Mike Masnick ✅Dec 16, 2022

If you're over here, you may have missed that Matt Taibbi is pushing a new batch of "Twitter Files" over on the other site... and once again seems to not understand the context of ANYTHING he's looking at, while presenting it in the most conspiratorially misleading way possible.

Yes, the FBI alerted Twitter to tweets that told people to vote on the wrong day. And asked Twitter if they violated policy. That's basically it.

Show threadMariya DelanoDec 16, 2022
@mmasnick is there any way to read this nonsense without having to go on the bird site directly?
Show threadaltobaseDec 16, 2022
@mariyadelano @mmasnick I finally went and uninstalled bird app from my phone. I didn't want to give them my traffic and wanted to give mastodon an honest shot. But the feeling that I am 'missing out' on developing stories like this is a tough one to shake.
Show threadmaxDec 16, 2022
@altobase @mariyadelano @mmasnick you’re not missing anything. The slow drip of each tweet takes hours to complete and once it’s all out people will be sharing it here. the other 6 parts shouldve convinced you there’s really nothing to see.
Show threadMariya Delano
@maxXx @altobase @mmasnick you're probably right. It's hard to shake the FOMO after getting so used to Twitter
Dec 16, 2022 at 11:00pmWeb
Show threadmaxDec 16, 2022
@mariyadelano @altobase @mmasnick trust, if there was truly something earth shattering in that mess he would not be releasing it on a Friday afternoon. Major bombshells are generally dropped earlier in the week in order to dominate the weekly news cycle. Fridays are where stories go to die.
Show threadMariya DelanoDec 16, 2022
@maxXx @altobase @mmasnick oh I know this isn’t a big deal, I’m just curious at this point to see what else they are twisting / misrepresenting more than anything