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Hi,
she says that they're a #network of #tolerance & #AliceWeidel & other #rightwingers are more than welcome & they don't want to be a #leftist #bubble
And that #bluesky is boring bc of blocklists
She claims they have no #bots on #wsocial - which is not true
And they are onto your #ID by #realnameregistration - which is pictured as a protective measure for the user
And… they spin the story that #Twitter was great before #Musk bought is 🙄 & that we need a #european #Alternative
Continuing to read Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter by Kate Conger and Ryan Mac, and it's honestly absurd that the world's richest man bought a 20-year-old-ish web platform, then went around begging tech bros for money just to be able to troll, deprive, and break things with a sloppy codebase. Then started LARPing about open source while running everything into the ground.
Twitter has no real value beyond its influence and data centers. Worst deal ever.
Meanwhile, plenty of Mastodon admins are doing just fine with budgets about 44 billion less than Musk's.
#Twitter #X #ElonMusk #Books #SocialMedia #Billionaires
Are you still on Elon Musk’s X?
If the answer is yes, ask yourself why.
Are you really okay with a billionaire meddling in your national politics manufacturing outrage and monetising rage?
X has become nothing more than an open sewer and pretending otherwise is self deception.
theguardian.com/politics/2026/…
Starmer accuses Musk of trying to ‘whip up division’ in UK over Henry Nowak murder
PM says Britons are ‘reasonable, tolerant people’ and backs MP’s legal action against Grok firm over fake sexualised imagesPeter Walker (The Guardian)
I wonder if the people at #X ever read their own announcements.
Literally explaining how they sold out and enshittified the "blue checkmark".
This also seem like yet another step towards mandatory #IDverification on social media! (only to protect them kids & democratize the platforms of course 😉)
#Enshittification #SocialMedia #Twitter #Internet #announcement #news #web #verification #online #privacy #privacymatters #europe #eu #decision #digital #id #rights #legal
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As you know, on 1 April 2023 we began winding down Twitter's legacy
verification program:
Previously, to receive the blue checkmark, [highlighted in yellow] accounts had to be authentic,
active, and deemed notable by Twitter staff [] (for more information on the
legacy policy, please click here).
Now, following the changes implemented to democratize the platform, the
blue checkmark has a different meaning and identifies accounts that have an
active subscription to X Premium/X Premium+ (including services such as
reply prioritization) and are complete, active, secure and non-deceptive,
regardless of perceived notability. X supports freedom of speech and does not endorse or validate the views expressed on accounts featuring checkmarks.](https://friendica.hellquist.eu/photo/preview/640/5619279 "Screenshot of an X notification:
Update on X's blue checkmark
Following the European Commission's Decision of 5 December 2025, we must
explain the meaning of our blue checkmark and verification policies:
Premium accounts featuring the blue checkmark are not verified under
identity or authenticity criteria [highlighted in yellow](accounts verified based on an ID are labelled as \"ID verified\"). []
As you know, on 1 April 2023 we began winding down Twitter's legacy
verification program:
Previously, to receive the blue checkmark, [highlighted in yellow] accounts had to be authentic,
active, and deemed notable by Twitter staff [] (for more information on the
legacy policy, please click here).
Now, following the changes implemented to democratize the platform, the
blue checkmark has a different meaning and identifies accounts that have an
active subscription to X Premium/X Premium+ (including services such as
reply prioritization) and are complete, active, secure and non-deceptive,
regardless of perceived notability. X supports freedom of speech and does not endorse or validate the views expressed on accounts featuring checkmarks.")
"SpaceX’s IPO Filing Shows Elon’s Twitter ‘Business Genius’ Was A Fantasy"
"The 69 million paid subscribers became 4.4 million. The $10 billion subscription business became $250 million."
#twitter #spacex #spacexipo #elonMusk
techdirt.com/2026/05/22/spacex…
SpaceX’s IPO Filing Shows Elon’s Twitter ‘Business Genius’ Was A Fantasy
Elon Musk, business genius. When Elon Musk announced his plans to buy Twitter, some of his billionaire friends rushed to text him to say they’d throw whatever money they wanted into the deal.…Techdirt
X/Twitter ryhtyi rajoittamaan merkittävästi käyttäjiensä viestimääriä
Jatkossa käyttäjät voivat julkaista max. 50 viestiä tai 200 vastausta vuorokaudessa. Rajoituksista pääsee eroon tilaamalla kuukausimaksullisen tilauksen.
dawn.fi/uutiset/2026/05/19/twi…
#twitter #sosiaalinenmedia #uutiset
Twitter ryhtyi rajoittamaan käyttäjiään: 50 julkaisua ja 200 vastausta päivässä ellet maksa
Twitter eli X on ryhtynyt rajoittamaan sitä, miten paljon palveluun voi julkaista päivässä viestejä. Rajoituksista pääsee eroon tilaamalla palvelun maksullisen kuukausitilauksen.Petteri Pyyny (AfterDawn)
