/2 Day 179 some #Twitter users are attempting to sabotage the #ElonMusk’s #BlueCheck program. A lot of users not happy, trying to bend #Musk to their will rather than leave and migrate to #Mastodon

What does it take?

#Twexit #MastodonMigration #TwitterMigration

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/04/22/block-the-blue-twitter-verified/

/3 -Day 180 Kyle Chayka of the New Yorker writing on the decay of the largest social networks with a particular focus on #Twitter:

“we can’t rely on large digital platforms that are motivated by profit above all”

Certainly makes the case for #Mastodon

#TwitterMigration

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/buzzfeed-blue-check-marks-and-the-end-of-an-internet-era

/4 - Day 182. Now here’s a surprise, those who have purchased a #Twitter #BlueCheck with have their posts prioritized

So much for the democracy of the internet or whether the quality of your content should be prioritized by opaque algorithms

I prefer my #AlgorithmFree #Mastodon experience

https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/elon-musk-verified-twitter-accounts-prioritized.amp

#TwitterMigration

/5 - Day 183 - The elimination of the #BlueCheck has degraded #Twitter’s utility as a #news source. The new implementation has nothing to do with authentication and verification, if anything it is a propagandist’s delight. In #Musk’s conception of #SocialMedia, truth, veracity and honesty are of little value

#TwitterMigration

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/26/technology/twitter-verification-problems.html

/6 Day 184 - What are the consequences of #Twitter laying off 75% of its workforce?

Two factor authentication used to be available for all accounts, it is now limited to Twitter blue payers. This recent removal, coupled with the lack of staff to assist with hacks, degrades the network. Classify this one under foolish #ElonMusk monetization attempts

#TwitterMigration

https://slate.com/technology/2023/04/twitter-hack-elon-musk-crypto-scams.html

/7 Day 185 - #JackDorsey now regrets #ElonMusk’s take over of #Twitter. I guess there were no signs of toxic narcissism and egomania when he advocated for #Musk as the owner a year ago

I wonder if Dorsey is feeling more anti-Musk now that #BlueSky is making the news?

#SocialMedia #TwitterMigration

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-29/twitter-co-founder-dorsey-rues-musk-deal-it-all-went-south

/8 It used to be that #Twitter was a preferred distribution channel for governmental agencies, that status appears to be crumbling. The MTA, #NYC’s transit agency used the network to provide service updates - now no more.

Twitter is now apparently offering gold and gray check marks for organizations. Maybe a poop brown tick mark will work for #ElonMusk?

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Business/wireStory/nyc-transit-agency-ends-twitter-alerts-unreliable-98928570

/9 Ah yes that looks like a winning strategy to bring back #NPR to #Twitter

#ElonMusk oozes hostility towards legitimate #NewsMedia companies. At what point do #Journalists cut the cord and say ENOUGH!

I get it's difficult to walk away from a large following, but do you really want to continue putting money in this #oligarch's pocket?

#TwitterMigration #News

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/elon-musk-threatens-to-assign-nprs-official-twitter-account-to-another-company

/10 Looks like #ElonMusk has just realized that public service announcements are additive to #Twitter. Could be, requiring public agencies pay for access to the #TwitterAPI might cool said organization’s enthusiasm for the #SocialMediaPlatform

https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/new-reversal-twitter-after-move-sparked-mta-withdrawl.amp

11) The #TwitterBlue value proposition appears to be lacking. Churn rates on the service are extraordinarily high. Without a bona fide set of support services to truly validate users, #BlueCheckMarks have become meaningless. Chalk this one up as an #EpicFail

https://mashable.com/article/half-of-twitter-blue-earliest-subscribers-no-longer-subscribed

12) Another day, another degradation of the #Twitter work environment because you know employees shouldn't be letting child birth get in the way of #ElonMusk world domination

https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/benefits/pages/twitter-cuts-paid-parental-leave-policy.aspx

#Family #TwitterMigration #WorkLifeBalance #PaidLeave

13) Increasingly #Twitter looks like a seedy, battered, casino property. There are plenty of adds for erectile dysfunction and bongs likely encouraging mainstream advertsiers to stay away. Or might it be the bigotry encourage by #ElonMusk under the guise of #FreeSpeech?

The #NYT is out with a story based on an internal presentation from Twitter showing a 59% decline in YOY ad revenues for April.

All is clearly not well

#TwitterMigration #Twexit

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/05/technology/twitter-ad-sales-musk.html

14) Another clownish misstep from #Twitter is drawing to a close. Clearly an attempt to force people to register on the site, I imagine the hope was to increase the MAUs

#TwitterMigration #Twexit

https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/05/twitter-silently-removes-login-requirement-for-viewing-tweets/

15) Meanwhile the Facebook/Meta complex has lumbered onto to the stage to take a crack at #Twitter’s microblogging empire

Nice for those who feel they can trust #Zuckerberg. I’m sure he’ll be kind to your personal data even if he’s not as erratic as #Elon

#TwitterMigration #Twexit

https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/big-tech/2023/07/06/threads-app-metas-twitter-rival-logs-five-million-users-in-first-four-hours-after-going-live/

16) Yup that’s a real good look for #Twitter. So much for the virtue of #BlueCheckMarks. Now that designation has become a symbol for #disinformation

#Twexit #TwitterMigration #Ukraine

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66113460

17) I think this cartoon from Bruce MacKinnon captures the current state of #Twitter and #ElonMusk’s judicious approach to managing a prime #SocialMedia property

#TwitterMigration #Twexit

https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/opinion/bruce-mackinnon-cartoon-bittertwitterpill-to-swallow-100788815/

18) How much do people dislike #Twitter? Enough for 70 million users to sign up for #Threads two days into it’s launch!! That’s the equivalent of 15% - 20% of Twitter’s active users.

How many of those 70 million know that threads is part of the #Meta, sell your data to anyone complex, is a question that is likely not on the radar.

We might be at an odd moment when #Zuckerberg is considered a benign #SocialMedia actor compared to #ElonMusk

#TwitterMigration

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-07/meta-s-threads-has-70-million-signups-surprising-zuckerberg

19) Speaking of #Meta and #Zuckerberg, Fast Company is out with a review of #Threads and it’s certainly not complementary.

Pretty surprising that the app was launched without support for #HashTags!

#TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #Twitter

https://www.fastcompany.com/90919575/zuckerberg-one-job-threads-ux

20) #Twitter is not worried about the reported 100 million #Threads signups, it’s just blocking URL’s which reference the new #Meta service.

Disappointing to see so many people jumping from one #SocialMedia oligarch to another. Do they really think that #Zuckerberg can be relied on to be less willful than #ElonMusk?

#TwitterExodus #TwitterMigration

https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/11/twitter-blocks-links-to-rival-threads-while-ceo-downplays-reports-of-traffic-decline/

21) How far along the #Twitter wrecking curve are we?

@lopezlinette has the detailed litany and when gathered together, rather than from the daily assault of #Elonmusk’s narcissistic foolishness, it’s even more damning

That said, there is no alternative that has an obvious lead in supplanting the #BirdSite, plenty of contenders, but they’re just nibbling so far.

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-killed-twitter-irrelevant-meta-threads-debt-mark-zuckerberg-2023-7

22) Looks like @catvalente took unfiltered dictation from my brain as we watched the #Musk vs #Zuckerberg which personal data sucking #oligarch do you want to support, play out

Does anyone get it?

Seriously I wish I could write with as much comedic profanity and stay on point at the same time

#TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus

https://catvalente.substack.com/p/mark-fking-zuckerberg-is-not-your

23) David French of the #NYTimes with some thoughts on how attempts to enable toxic #RightWing demagogues and their bankrupt ideas on #Twitter yielded an enormous opportunity for #Threads

Sadly he fails to note/appreciate that throwing your lot in with #Zuckerberg’s new social media project, might be quietly toxic for democracy. Do you remember #CamebridgeAnalytica?

#TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #ElonMusk #SocialMedia

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/13/opinion/twitter-new-right.html

24) How do signups look for #Threads?

Is the volume accelerating or not?

Here’s a chart

First 24 hours yields 50 million

Second 50 million takes a little more than 3 days.

Unsurprisingly the growth is not linear despite the extraordinary volume.

Will the next 10 days yield another 100 million?

I’m guessing not.

Opinions?

#TwitterMigration #TwitterExofus

25) Things are not going well at a #SocialMedia service, when it‘s on the receiving end of a scathing take from the sober pages of @foreignpolicy

I’d also suggest that the financial situation for #Twitter is increasingly precarious. The debt burden of $12 billion and Twitter’s ability to service the payments is questionable and may threaten ongoing operations. #ElonMusk May need to ante up again.

With thanks to @miah_he for the great piece

#TwitterMigration

https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/07/15/elon-musk-twitter-blue-checks-verification-disinformation-propaganda-russia-china-trust-safety/

26) It’s no surprise that advertisers have fled #Twitter. #ElonMusk has admitted a 50% drop in revenues. Those advertisers are not going to return soon knowing that their ad placements could pop up next to a racist post from the likes of Nick Fuentes.

Coupled with $13 billion of debt, the company is in more than a shaky position. Are #oligarch types going to be willing to throw more money at this sinking ship to curry favor with his Muskness?

#TwitterMigration

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-19/twitter-s-surge-in-harmful-content-a-barrier-to-advertiser-return?in_source=embedded-checkout-banner

27) Day 269 since the #ElonMusk Twitter acquisition and the latest change appears to be a pure exercise in narrcisism and self sabotage.

#Twitter is not in need of renaming and rebranding, it is in need of investment to prop its creaky technical infrastructure, and a serious content managment effort which might lure advertisers back; they're not fond of #HardRight wackadoos and agents of #disinformation

Don't hold your breath folks

#SocialMedia #TwitterMigration

https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-logo-x-bird-d58758cdd3f8441e7d2c8d3ac827ba90

28) A scathing obituary for #Twitter from @oliverdarcy at @CNN

Not much to argue with here as the #ElonMusk wrecking ball continues to level the edifice of a once extraordinary #SocialMedia company

Twitter mortuus est. Vivat Mastodon

#TwitterMigration

https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/1690244421853473db90eb089/raw?utm_term=1690244421853473db90eb089&utm_source=cnn_Reliable+Sources+-+July+24%2C+2023&utm_medium=email&bt_ee=Y6HgFOq7qT%2FcZ1pSauo%2BuLa1k8ya%2BKmLCA4R6ip0u4xAmfpuJ%2F4dNTI2EiHA2jKOjG3Hh1J3GJA0TWoqwR2UxQ%3D%3D&bt_ts=1690244421856

29) #ElonMusk wants to turn the #SocialMedia company formerly known as #Twitter into an #EverythingApp

Pretty interesting that there is an expectation of turning over personal financial information to an entity that can barely handle text postings at the moment.

Yeah I want to tell #Elon all about my money 🙄

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-27/why-rebrand-twitter-x-elon-musk-s-everything-app-explained-quicktake

@CNN @oliverdarcy

30) In a true sign of #ElonMusk's sucess in monitizing #Twitter's blue checkmark, some poor coding creature was charged with making said checkmark hideable

The old #BlueCheckmark has come a long way in 10 months. What was once and indicator of authenticity and influence has now degraded into what exactly?

Please fill in the blank:
The X Blue Checkmark signifies ________

#Sad #SocialMedia

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/2/23816924/twitter-x-blue-subscribers-hide-blue-check-option