Mastodawn

Twitter’s source code has revealed nothing but suppression and political manipulation boosting right wing lies.

They even have special functions if you are republican… or Elon. 😂

If you are the alt-right bird-site? You are literally funding the alt right. I have no respect for you.

Freedom of speech.

Wow. Even worse, like Trump, he's retaliating selectively, against those who piss him off. There are still plenty of legacy verified accounts.

#ElonIsShit

Peter Butler Apr 2, 2023

@DemocracyMattersALot @flexghost Yes. I’ve been convinced that he’s only going to strip blue checks from journalists, i.e. no way LeBron James is losing his.

To start with NYT, without removing anyone else’s (or any of the NYT sub accounts), seems a bit targeted, lol.

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Apr 2, 2023

@DemocracyMattersALot @flexghost

The real question is: Why are they still there? /s:#MasochisticMuch?/s

Jaynae Marie Apr 12, 2023

@flexghost I always loved this newspaper. Now I love it more. No one should have to pay for something that was always free and should stay free. Checks shouldn’t be bought; they should be earned.

Word of Mouth

Apr 2, 2023

@flexghost
I'm about 90% certain that Elmo had them add that "code" just so they could remove it, to make Twitter 1.0 look bad.

Not making this up... Read it somewhere. Dunno if it's true but I'd bet $100 it is

@notroot I read somewhere it’s authentic.

I read somewhere you’re getting me a coffee.

You can pretty much say anything on the internet, people are saying.

OutOnTheMoors Apr 2, 2023

@flexghost Musk said the quiet part out loud on this one. Twitter deliberately puts stuff that is likely to anger you into your feed. The Dem/Rep stuff is to amplify to opponents, not allies.
More upset users = more rage clicks = more time on the site = more eyeballs on ads = more revenue for Twitter.

@CrazyMyra I’m sure all of the advertisers want exactly this. When do you think of Nazis… Think of jeep wrangler

OutOnTheMoors Apr 2, 2023

@flexghost They've known about it for years

@CrazyMyra remember that time someone shoplifted, and they spent years and years before indicting? Good thing the law applies equally to all.

Sam Apr 2, 2023

@CrazyMyra @flexghost idk, most people center to left familiar with twitter don't have much interest in RW gaslighting anymore, & many have left or became inactive. i.e. far less eyeballs than pre-Elon.

@slipperyhero @flexghost This started long, long before Musk. Read @pluralistic on the "enshittification" of platforms by Big Tech. It's about money, not politics.

@CrazyMyra @flexghost @pluralistic I don't disagree but Musk made it much worse. "It was fascinating to hear #Elon initially say nothing had changed when my feed was suddenly headlined by #Republican leadership, #FoxNews, #DeSantis minions, Ted Cruz, and a parade of psychopathic deplorables. Did he think we wouldn’t notice?"

@slipperyhero @flexghost Agreed - he's turned the dial up to 11. I suspect Musk's motives are to drive Twitter into bankruptcy asap, though, as he can't service the debt 😂

@CrazyMyra @flexghost I could only think of a few questionable scenarios in his psychological profile that would drive him to send twitter into bankruptcy on purpose, because it blows up his genius facade.

@slipperyhero @flexghost He'll blame everyone else and say he tried to pull out of the deal when he realised how troubled the company was. Only "honour" forced him to go through with the purchase (not the law). He's a narcissistic conman, just like Trump

@CrazyMyra @flexghost Nah, that won't fly. His rep has already taken huge hits by his baby-man antics and the value being cut in half since he bought it. If it goes bankrupt, his genius businessman rep to his fans is gone, because to many he has never failed before. Indeed he and trump are both on the narcissist spectrum, but they have somewhat different psychologies as well. Everyone who has some form of clinical narcissism is different level of narcissistic con man.

@slipperyhero @flexghost New Yorkers called Trump "Don the Con" for years and were perplexed at why the rest of the country bought his bullshit. We in South Africa had a similar rhyme for Musk and were equally puzzled about why the US thought he was a genius.

@CrazyMyra @flexghost I'm from the SF Bay. Only conservatives bought trump telling them the lies they wanted to hear. Indeed New York knew him best but most of the country knew he was a narcissist/con man. Musk on the other hand does deserve some credit building the 1st successful electric car & private rocketship companies & turning those into the most money in the world, regardless of how con man he was in doing it. trump deserves no credit for anything. He's just a pure ignorant con man.

@slipperyhero @flexghost Musk's only genius is in "persuading" the US government to pour public grant money into his private projects

@CrazyMyra @flexghost That doesn't take genius. Only money.

@CrazyMyra @flexghost but he also capitalized on the environmental desire to be more green. It wasn't genius, he saw a trend that matched his SciFi fantasies. Unlikely any American narcissist would have done that because they don't even admit humans cause climate change.

@slipperyhero @flexghost Lots of American conmen exploiting the system. But believe what you want

@CrazyMyra @flexghost You missed the point. American conservatives fought and still fight against non-fossil fuel vehicles because they would be crucified by others like them if they didn't.

@slipperyhero @flexghost What does this have to do with Musk being a conman?

@slipperyhero @flexghost stop sealioning

@CrazyMyra @flexghost ok sealion. You seem to just want to argue. Good luck with that.

Semi Sentient AI Cooling Water Apr 3, 2023

@slipperyhero @CrazyMyra @flexghost Perfectly put. Musk is autistic + narcissistic while Trump is psychopathic + narcissistic.

Semi Sentient AI Cooling Water Apr 3, 2023

@slipperyhero @CrazyMyra @flexghost It's very likely he's being made to by 💩tin & friends. I suspect in exactly the same way Trump & others have been compromised by spying on their every move whilst in Moscow. Rachel Maddow did an excellent deep dive into these Russian spy hotels.

Musk spent a lot of time in Russia when starting out with SpaceX so it's almost 💯 certain he was recorded & likely caught doing something awful.

toxtethogrady Apr 2, 2023

@flexghost So it boosts Republicans and suppresses Democrats. These are the real "Twitter files"...

flexghost.Apr 3, 2023

@toxtethogrady let’s see Matt Taibbi boost that 🙃

Alexander Karn Apr 2, 2023

@flexghost So, very clearly not a “public square.” Not that it ever was.

flexghost.Apr 3, 2023

@xankarn not that is ever was is right

Frank Westphal Fella Apr 3, 2023

@flexghost

Elon has lost his mind. I was all for spacex and tesla when the focus was engineering. I don't know why he has gone down this rabbit hole, but I gave up on him a while back.

Lil_bit_lzbth Apr 2, 2023

@flexghost
Freedom for he and others to suck himself off publicly. I called Ted cruz a cunt I don't know how many times. Never once reported, suspended, anything. Called that cunt a cunt ONCE, permanent suspension (early last November). Good riddance, did me a favor.

@lil_bit_lzbth check their source code. You were also suppressed if labeled a Democrat.

Nicole Parsons Apr 2, 2023

@flexghost @lil_bit_lzbth

Accounts on Twitter were also suspended if you critiqued any Republican billionaire donor, like Ellison.

An interesting experiment would be tweeting about other Republican donors & their companies to see what happens.

Koch.Murdoch. Griffin. Uihlein. Schwarzman. Thiel. Yass. Mercer. bin Salman. Schwab. Buckley. DeVos. Marcus. Singer. Wynn. Bradley. Hendricks. Fancelli. Lauder. Phil Knight. Jim Davis. Scaife. Mellon. Searle. Tim Dunn. Farris Wilks. Barre Seid.

JR Buckley 🏳️‍🌈⚛️Apr 2, 2023

@Npars01
Why is my name on that list?
What did I ever do to you?!
😜

@flexghost @lil_bit_lzbth

Nicole Parsons Apr 3, 2023

@JRBuckley @flexghost @lil_bit_lzbth

Lol.

Wrong Buckley.
Walter "Buck" Buckley, CEO of Actua, donated $1.3 million to DeSantis and funded Trump in 2020.

Hedge funds & venture capital firms are how the Russians and Saudis launder money & fund the GOP. Straw donors.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Buckley

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/19/desantis-cash-trump-donors-00040659

https://desantiswatch.org/the-watchtower/2022/08/19/rons-top-10-billionaire-buddies-ultra-wealthy-donors/

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/033116/top-10-corporate-contributors-trump-campaign.asp

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2019/05/what-have-the-top-trump-donors-been-up-to-since-2016/

Buck Buckley - Wikipedia

Lonewolf Apr 2, 2023

@lil_bit_lzbth @flexghost I called sitting members of Congress cunts. Told MTG she should get her dick addiction checked out. So many other things but what got me banned was calling a country singer a redneck
Apparently redneck is a race because they quoted the rules about race religion etc

TheBull874 Apr 2, 2023

@flexghost You have to question his motives for even buying twitter. Did he know it was going to lose money like it is?

@TheBull874 I don’t think we can ever say Elon planned anything. He’s revealed himself to be a true idiot. However, his financial backers in Saudi Arabia, China, Russia had a plan.

mark Apr 2, 2023

@TheBull874 @flexghost he was funded by the Saudis, who have definitely shown a hatred of truthful speech, and have money to burn to stop it.

If the funding people expected profits then his shit managing would have been corrected long ago.

Lachesis Apr 2, 2023

@flexghost
more alt text: you're not missing much. it is just a photo of petulant-looking musk with a dumb looking pout on his face, framed by a blurry cutout of bird logo. headline says he's been suppressing posts in support of ukraine. what a drip!

Esther

🌱🐾🍋 #fcknzs Apr 2, 2023

@flexghost #fcknzs

Old Man Mike Apr 2, 2023

@flexghost Quelle surprise, daddy Putin has a clear set of orders for Herr Plügs

Bonkers Apr 2, 2023

@flexghost no, it's the freedom to do whatever he wants with a $40bn asset. Including screwing over the whole user community at will. Including treating the people like dirt. Why is it even a surprise.