person using the most wooden, overly formal structure. I'm not on twitter, but I can only imagine that it's worse over there.



It feels like this is a new medium of dialogue and it will turn people off from all of it, and it'll serve to influence people in all manner of ways. Convincing someone that your 'sky full of meteors' or the 'incredible moonrise' that just happened to be framed by a tree that exactly the right size was planned and totally real, is one thing, and it's the start of moving on to much more complex and influential points of view. If people will buy in and believe this shit, how can we actually function together in the real world?

[flere-imsaho]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

This just adds to my belief that the real algorithm largely exists to shove shit we don't want down our throats because pissed off users tend to engage more.

Agree with this 100%. This is literally what all of social media is for. If all of social media disappeared tomorrow I'm 100% confident the world would be a better place.

[Radii]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Au contraire. I get the leftist dregs of humanity all the time

It definitely makes me laugh to think we may be watching the same content. I'm just doing it on purpose.

This just adds to my belief that the real algorithm largely exists to shove shit we don't want down our throats because pissed off users tend to engage more.

I quit facebook for this reason. Tiktok will occasionally give me a spree of MAGA content, but as long as I don't interact with it in any way (including going to the comments to laugh at the losers) it goes away soon enough.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by Radii

I quit facebook for this reason. Tiktok will occasionally give me a spree of MAGA content, but as long as I don't interact with it in any way (including going to the comments to laugh at the losers) it goes away soon enough.

It is what drives me crazy on twitter, the people that engage the nonsense. Stop quote tweeting these people! That is what they want! Ignore their stupidity. Your funny quip isn't going to suddenly change their mind. but it will drive them to more engagement.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by flere-imsaho

Agree with this 100%. This is literally what all of social media is for. If all of social media disappeared tomorrow I'm 100% confident the world would be a better place.

Eh, it'd also lead to considerably more isolation OR to more (ugh) in person interaction. I already don't like half the population just based on FB. If I ever dealt with these fuckers in person the numbers would surely be even higher.

(Yeah, "half" is understating things, but it's easier than doing the actual math)

[RainMaker]

I just logged into Twitter and got an ad for slavery. WTF is going on?

Blacks should support slavery.

Christians and Jews are who tore us apart. We used to protect you, feed you, and give you honest work; but they forced us to abandon you, out into the cold, and treat you not as friends, but as enemies.

Come home, slaves. We have work to do. pic.twitter.com/gsQxM0VAfq

— The Hellenist ☀️ (@The_Hellenist) October 18, 2024

[PilotMan]

It's the world of Musk now. Breathe it in.