Pwnallthethings
Absolute lmao at how many users are gonna get booted this week
Dec 18, 2022 at 7:19pmWeb
Show threadPwnallthethingsDec 18, 2022

Seriously tho, they're gonna boot so many accounts, and such a large fraction of them are not going to return, it's gonna put rocket fuel under all the other platforms.

Other than actually pulling the plug on the servers, I'm not sure I could come up with a faster way for Twitter to end itself than annihilating the content creators' ability to use that platform and link out to any other sites.

And to do it all in one go! lmaooooo

Show threadAndy PearlmanDec 18, 2022
@Pwnallthethings I feel as if someone will "forget" to implement it fully somehow
Show threadReed MidekeDec 18, 2022
@apearlma @Pwnallthethings yeah, I suspect enforcement will be extremely selective, not a bulk ban. But… underestimating their capacity for self sabotage has made a fool of me before, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Show threadJesper AndersenDec 18, 2022
@Pwnallthethings the entire business model for the large posters that donate their value to Twitter is monitizing everywhere else. If you break that you remove every incentive for many creators
Show threadhymnDec 18, 2022
@Pwnallthethings I suspect the collapse will be slower than anticipated, normies will just remove the links and continue is as normal, they won't leave until celebrities do
Show threadLeaveNothingForTheFutureDec 18, 2022

@plastichymn @Pwnallthethings

Plus:

- Government agencies that use Twitter like a PSA channel
- Companies using it for marketing and tech support

Show threadFalconFour has movedDec 18, 2022
@plastichymn @Pwnallthethings
nah I was just looking for the straw to break. As more creators flee, their audiences will too.
Show threadDan ShieldDec 18, 2022
@Pwnallthethings I already had a link to my Mastodon account in my profile. Tried to update my name to "I am John Mastodon" and the save failed, but the url is still there.
Show threadLukas SimonisDec 18, 2022
@Pwnallthethings
this is going to be very selectively enforced
Show threadJoel DefoeDec 18, 2022
@Pwnallthethings I can’t tell if this is a thinly veiled threat to get adversaries off the platform, or a braindead unawareness of consequences.
Show threadFalconFour has movedDec 18, 2022
@Jdefoe @Pwnallthethings
at first I read this as "get advertisers off the platform" and honestly that's not far off either
Show threadJoel DefoeDec 18, 2022
@falconfour @Pwnallthethings they’re connected, that’s for sure.
Show threadChuck Taggart, Private EyeDec 18, 2022
@Jdefoe @Pwnallthethings I’d say about 98% the latter. He has NO idea what he’s doing or how to run a social media platform or any kind of online community.
Show threadIsaac Erbele, MDDec 18, 2022
@Pwnallthethings Quite the coup de grâce
Show threadDan SugalskiDec 18, 2022
@Pwnallthethings with bonus extra regulatory action by the EU on top of everything else.
Show threadGrae HallDec 18, 2022
@wordshaper @Pwnallthethings I kinda saw this whole EU regulatory action coming (many of us did), which was why I made this meme 2 1/2 weeks ago:
Show threadMax WoolfDec 18, 2022
@Pwnallthethings the second paragraph sounds like a challenge
Show thread@infosec_jcp 🐈🃏 done differentlyDec 18, 2022

@Pwnallthethings

🐦┐(￣ヘ￣)┌🐦 <---The Public

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Show threadRaindrop WorksDec 18, 2022
@Pwnallthethings What's really funny is he's doing this -as- he's actively courting investors for more money for Twitter. Yeah, daily active users for the last month may be spiked, but the amount of accounts leaving should make those investors very nervous
Show threadGrae HallDec 18, 2022

@raindropworks @Pwnallthethings Musk be like: Please invest in my twitter, you can't be in control in anyway & have to trust I know what I'm doing in spite of the fact I've only made idiot tier calls every day for the 6 short weeks I've owned this platform all of which have cost me & it dearly, but invest in me!

Ignore the haemorrhaging user base! I'm not gonna ban the users who haven't yet left for even thinking about leaving me, I mean twitter!

Please give me your money I'm good at business!

Show threadRaindrop WorksDec 18, 2022
@HallGrae @Pwnallthethings Still amazed at how Mastodon has grown by over 50% just since Musk took over. Wonder what the numbers will look like in a day or two
Show threadGrae HallDec 18, 2022

@raindropworks @Pwnallthethings The fact that all of this "OMG NO LINKING TO OUTSIDE SOCIAL MEDIA SERVICES" started because Mastodon was blatantly blowing up and Musk saw twitter's numbers spiralling is sure hilarious.

He. Did. This. To. Himself.

Literally Musk helped grow Mastodon more than anyone else so it's becoming a competitor to the platform he spent 44 billion to own, he's that frkn stupid and bad at business.

Show threadDean StoneDec 19, 2022
@HallGrae @raindropworks @Pwnallthethings also put all of those names on par with one another by mentioning them together
Show threadimbouDec 19, 2022
@raindropworks @Pwnallthethings the things is the sales pitch is so bad? Hey I got a platform with an unsustainable debt load because I overpaid. I also have alienated users and customers give me more money so I can what? What does he say he is going to do? And I am going to guess the other equity holders would have to approve the dilution? It’s so ridiculous.
Show threadNoni MouseDec 18, 2022
@Pwnallthethings Killing off their top content creators (blue check) wasn't a bad start
Show threadMJLevyMDDec 18, 2022
@Pwnallthethings #UncageTheElephant
Show threadJack MottDec 18, 2022
@Pwnallthethings its hard to imagine the man who started SpaceX and Tesla turning into this much of a buffoon so rapidly. Man I worry about myself when I hit my 50s. fuck.
Show threadRDS (shawphd on Twitter)Dec 18, 2022
@jackmott @Pwnallthethings Eh, he didn’t so much start them as acquire and promote existing talent under his own name.
Show threadJack MottDec 18, 2022
@shawrd773 @Pwnallthethings he 100% started spacex and 99.9% started tesla which was just two guys and a sketch when he came on.
Show threadCarrieDec 18, 2022
@jackmott @Pwnallthethings It appears smoking lots of weed, doing psychedelics, and not sleeping isn’t a great combination for making good business decisions.
Show threadJack MottDec 18, 2022
@WeShall @Pwnallthethings weed doesn’t tend to turn people into maga choads. lack of sleep though, yeah
Show threadKeith 🇺🇸🇪🇺🇮🇪🇺🇦Dec 18, 2022

@jackmott

Just him. Nothing to do with being 50. And I'm totally not biased, just as Twitter is no longer biased.

@Pwnallthethings

Show threadJack MottDec 18, 2022
@kdvncm @Pwnallthethings its not just him, theres definitely a thing that happens to some men around there! I got 6 years to figure it out haha
Show threadCenobyte Dec 18, 2022
@jackmott @Pwnallthethings I'm 51 and haven't turned into a fascist dictator. You'll be ok 
Show threaddon'tbe,evilDec 19, 2022

@jackmott @Pwnallthethings

(That’s because he did neither of those things)

Show threadJack MottDec 19, 2022
@u3b3rg33k @Pwnallthethings ok who started spacex
Show threaddon'tbe,evilDec 20, 2022

@jackmott @Pwnallthethings

maybe he did start that one. definitely not a founder of TSLA though.

Show threadJack MottDec 21, 2022
@u3b3rg33k @Pwnallthethings yeah I specifically didn't use the word founded because I know people like you believe he just bought tesla and didn't build the company ( he did build it). From the first roadster till now, and now I hope he leaves.
Show threadKendyl HanksDec 18, 2022
@Pwnallthethings do you think they really will?
Show threadPwnallthethingsDec 18, 2022
@KendylHanks Oh, 100% they will. They're too dumb and too vindictive not to
Show threadKendyl HanksDec 18, 2022
@Pwnallthethings insanity
Show threadcharlesesmithDec 18, 2022
@Pwnallthethings @KendylHanks Elon for sure is at this point. I have no doubt someone is going to tell him how stupid this is, he's going to fire that person, and then they're going to ban half of the user base.
Show threadEthan JacobsDec 18, 2022
@KendylHanks @Pwnallthethings @marklemley already reports they’ve done this to him.
Show threadJesseDec 18, 2022
@Pwnallthethings Well, it’s one way to restore the user:engineer ratio.
Show threadThomas H Jones IIDec 18, 2022
@Pwnallthethings One hopes that some really big ones do (then pay for s month of exception from the policy so they can tell their followers, "I've moved <HERE>."
Show threadEl Jefe "" Dec 18, 2022
@Pwnallthethings waiting with baited breath
Show threadCat 🐈‍⬛🛰️​ HAS MOVED TO A NEW SERVERDec 18, 2022
@eljefedsecurit @Pwnallthethings That's what happens when you eat the worms and chum for fishing instead of the poke bowl with rice noodles.
Show threadEl Jefe "" Dec 18, 2022
@catbailey @Pwnallthethings touche'
Show threadSasha FoxDec 18, 2022
@Pwnallthethings Running movetodon.com and https://fedifinder.glitch.me/ while I still can
Fedifinder

Fediverse accounts of your X/Twitter followings

Show threadSchrödinger’s BatmanDec 18, 2022
@Pwnallthethings I have a pinned tweet from weeks ago with my address here. That should get me banned, right?
Show threadPwnallthethingsDec 18, 2022
@SchrodingersBatman Yep. Suspect they'll suspend your account until you delete the tweet.
Show threadSchrödinger’s BatmanDec 18, 2022
@Pwnallthethings wow, then it really will be a total shitshow.
Or at least a bigger one.
Show threadMax WoolfDec 18, 2022
@Pwnallthethings honestly I'm curious if they'll mass automated ban with a regex because that would be hilarious
Show threadd̥ͦu̥ͦt̥ͦc̥ͦh̥ͦb̥ͦi̥ͦn̥ͦx̥ͦDec 18, 2022
@minimaxir @Pwnallthethings they’re not super hot on regex mmmaybe? posting a link to muff’s jet location on adsbexchange works as long as the plane icao id is not the first url parameter 🤡
Show threadSysG33kDec 18, 2022
@minimaxir @Pwnallthethings So far, I think they haven't. Otherwise, my account at the birdsite would have been banned by now.
Show threadFrancis 🏴‍☠️ GulottaDec 18, 2022
@Pwnallthethings @profcarroll my goodness
Show threadJesper MusaeusDec 18, 2022
@Pwnallthethings what policy is this referring to?
Show threadClaude GohierDec 18, 2022

@lethen @Pwnallthethings
If you have links to other social media platforms in your bio.

Like Mastodon. But also Facebook or Instagram.

Show threadMax Riethmuller (TechLife)Dec 18, 2022
@lethen @Pwnallthethings
Show threadAnarchist_SuburbiaDec 18, 2022
@Pwnallthethings I guess this is the week I vaporize! 🤷‍♂️