Mastodawn

Mike Masnick ✅Jan 5, 2023

So, a "PR" person, who was given some files she does not understand by an ex-twitter employee and has been "revealing" them (misleadingly) is now freaking out that that someone from the State Dept visited her public website, claiming that the gov't is trying to intimidate her. By... visiting her public website after she claimed to be releasing things. And she's asking Elon why it's happening. It's very, very silly and confused people all around.

ForzaSicilia Jan 6, 2023

Mike Masnick ✅

Lol. Kristen found this post and claims it's "false" with no explanation of *what's* false. And now a bunch of people on Twitter are claiming that I am a "warmonger-oligarchy shill" which is pretty amazing given my history.

Twitter has become a site for idiots being idiots and nothing more.

Mike Masnick ✅Jan 6, 2023

I edited the original post because apparently the "false" part was that Elon had not given her the files, but someone else did. Doesn't really change the point of what I said.

Ted Han ★ 韓聖安 Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick wait, no, that's worse. Who is giving her files???

Mike Masnick ✅Jan 6, 2023

@ted someone claims it's another twitter employee (or maybe ex-employee). Not particularly important to the discussion.

She also seems incapable of understanding what's in the files she has.

bunnyAdvocate Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick She seems upset that you removed her ability to read your tweets, but that doesn't seem to stop her blocking those that query her claims.

Mike Masnick ✅Jan 6, 2023

@bunnyAdvocate aw, how sad.

Stop That Jan 6, 2023

@bunnyAdvocate @mmasnick As always, rules for thee but not for me.

jakenuts Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick And you were immediately recognized as not supporting Russian war crimes..

Chris Caple Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick Don't forget the nazis! Idiots, nazis, idiots being idiots, nazis being nazis, nazi idiots being idiot nazis, etc. It's a rich tapestry. Of idiocy and nazis.

Stop That Jan 6, 2023

@chriscaple @mmasnick And anti-vaxxers! They’re also running rampant on the bird site now.

Chris Caple Jan 6, 2023

@stopthatgirl7 They fit neatly in the idiots category though. Also they're not infrequently nazis.

Stop That Jan 6, 2023

@chriscaple They do deserve a separate mention because they’ve gotten so, so, SO very vocal as of late because of Damar Hamlin’s collapse. It’s like every kind of woodwork they could have been in, they came screaming out of.

Chris Caple Jan 6, 2023

@stopthatgirl7 They're a very special kind of idiot, to be sure.

Number 5 Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick
Just reply back to her ambiguous "False" with an ambiguous "False" your own and see how it goes. Haha

Stuart Longland (VK4MSL)Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick Or is the reply saying the claims being made by @[email protected] are "false", and the screenshot is being used as "evidence"?

To be honest, I started adding `twitter.com` to my browser's scripting blacklist when Elon-gate started -- I don't want that #toxicsocial nonsense running in my browser sessions.

eko_dot_swf Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick this is a ripe opportunity for someone with a block of IPs and some creative names

kkeller Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick but how can you monetize being a warmonger oligarch shill?

husbandpanda 🐼Jan 6, 2023

@kkeller @mmasnick CWF + RTB. I think this means he needs to make some trips to North Korea.

kkeller Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick wait, so did "Kristen" find your Mastodon post, and screenshot it to Twitter, in order to start a troll war?

PhDog 🇮🇪Jan 6, 2023

I believe this is Exhibit A submitted by the defenders of the status quo in the "No Quote Toots" case.

Turd Blossom Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick what a turd

Greg Woods Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick I see we have now achieved nested levels of cross site quote posting.

🌊Ann Morris🐕🍀🌎🌊🌊Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick She's obviously feeling guilty about what she's doing or she wouldn't be claiming the government is intimidating her. She knows what she's doing is wrong.

R.A. Porter (he/him)Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick Yeah. Well. Her mother was a hamster and her father smelt of elderberries.

🌲🧿 "Max"t💽d🏵️n 🔎🍄Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick There were idiots in the spotlight in the past but now every idiot is in the spotlight.

Lizard Jan 6, 2023

@MaxPow3r11 @mmasnick
“In the future, everyone will be an idiot for 15 minutes.”

michael_rose Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick led by the idiot in chief

Duneland Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick that's why we're not there any more.

Frank Bennett 🇯🇵Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick A bare reply of "Interesting" would be appropriate there. Works for Elon.

Dan Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick going back to Twitter these days, even passively reading like I am, feels like coming back to your childhood home and seeing the entire neighborhood was taken over by college fratbros trying out out asshole eachother.

It is becoming increasingly easy to go days without visiting the site and realIing I didn’t miss anything worthwhile.
Especially since 80% of the folks I follow are now here.

Jon R Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick Congratulations! Warmonger -oligarchy shill is a transferable skill, and you can now list that on your resume for the rest of your life! And I deeply hope that you will.

Jonah Stein Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick Facts and logic do not apply in Twitter 2.0 threads.

Kevin Carson Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick It's hard to tell any more whether any given one of these chuds is a Dirtbag Left/Jimmy Dore simp who gets impure thoughts reading Grayzone, or a paleocon who rants about "globalists"

Shane Moore Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick
I scrolled through her post that you shared earlier, and it seemed like she posted something new every 1-2 minutes for a while. It was painful. The user names that liked her posts all seemed to be made up names (bot accts), similar to Elon's followers. Her profile stated "media personality", and that's when the pain stopped, and the laughter set in. I'll never understand why people let these grifters influence their lives.

Rob Honeycutt Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick
Twitter: Idiots aggressively amplifying stupid people.

LibertyForward1 Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick Is she violating twatter's "no mastodon" rule by posting screenshots from a platform supposedly infested with kiddie porn and spam? Or is it okay to post screenshots from mastodon as long as the word "mastodon" isn't visible? And what was she doing looking at mastodon in the first place, does that mean she's secretly part of the warmonger-oligarchy shill illuminati George Soros Hunter Biden's laptop Benghazi worldwide crime syndicate herself?? I'm just asking questions!

Mike Masnick ✅Jan 6, 2023

@LibertyForward1 that policy was rescinded after a day or two

Tofu Golem Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick
Then why stay there?

WhiteHatShark🦈Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick ugh, that birbsite owned by an spoiled kiddo who thinks he's an genius. I have some opinions which are bad for my health, but damn: new owner of birbsite kinda makes me hate birbs, and I will blame that *censored*

husbandpanda 🐼Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick You have my axe. /s

Seriously, you being warmongering is like a bad analogy.

Quiquaequod Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick I think it’s more than that. There’s a war on and Russia and Iran will do AI-anything to weaken the US. The strategy seems to be compound lies upon lies until no one trusts any information at all.

VHasch Jan 6, 2023

I didn't know psyops were so easy. 👀

wellactually Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick - every time I think, “people can’t really be this dumb” someone comes along…

WSHuff Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick “All You’re Warmonger-Oligarchy Shill Are Belong to Me” would look good on a Techdirt t-shit.

Denis McDowell Jan 6, 2023

@mmasnick "warmonger" is giving "libtard" and "groomer" competition for right wing insult of choice.

@mmasnick unfortunately looks like Elon's vision of what he wants is coming true.