Aditya SherDec 19, 2022
Mike Masnick ✅

Over on the other site yet another edition of the misleadingly framed "Twitter Files" came out today... and show, once again, that Twitter actively and regularly PUSHED BACK against the FBI...

But, which the usual morons are again using as proof that Twitter was a state actor controlled by the FBI.

Dec 19, 2022 at 6:21pmWeb
Show threadBJC860Dec 19, 2022
@mmasnick Being a "state actor" is when I actually tell the government no to their requests.
Show threadNatanael ⚠️Dec 19, 2022

@BJC860 @mmasnick being a state actor is when I remember what I did the last time

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_(computer_science)

State (computer science) - Wikipedia

Show threadjohn r red-horseDec 19, 2022
@mmasnick
I'm starting to think that you just cannot fix willful ignorance.
Show threadTravisDec 19, 2022

@mmasnick

The dominance of narratives over facts is one of the most dangerous artifacts of postmodernism’s penchant for epistemic relativism.

While there is some utility to the notion of having a ‘personal truth,’ we still need to seek ‘inter-subjective truths’ else we lose the basis for communication, collaboration, and society.

Central structural underpinning of The Great Meme War that we find ourselves in, IMO.

Show thread@cundravyDec 19, 2022
@mmasnick At what point should we ignore this and continue to treat this as misinformation purposefully being used to stoke partisanship. Exactly what the previous administration was doing and what we amplified, by merely engaging or reacting to, to our own detriment.
Show threadDoc Edward Morbius ⭕​Dec 19, 2022

@mmasnick Any thought to adding your Fediverse handle to the Techdirt "About" page?

https://www.techdirt.com/about/

Also "Tools & Services".

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Show threadCyrusDec 19, 2022
@mmasnick I'm still wondering what's worse "Twitter Being State Controlled" or a President inciting a riot at our capitol, trying to block election results...I'm pretty sure Elon could have less than 44 billion to have Twitter hacked if he wanted logs...
Show threadEmDec 19, 2022
@mmasnick thank you for the summary. I am happy to avoid that drama.
Show threadVissDec 19, 2022
@mmasnick i lack the snake oil gifs for all of this. its like an 1800s style roadshow parade with a charlatan in a tophat with a cane and white gloves trying to sell bottles of miracle cure to random passers-by
Show threadPeter JordansonDec 19, 2022
@mmasnick and it still looks like a platform trying to find the right balance of content moderation. I guess if I really believed the Qanazi theories about Democrats eating babies for adrenochrome and Jewish bankers trying to kill 90% of the population, maybe I'd see something nefarious. But I've been cc'd on juicier emails in retail and manufacturing.
Show threadbbennettesq Dec 19, 2022
@mmasnick Up is down, Mike.
Show threadBiancaDec 19, 2022
@mmasnick It difficult to share an information space with dim bulbs 💡 that have an axe to grind.
Show threadjeSuisatire neindochohh ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷDec 19, 2022

@mmasnick

The simple fact that a centralized database like twitter exists makes it a honeypot for any kind of actor, being it a state actor, a US-state actor or any other.

It's a single point of failure and there for shouldn't exist. Even more in an international context.

*edited/added*
And of course, make sure to get peoples phone number and banc account data, that's even better than real name policy and an ID pic as avatar.

#surveilance

Show threadEthanDec 19, 2022
@mmasnick at this point the Twitter Files are like season 7 of a once great TV show.
Show threadZarflingDec 19, 2022
@mmasnick I say leave those bird stories on the bird app and make new stories to tell on this elephant app 😁🐘
Show threadauthor_is_ShrikeTron🔠💉x5Dec 19, 2022
@mmasnick @emptywheel Also doxxed Hunter, but Twitter policy is 🤷🏻‍♀️
Show threadPeter LeonDec 19, 2022
@mmasnick by the TRUMP FBI it can be noted.
Show threadRyan Egesdahl Dec 19, 2022

@mmasnick @emptywheel But, Mike! How are we all supposed to believe Daddy Elon saved us all from the Evil Twitter Empire if we don’t also believe they were secretly colluding with the Evil Government Agency to steal our deepest, darkest secrets that we gave away for free? Don’t you have any sense of perspective?!? /s

(If I I ever utter the words “Daddy” and “Elon” in consecutive order ever again, my libido may never forgive me.)