Abandoned AmericaAbsolutely mind blowing how nakedly desperate you have to be to make your social media platform the only one that flat out bans users for posting links to other social media platforms or linktree. It telegraphs 1) that you are losing so many users that you're in really serious trouble and 2) you're too arrogant and ignorant to realize that this policy, if enacted, is going to just obliterate the tattered user base you have left
I have to say that this is astonishing to me even though my expectation with the acquisition was that the company would be in ruins. But I thought it would take maybe 6 months to a year, not two months
The banning of accounts who post links to off-Twitter accounts really does show what utter clownery it is to "stay and fight on Twitter" when all the rules and access to the site itself are governed by someone who has no respect for his user base at all. Good luck tweeting some sense at that, folks.
The Evil Writer@AbandonedAmerica The only reason to stay now is to disrupt. #Twitter can't be fought from within, but it can be wrecked from within. I support our glorious trolls, people posting full copyrighted movies to Twitter and stuff like that. But it's definitely not for everyone, or even most.
Most should just get out.
@EvilWriter that is literally the only good reason I have heard so far. I support your efforts wholeheartedly
tom4okstate@AbandonedAmerica Absolutely. There seemed to be a contingent remaining under the impression they could shame him into good behavior or maybe influence advertisers leaving in large enough amounts to do so.
Folks. the richest people in the world care only about his own perception of things. Others opinions are of no consequence whatsoever.
@tom4okstate right, and engagement metrics matter more to advertisers than Twitter whining
ChofuAlum@AbandonedAmerica The fact that elmo doesn't even understand that Twitter users ARE THE PRODUCT is absolute evidence he has long been given undeserved credit as being *smart*.
He's just another WM that has been riding his (inherited) privilege gathering praise from wannabes.
He's just another WM that has been riding his (inherited) privilege gathering praise from wannabes.
@ChofuAlum I agree with you wholeheartedly there. He just showed the whole world that calling him mediocre is in fact giving him more credit than he deserves
Isaac@AbandonedAmerica pUsH hIm lEfT
@isaac2 good luck with that đ
EricMEagan@AbandonedAmerica the stay and fightâŚâŚ there is nothing to âfightâ for
@EricMEagan only to get the community you care about elsewhere but even that is a bit of a lost cause bc they have to realize that for themselves
@AbandonedAmerica it seems clear. He bought it. He is a bit unhinged. But he can do what he wants with it. Right? So we can only move away from it. Staying to âfightâ supports him even if people donât believe it. It does
hopeless wanderer@AbandonedAmerica the point is to make him go even more insane, keep finding ways to break his so called rules and edicts. force him to change them endlessly
@revolcom look, I do love the rabid badger MO so if you can find the gears to pull them out I'm all for it
PeteTee@AbandonedAmerica Fishy as hell. So much for his alleged desire for "free speech" on the platform.
@PeteTee71 I mean who really believed that though
That Darn Saucy Moose đ@AbandonedAmerica I thought I was being overly aggressive suggesting a three month hang time.
@ThatDarnMoose you may win the bet at this rate. That seems to be about right
Chaoddity@AbandonedAmerica same
I thought he would be⌠just a little less hamfisted with his obvious courting of, and appeasement of, the fascist movement? Just a little more subtle? But nope. Out there publicly 69âing miles cheong like its his last day on earth
I thought he would be⌠just a little less hamfisted with his obvious courting of, and appeasement of, the fascist movement? Just a little more subtle? But nope. Out there publicly 69âing miles cheong like its his last day on earth
@chaoddity right? That's exactly my point. Like, he didn't even have the basic intelligence to do it gradually or STFU about certain things while he did them. It would be hard to be worse at it if you tried
@AbandonedAmerica even my most gullible 'moderate' 'apolitical' friends seemed extremely aware that Elon Musk was absolutely not acting in good faith. His 'oh yeah im totally a centrist' shit didnt work at all. Im thankful for that at least. Mans basically done the equivalent of jumping out a bush, screaming "I AM PERFORMING A STEALTH ATTACK"
@chaoddity honestly I think he's going to be a legend for decades to come at business schools and not in a good way
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George Mitchell@AbandonedAmerica So by next year, youâll be posting screenshots of empty Twitter pages?
@gemitch nah you can just see them online
Blort⢠đâđĽâŁď¸I'm just grateful it's fast enough that it's encouraging a positive force in #activitypub influencing the 2024 elections, rather than #Twitter turning into a right-wing boiling frog experiment, negatively impacting them.
Thanks Elon!
Channelgrace@Blort @AbandonedAmerica Iâm glad itâs slightly slow enough so there can be staggered migrations so mastodon has time to adapt
@Blort @AbandonedAmerica THANKS ELON!!!!
@Blort yes exactly. I agree. Being as handfasted as he is has actually benefited this platform by driving people out
Kevin Lowery@AbandonedAmerica we should really quit underestimating fascists
@KevinLowery you're not understanding if you think that: I was overestimating his intelligence, not the evil in his heart. I just didn't think he'd faceplant this quickly. I thought maybe he'd have some master scheme that worked marginally better for his interests
AtheisticSnail@AbandonedAmerica Its how to burn 44 billion the speed run!
@atheisticsnail yes exactly. He's setting some real records here
BC253@AbandonedAmerica they wouldnât let me deactivate my account this morning
MauiLover@bridgetc253 @AbandonedAmerica I wasnât able to deactivate my account from my iPad but it let me do it on my iPhone.
@mauiluvr @AbandonedAmerica thanks, Iâll try it that way!
@bridgetc253 my wife had problems with that too
Tim is wearing a mask đ@AbandonedAmerica
How long until you go photograph their abandoned offices?
How long until you go photograph their abandoned offices?
@spodlife at this rate they'll be kicked out for not paying rent pretty soon
jillkent@AbandonedAmerica Musk is truly a preconscious boy
@AbandonedAmerica I'm surprised it took this long.
Brood Tea@AbandonedAmerica #Musk's obtuseness is astounding thinking he can simply force Twitterfolk to be and act exactly how he imagined and it would be all fine.
It reminds me of Trump thinking that once he was elected president, everyone should automatically lavish him with all the kudos and respect of the office.
@hinano right and Musk doesn't even have the legal apparatus behind him. It was a boldly dumb gamble
Alicia@AbandonedAmerica Yeah, it's like Elon Musk saw Liz Truss and was like "okay, I have to up my game to make this the most calamitous takeover of the year".
@agbutteriss hold my beer jokes are overdone but that is the appropriate format here