GhostalmediaTwitter now blocking all DMs from not-Twitter Blue subscribers by default
Blaze (he/him)Evertime, they raise the bar
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someguy3I think they do but not in jerboa?
nor liftoff :(
im on liftoff šāļø
nor Summit
Flying SquidAnd my axe!
russjr08They do seem to work on Connect (though not the original linked gif, but the one further down).
Funnily enough I was about to attach a screenshot to show it, just to have realization smack me in the head with why that wouldnāt work for a couple of reasons lol
good 2 know
ParadoxWho knew that removing functionality and limiting access to your product was the path to social media success.
SmellyNinjaApparently reddit attended the same workshop.
Wait, really?! How?
BurstarThey just announced theyāre removing the coins/awards system.
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I donāt know, but donāt read it unless they gilded themselves 3 timesā¦ whoops.
They also deleted all chat history from prior to this year.
I think they also plan to block you viewing Reddit in mobile browsers so you must get their app.
And thatbwill be when I completely stop browsing Reddit. I already dropped my useage by probably 95%. Of they do that, Itāll drop to about 99.9% since I doost of my browsing away from my desk.
The Stealth app on android uses a data scraper. I keep it around for political news once something big happens.
For real lol. It was my āinformationā app for coffee breaks at work or when I had downtime. Iām only at my computer to game, not browse Reddit
jivandabeastSpez literally said in an interview that Muskās handling of twitter is what inspired him so
JusticeāThis guy lost like $30B under a year. I wanna be just like him!ā
How fucking stupid are these people?
0110010001100010The thing to remember is that CEOs arenāt typically any smarter than the average person. They ended up in that position from inheritances, personal connections, etc. In the case of Musk, he has so much disposable income around that he can throw $30B at something and still have more than you or I will ever earn in a lifetime.
kescusayEver see Glass Onion? Musk (and spez) are Miles Bron.
667Weāre Disruptors.
I actually havenāt but added it to my list of movies I need to watch. Thanks!!
But you just know he has people that are on the payroll specifically to advise him and develop strategy. Either theyāre surrounded by yesmen or theyāre too arrogant to listen to the people they pay for advice. Okay, itās probably both.
MelpomeneThey're welcome to write me a check for 30 billion if they are looking to waste it. Jeez.
Spez sold Reddit for some small $mils before failing his other project and returning as a hired CEO. He is a cheapskate among media magnates. He isnāt clever and is a loser. He adores Elon because he wishes he can throw money around just like him, but on the dayās end he knows he doesnāt have comparable wealth and he is there just because he happened to be around Aaron Swartz and other cool dudes. He himself couldnāt create Reddit. And being the top admin of it now is probably the closest thing in corporate world to cuckolding, for he doesnāt have a word in managing the āfrontpage of the internetā he once owned, he just follows what the board says him to. Sad piece of shit he is. Wonāt cry about him tho. Let misery fall onto his little empty head.
Spez was also a former mod of r/jailbait and no one should ever forget that.
They also gifted a statuette to u/violentacrez or whatās his handle? for powermodding dozens of nsfw subs, including borderline paedophilic, violent and abusive ones, like revenge porn partners upload after a break up to hurt their ex-couple.
They did great at handling the search of a boston bomber. Fuck ups happen way more often than forum dudes finding ISIS camp by triangulating the sky in a picture. Iām kinda happy to have this viral and well-documented drama to refer.
They rarely ever did their job before the press got involved, or they step into prison sentence territory. My personal favorite waa when altright sub stickied a link to crowdfund a contract killer for a guy who punched a right-wing talking head Robert Spencer on camera. Then, you have fatpeoplehate and other subs that werenāt as dense and worked for years. Right before Spezās very eyes. Not to say some mass-shooters were frequenting and were inspired by these spaces too.
While modding jailbait is discussed (like, you could promote to a mod role everyone ā thatās how he excuse it), these things were consciously enabled by him. He platformed the worst people you can think of. And it sure shall not be forgotten.
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Huffman said he saw Muskās handling of Twitter, which he purchased last year, as an example for Reddit to follow.
driving_croonerThe youtube playbook
relative_iteratorI donāt see the logic in making this change. Is someone supposed to want to join blue just so they can DM people that havenāt changed the default setting?
Yes.
It's a pay-to-harass scheme.
CookieJarObserverWe need him to find the niveau.
But you can change it back. Hereās how.
At this point, why even bother?
And you're relying on anyone else you want to DM changing that setting too. Otherwise, you're SOL even if you've changed it on your end.
dopesharkJust leave the god damn platform :)
I never had a Twitter to begin with. Iām certainty not going to get one now lol.
rm_dash_r_starSame here, never had a Twitter account, never will.
Does anyone actually DM in Twitter? Iām sure the checkmark bots do it not realizing 85% of the other checkbots are propaganda bot accounts too lol
If you're one of those artists/animators that, for whatever reason, thought basing the entirety of their commission system via Twitter was a good idea, they're definitely going to be affected.
I did!, but only because I didnāt have a buddyās new number then became habit, asked for the new number when Elon started to shit on twitter
When it used to bypass paywalls i was using it
m_gHmm you plebs just donāt understand how big our Lord and Savior Elon Muskās brain had to be to come up with something so sophisticated and brilliant. This is truly a step in human evolution.
twistedtxbHe really wants to burn it to the ground
Took a page out of the Tumblr handbook.
ArugulaZGeez, Elon, I already deleted my account two weeks ago! I don't need more convincing to leave!
Is it dead yet?
Time for everyone to turn the page and move forward.
No sense in giving Reddit et al anymore brain cycles.
Weāll all end up back inside of an echo ho chamber before you know it :P
TeonElon Musk is so smart and innovative...
...no, I got nothin'.
Apparently neither does he.
Elon wants more people to pay. He will do what it takes.
What happens to Twitter can also happen to your Tesla. Buyers beware.
A lot of Telsaās stuff is already paywalled.