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What I don't understand about the #TikTok problem is what makes TikTok worse than #Instagram, #Facebook, #Google or #Twitter?
Either you ban algorithmic timelines or you ban government spying. But if you only ban TikTok, the #propaganda will still reach us via the other networks ...
TikTok ban in the United States: https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/explaining-why-officials-want-to-ban-tiktok-in-the-united-states/article_2f1c3092-0baa-11ef-8c02-df0aeedefee3.html
#news #censorship #politics #China #USA #algorithm #software #socialNetwork #internet #problem #law #surveillance #economy
Explaining why officials want to ban TikTok in the United States
The bill states that TikTok has nine months to divest itself from China and that TikTok’s owner, ByteDance, sells the platform to another company. If a sale is agreed to,WPSD Local 6
Looks like Mastodon gGmbH’s latest moves are adored by folks who work at surveillance capitalists like Medium and Google.
Good job, Mastodon gGmbH… you’re doing amazing, sweetie!
#mastodon #bizStone #twitter #mastodonGGMBH #BigTech #SiliconValley https://mastodon.social/@dimillian/112381366452162899
Thomas Ricouard (@dimillian@mastodon.social)
I missed that, this is an amazing new and a great board! https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/29/twitter-co-founder-biz-stone-joins-mastodons-new-u-s-non-profits-board/?guccounter=1Mastodon
When people ask why I waste my time with this account, it is because of this. He is freaking dangerous.
I know I will not change anything by myself, but ... he is freaking dangerous.
I just wonder why in the world a publication that publishes this still has a link to Twitter, but not to their Threads account, or an account on Mastodon. Thoughts? @motherjonesmag
#ElonMusk #Tesla #Tech #Twitter #X
I read everything Elon Musk posted for a week. Send help.
If your media diet looked like his, you’d be red-pilled too.Mother Jones
Axios:
Elon Musk to reinstate X account of white nationalist Nick Fuentes
Fuentes' X account was still suspended as of Friday morning.
Musk then posted ...
"This will probably cause us to lose a lot of advertisers and makes me sad..."
https://www.axios.com/2024/05/03/elon-musk-nick-fuentes-x-account
#News #Politics #Democracy #Democrats #News #Elonmusk #Twitter #Twittermigration #birdsite
As of 2 May, we will stop using X (formerly Twitter).
The reason is that X no longer matches SURF's public values such as humanity, autonomy and justice.
Also, the reach is declining on X and more and more academics and researchers are leaving the platform.
Read more about our decision: https://www.surf.nl/en/news/surf-stops-using-x-twitter?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2024-04-social&utm_kwd=surf-stops-using-x-twitter--&utm_source=mastodon&utm_content=surf
SURF stops using X (Twitter)
From 2 May, SURF will stop using X (formerly Twitter) as its communication channel. The reason is that X no longer matches SURF's public values such as humanity, autonomy and justice.SURF.nl
So lemme get this straight, recent big things for Mastodon:
- Opened up to Facebook who literally helped genocide happen and censors certain posts on their platform, after closed door meetings
- Added AI bro and crypto fucker Amir Ghavi as a board member
- Added a cofounder of Twitter as a board member.
It is becoming reasonable to question if there is a current goal to ensure Mastodon becomes less attractive to its core userbase. Almost like it's being sabotaged on purpose.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/04/mastodon-forms-new-u.s.-non-profit/
#Mastodon #Twitter #Meta #Facebook #FuckAI #AI #Crypto #Fediverse
Mastodon forms new U.S. non-profit
As part of our commitment to supporting the growth and operational capabilities of Mastodon, we have established a 501(c)(3) non-profit entity in the United States aimed at facilitating our efforts, including being able to receive tax-deductible U.S.Mastodon Blog
You must be kidding me, Jason.
Too early to celebrate, my dude 
#mastodon #bluesky #threads #twitter #x #elon #musk #elonmusk #googleplus #google #graveyard #socialmedia #technology #tech
I have no idea how to react to stuff like this. I personally had an expirience when it was proved that Mastodon is trans-friendly, isn't it?
Well, no matter how much will it make you mad (it will make you mad), looks like according to this Bluesky post below, Mastodon isn't trans-friendly.
(While the author doesn't says it directly, they are saying that Mastodon's community is racist to black transgender people.....have no words how double-stupid that is)
Link: https://bsky.app/profile/mommy.estrogenize.me/post/3kqyy7djabi24
#bluesky #mastodon #fediverse #twitter #x #transphobia #trans #transgender #black #blacklivesmatter #racism
Life After X: Journos Who Ditched Elon Musk’s Twitter Speak Out https://www.mediaite.com/tech/life-after-x-journos-who-ditched-elon-musks-twitter-speak-out/
#SocialMedia #X #Twitter #Journalists #Journalism #Xitter
Life After X: Journos Who Ditched Elon Musk’s Twitter Speak Out
Mediaite spoke with four journalists about what caused them to limit their use of Twitter and what their social media use looks like now.Juwan Holmes (Mediaite)
I cannot fathom how anyone with even a shred of backbone or self-respect can happily keep chattering away at the Nazi Bar.
(Extra asshole-points for “babe.”)
#elonmusk #climatechange #Twitter
Meta has lost $45bn on #Metaverse since 2020. #Meta could have bought #Twitter and still had $1bn left in the bank.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/24/metas-reality-labs-posts-3point85-billion-loss-in-first-quarter.html
Meta's Reality Labs posts $3.85 billion loss in first quarter
Mark Zuckerberg's bet on the metaverse continues to be a money-bleeding endeavor, with the unit reporting billions of dollars in losses every quarter.Alex Koller (CNBC)
#bluesky #twitter #mastodon #socialmedia #technology #x #elon #musk #elonmusk #fediverse
According to a 3rd party quoted in Business Insider, #Threads is now surpassing #Twitter/#X in a key metric.
In April so far, "Threads has averaged an estimated 28 million daily active users, ....a roughly 55% increase in DAUs from December"
"X has averaged 22 million DAUs, a usage rate that's 21% lower than Threads."
https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-threads-more-daily-us-users-twitter-elon-musk-x-2024-4
Meta's Threads now has more daily US users than Musk's X
Launched less than a year ago as a rival for Twitter, Threads is continuing to gain ground with users.Kali Hays (Insider)
The system previously known as FSD, now known as "just kidding FSD" is being adjusted down to $8k. In 2022 it was sold for $15k.
"Tesla CEO Elon Musk has repeatedly said that as FSD becomes more capable, it should also go up in price to reflect its greater value. Previously, FSD price increases were largely associated with software updates that added new capability to the system."
Winning!
https://electrek.co/2024/04/21/tesla-lowers-price-of-full-self-driving-to-8000-down-from-12000/
Tesla lowers price of ‘Full Self-Driving’ to $8,000, down from $12,000
The software, which CEO Elon Musk said would only get more expensive as it gets more capable, once cost as much as $15k.Jameson Dow (Electrek)
"Twitter alternative Post News is shutting down"
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/19/24135011/twitter-alternative-post-news-shutdown
"Mastodon and Bluesky are still standing."
#Post #Twitter #Mastodon #Bluesky #aocialmedia
Twitter alternative Post News is shutting down
Post News, a Twitter alternative run by the former Waze CEO Noam Bardin, is shutting down. Bardin says the platform “is not growing fast enough.”Emma Roth (The Verge)
I've been so happy with Mastadon I only today noticed Twitter now requires login for viewing tweets.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/twitter-now-needs-users-sign-view-tweets-2023-06-30/
Elon Musk declared he wouldn’t comply with orders from Brazil’s Supreme Court to ban far-right accounts involved in an attempted coup.
It shows how Musk uses Twitter to amplify fascism, but also why many countries are increasingly fed up with unaccountable US tech firms.
https://disconnect.blog/elon-musk-is-already-losing-his-battle-with-brazil/
#tech #elonmusk #brazil #brasil #twitter #socialmedia
Elon Musk is using Twitter to defend Brazil’s fascists
The fight shows countries will no longer put up with the drawbacks of unregulated social mediaParis Marx (Disconnect)
the answer is clear, though: so many folks using #Twitter are able to look past those naive, reductionist perspectives that obsess over Musk and instead consider the broader picture of how use of Twitter benefits their enterprises.
It’s a cut of the nose to spite the face situation to give up the benefits of using a platform just because you have a personal issue with the personality associated with it.
#GoToSocial users!
Are there sites that work as a bridge between #Twitter and #ActivityPub like https://bird.makeup that works with GtS? Kinda wanna subscribe to some creators out there
So let me get this straight: Your business model depends on user created content for running advertisements against. Now you want to charge the people who are freely providing you with content a fee to post content without sharing any of the profit? And you are doing this because you can't figure out how to stop bots on your platform since you cut most of your engineering staff.
Hmm...I might be a business genius, but that doesn't sound like a good plan.
https://qz.com/elon-musk-twitter-spam-bots-annual-fee-tweet-1851411201
Elon Musk says new X users have to pay to tweet
The new policy targets spam bots on the social media platform, which X has failed to "purge"William Gavin (Quartz)
'Mr Boikov— who lives in the Russian consulate in Sydney while awaiting political asylum after fleeing an AUS arrest warrant for assault last year & then receiving RUS citizenship from putin— wasn't the first #twitter user to mention the name Benjamin Cohen. But he was the first to go viral, even making a national news outlet.
Probably because he'd purchased a blue tick, so his content was prioritised & appeared higher on feeds, including users who didn't follow him.' 👇👇
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-68822846
Sydney mall attack: Confronting pro-Kremlin troll on false claims Jewish student was killer
Simeon Boikov sparked a social media frenzy implicating an innocent 20-year-old in the shopping mall attack.By Marianna Spring (BBC News)
#Mastodon biggest supporter is at it again. https://www.macrumors.com/2024/04/15/x-small-fee-new-users/
If this happens people will jump to #Threads as well
#Fediverse #X #Twitter
X May Charge New Users a 'Small Fee' to Post, Like and Reply
Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) will soon begin charging new users "a small fee" for posting content and liking, replying, and...Juli Clover (MacRumors.com)
I tried replacing Twitter with Bluesky, Threads, and Mastodon: What I found
More and more ex-Twitter/X users are seeking new online homes. I kicked the tires on these three nascent services. Here's what you need to know about them.David Gewirtz (ZDNET)
There's a guaranteed way of not having the #Twitter / #X badge of shame: Delete your account and crawl out of that cesspool.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/11/24127906/x-premium-users-can-no-longer-hide-their-blue-checks
X’s Premium users can no longer hide their blue checks
X is removing the ability for Premium and Premium Plus users to hide their blue checks. The platform recently upgraded a large number of influential accounts to premium subscriptions for free.Amrita Khalid (The Verge)
#Twitter’s Clumsy Pivot to X.com Is a Gift to Phishers
source: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/04/twitters-clumsy-pivot-to-x-com-is-a-gift-to-phishers/
Those include carfatwitter.com, which Twitter/X truncated to carfax.com when the domain appeared in user messages or tweets. Visiting this domain currently displays a message that begins, “Are you serious, X Corp?”
#internet #fail #security #phishing #cybersecurity #twitter #news
Twitter’s Clumsy Pivot to X.com Is a Gift to Phishers
On April 9, Twitter/X began automatically modifying links that mention "twitter.com" to redirect to "x.com" instead. But over the past 48 hours, dozens of new domain names have been registered that demonstrate how this change could be used to craft…krebsonsecurity.com
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/04/twitters-clumsy-pivot-to-x-com-is-a-gift-to-phishers/ #twitter #phishing #japan #domains #absolute #XitHeads
Twitter’s Clumsy Pivot to X.com Is a Gift to Phishers
On April 9, Twitter/X began automatically modifying links that mention "twitter.com" to redirect to "x.com" instead. But over the past 48 hours, dozens of new domain names have been registered that demonstrate how this change could be used to craft…krebsonsecurity.com
A very important Public Service Announcement.
https://soc.jrconlin.com/@jrconlin/112245148260859456
jr conlin (@jrconlin@soc.jrconlin.com)
I regret to inform y'all that: spacetwitter.com netflitwitter.com xerotwitter.com are not available, but castingcouch-twitter.com and spantwitter.com are (if you're into bad white supremacist porn or athleisure fascism, I suppose.)jr's tiny little mastodon server
