Kevin BeaumontCan’t wait for Twitter to get fixed on Monday and for all the journalists to return to write how Mastodon is doomed.
Pauliehedron ✅ 
Urban Hermit@pauliehedron @GossiTheDog
I always like this one. If I imagine the panel on the right by itself (and really, the one on the left isn't even needed at this point), the idea of saying or enjoying something that is not sarcastic, ironic, or alarming is a minority experience on the internet these days and the very thought of it is very relaxing.
I always like this one. If I imagine the panel on the right by itself (and really, the one on the left isn't even needed at this point), the idea of saying or enjoying something that is not sarcastic, ironic, or alarming is a minority experience on the internet these days and the very thought of it is very relaxing.
Franko@Urban_Hermit @pauliehedron @GossiTheDog I'm getting an increase of cynicism, sarcasm, and shit posting on Mastodon too lately... :-/
SomeAnoTooter@pauliehedron @GossiTheDog any source, especially for the right part? It's a lovely picture. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
Themis Stoneclaw
Jasmine@GossiTheDog it won't be fixed because they don't want to pay the bill. Also looks like there is a mass purge of trans accounts. I have like 5 friends that got suspended today.
Magical Cat@void_trans Heard that Ukrainian users get silenced at Birdsite en masse for a while already. So, it is part of larger catastrophe what happens now with Birdsite.
Also, i see influx of Russian-speaking refugees from Birdsite who literally cried for like year "where to go away from twitter!?". So even if these "patient" users moved, this is something very serious nobody even expected to happen. This is not a thing to be fixed "at Monday".
Also, i see influx of Russian-speaking refugees from Birdsite who literally cried for like year "where to go away from twitter!?". So even if these "patient" users moved, this is something very serious nobody even expected to happen. This is not a thing to be fixed "at Monday".
@void_trans @GossiTheDog apparently they paid the bill a while back. This is not about paying Google.
@void_trans @GossiTheDog is that confirmed? Are there high numbers of accounts belonging to trans individuals being suspended?
@GossiTheDog I don't think the issues are going to be a quick fix
FreediverX@annamal @GossiTheDog
But the sad thing is that if they were, his prediction would likely come true.
But the sad thing is that if they were, his prediction would likely come true.
@infosec_jcp 🐈🃏 done differentlyPerhaps the #journalists' will talk about how 'there is only a few million accounts' again. *Eye roll* 🤦♂️
Looking at you @NPR
@GossiTheDog it was "fixed" Sunday.
Matěj Cepl 🇪🇺 🇨🇿 🇺🇦@GossiTheDog Why do you think it was a bug which could be fixed?
Rod Faulkner@GossiTheDog And bemoan how acclimation to it is SO hard.
xs4me2Spot on…
Jim_E_from_CoDurham@GossiTheDog I'm still not clear how much of Twitter hassle is deliberate and how much is cock up. My goal today is to get to lunchtime before being locked out.
@GossiTheDog Goal achieved! Bet I don't make it to tea time though.
ShaMana@GossiTheDog twitter can be fixed today, if only someone paid their bills.
@shamana @GossiTheDog
The only thing that could fix Twitter is removing the person who broke Twitter.
Once you realize that’s unlikely, the obvious conclusion is that Twitter is dead and everyone with a shred of self-respect should leave.
DesignDamon@GossiTheDog "I stayed with a family that provides temporary housing for refugees and OMG they only had one kind of hummus."
pickledredonions@GossiTheDog And some will be writing from Bluesky, somehow confident that the billionaire owners of a corporate social media platform surely won't pull the rug on them *again*.
alteropen@pickledredonions @GossiTheDog its how it works bluesky will be another company that only has a valuation based on infinite growth eventually it will meet a head like twitter and realize that its not profitable and will shutdown
@alteropen @GossiTheDog Yep, they're in the first phase of https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys "enshittification", where they're courting positive user sentiment and more users. It will inevitably turn to crap when they insist on making money off it.
riChchestMat@GossiTheDog They didn't stop. Guardian is telling people to get Bluesky instead. FML
AnguaDelphine 
whonose123@GossiTheDog you are such an optimist LOL
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Ville Saarenketo
M4rtin__@GossiTheDog wish everybody would switch finally. I mean what do we all need till we finally change something 🫠🫠
Awanthi Vardaraj@GossiTheDog Nah. Musk is at the helm, remember? He'll just break it some more.
Driftini (old)@GossiTheDog I have trouble imagining twitter getting "fixed" anymore:
- Artificially boosting twitter blue subs' popularity at the price of smaller accounts that don't already get hundreds of thousands of likes on any word they whisper;
- The downright insulting temporary doge logo switch that says a lot about how Elon sees the website;
- Needing an account to SEE anything;
- Breaking embeds in links to tweets;
- Destroying nearly every 3rd party app;
- Allegedly horrible accessibility (idk about this personally but I've heard several people say that, take it with a grain of salt ig);
- Limiting how many posts one can see per day (while the limits are in reality even stricter than advertised because of ridiculously rushed and untested changes)
I feel like all of this put together has set a point of no return for Twitter, at the very least it did for me
- Artificially boosting twitter blue subs' popularity at the price of smaller accounts that don't already get hundreds of thousands of likes on any word they whisper;
- The downright insulting temporary doge logo switch that says a lot about how Elon sees the website;
- Needing an account to SEE anything;
- Breaking embeds in links to tweets;
- Destroying nearly every 3rd party app;
- Allegedly horrible accessibility (idk about this personally but I've heard several people say that, take it with a grain of salt ig);
- Limiting how many posts one can see per day (while the limits are in reality even stricter than advertised because of ridiculously rushed and untested changes)
I feel like all of this put together has set a point of no return for Twitter, at the very least it did for me
stux⚡️@GossiTheDog Haha yup..
Helgi Crookehorne@GossiTheDog I can't see anything fixed, still 'try again' stuff, and besides that a bunch of Blue got flagged as bots by a bot, and they can't contact support and they whine in API development forum
Rev. GothAlice@GossiTheDog Hey, just think: luckily, most won't be able to read such drivel any more given the actually closed silo it's become.
Way to reduce scope and impact and importance, there, flamethrower guy. Sorry, boring guy. Boreing? English is hard. So is keeping the bird site running, apparently.
But running a Mastodon instance isn't! :shots fired: (Admittedly, I'm running a personal instance, not a popular community one…)
Midwestern Wild Child@GossiTheDog Twitter is "fixed" a that's for sure 🙃
Craig Grannell@GossiTheDog TBF, they’ll have to find time between the breathless pieces on how Bluesky will be the next big thing.
warmoaran3 
@GossiTheDog Twitter, imo, is doomed. the child who controls it isn't competent, he is also transphobic, possibly homophobic, and has a tendency to show it. he already demonstrated how unable he is with Twitter, twitter was already kicked out of one of its HQs.. I already left, seeing how he is now pushing monetization so hard. 8 USD/ Mo, adding to 96 USD a yr, for a blue tick and the ability to edit tweets? you can edit stuff here, for free.
Crochetcat@GossiTheDog Until the next time musk melon has a caprice
hamas-todon@GossiTheDog twitter is beginning their demise if they don't address the issues quickly
zazaserty@GossiTheDog Twitter cant be fixed, its the one thats doomed. Maybe not to disappear but to become a mediocre platform.
Oliver SchafeldWhat I like best about this #Twitter mess? 💩🐦
The Twitterking made himself chief *technology* officer and has already fired so many people…
Is there anyone left to put the blame on and fire? 🤓🤣
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-says-hired-new-twitter-ceo-transition-cto-2023-5?op=1
JohnW@GossiTheDog Yup, they'll start showing up inside of 2 days.