It is starting to look like Musk is intent on destroying Twitter (or is just such so incompetent that he is unable to avoid himself destroying it) - either way, this will be his single greatest gift to humanity and his most important legacy - his over-priced golf carts, a distant second.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
I’m weirdly kind of hoping it is deliberate so it gives me the push to finally stop using it. Either way the bloke’s a cretin.
Didn’t he do a vote thing asking if he should step down months ago?
Why is he still there and doing weird shit?
Why is he still there and doing weird shit?
I don’t see how this is intentional.
Why would advertisers want to touch a social media platform that most users can only browse for a limited time per day. I’d be surprised if existing advertisers weren’t already very unhappy about this. It would make no sense at all.
I suspect that either it’s a bug they are struggling to fix having tried to make big changes…or they really aren’t paying the bills and have been throttled.
Why would advertisers want to touch a social media platform that most users can only browse for a limited time per day. I’d be surprised if existing advertisers weren’t already very unhappy about this. It would make no sense at all.
I suspect that either it’s a bug they are struggling to fix having tried to make big changes…or they really aren’t paying the bills and have been throttled.
Because he borrowed about 35 billion dollars to buy it.
Amd its now worth about 15 billion.
He can't get out without, for once, spending his own money, and that means selling tesla stock.
I still think this rate limit is covering for some tech screw up, and will be gone soon enough.
Fair play to Musk. He’s managed to identify the issue with Twitter. The constant immersive activity and engagement that keeps you on the site for far longer than you intended.
Incredible
They need to study these months Musk has been in charge. What a way to completely blow 44 billion.
Twitter is absolutely done as it stands.
They need to study these months Musk has been in charge. What a way to completely blow 44 billion.
Twitter is absolutely done as it stands.
The good news : I can see tweets again albeit temporarily.
The bad news : Amplified pay to play users with terrible opinions are still prioritised in replies on my feed. I suspect I’ll hit my 800 whilst reading <100.
The bad news : Amplified pay to play users with terrible opinions are still prioritised in replies on my feed. I suspect I’ll hit my 800 whilst reading <100.
I’ve not been able to see tweets for about 18 hours now
I’ve got a picture of DDG with his hand on neck, staring at the ground in frustration, as the last available tweet for the last few hours. Apt.
Yeah same. Was starting to think I was banned cause I called Musk an idiot.
same, I’ve never wanted to doom scroll more
Seems like it's random. My feed is absolutely fine right now.
Polarisation has increased tenfold after people started consuming news from social media.
Some utterly bizarre views about Twitter in this thread. Clearly some people have either never used it or never actually figured out how to use it. Twitter for me has been by far the most useful social media app over the last decade. The variety & speed of content it provides is unmatchable.
Did you see the latest news on feeds getting a daily limit? That’s what people are discussing
Oh believe me I know about this rate limit thing but I was talking about some people in the last few pages talking about the general issue with Twitter as news etc
So how do we trick him in to building the Golgafrinchams Ark Fleet Ship B?
Besides billionaires, what other group is a dead cert on that ship?
Edit: The Golgafrincham Ark Fleet Ship B was a starship designed to relocate the useless part of the population from the planet of Golgafrincham.
Besides billionaires, what other group is a dead cert on that ship?
Edit: The Golgafrincham Ark Fleet Ship B was a starship designed to relocate the useless part of the population from the planet of Golgafrincham.
Anyone knows if the limit applies to these unbearable sponsored tweets?
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If we’re putting threads in, can we post the whole thread? I can’t see anything beyond the first tweet
Working fine on browser for me
What a way to kill his own platform.
True. If all they can see is a cesspit I'm not sure what that says about them. Granted there has certainly been an amplification of right wing nonsense since Musk took over though.
Stick to the 'following ' tab rather than 'for you' on your feed and you pretty much remove all the promoted nonsense anyway.
It is a cesspit but if you use it as a way to centralize information without looking too closely at the comments, it does a great job.
Was such a perfect platform before he ruined it. So annoying.
He’s fecked it
The last few years would suggest that Ship B folks are running things and would love to continue on with the plan to relocate Ship A folks.
that's why we give them the honor of being on the first ship out. Don't worry guys, we're right behind you.
This.
Perfect? It was, and still is, pretty much the cesspool of the internet.
Anyone got a bluesky code?
Find that argument odd tbh. As a news resource it's invaluable, if you look at the comments then it's on you. It's not to be taken seriously, it's just the internet. No idea why people get so worked up about troll words on a screen.
I don't disagree with you. I just find any definition of the platform as being 'perfect' is odd, when its far from it.
When journalists and politicians do it, you don't even need an account there to be negatively affected by it.
This attitude bothers me. The internet isn't just the internet anymore, it's an integral part of modern life. "It's just the internet", or "it's just trolling" is part of what makes social media and the internet such a potentially malignant influence.