L4sBotX revokes paid blue check from United Auto Workers after strike called
skymtfSo much for free speech
OtterAt this point we just need a large compiled list of every instance of it. There’s so much that I can’t think of an example right away.
Still not what free speech means.
But baby trust fund dipshit is begging to get sued again.
It’s not what free speech means, but they’re using his own words against him. Of course we clearly can’t expect any consistency from conservatives, “free speech for me” etc.
There’s so much room for fascist activities!
Did we just become best friends?
Musk is not so absolutist after all.
EldritchI wouldn’t say that. He’s always been an absolute piece of shit.
Lol I didn’t see that coming!!
This dude is such a pussy. I wish he wasn’t terrified to fight Zuckerberg so we could all watch him get his ass kicked.
Getting your ass kicked is not even a big deal in combat sports with rules. You’ll mostly be fine, you can spin the story. I bet Zuck gets beat all the time in training. I rather see Musk call out fights and back out. That is such a pussy move.
not even a big deal in combat sports with rules. You’ll mostly be fine
LOL you know the UFC’s rules?
Whatever happened with that anyways? The last update I ever remember reading was Musk saying he’d show up at Zuckerberg’s front door “tomorrow” demanding to fight.
I mean, I can guess what ended up happening (or not happening) - but was that it? No show, no reason, no follow-up? Is he even keeping up the pretense of being serious anymore?
Please don’t even talk about it. If it actually happened, it would make so much money for them. Let’s not make those withering schmucks the biggest ticket ever.
Last think I heard on it was one of their mums saying no. I forget which one though
That’ll really show them.
orcaSCABS.
bloopernovaNo that’s his beard. I think.
I wasn’t aware Zeta Reticulans can grow hair. I thought someone just wiped mascara in the wrong place on his face mask.
Couldn’t this be breach of contract for services not rendered?
Is elon turning into alex jones? That picture is not flattering
He’s going to age like crap. He went bald 10 years ago, but can afford the best wizardry to reverse that take a look at old pictures of him). Chances are he’s doing other things to stave off the appearance of old age. That shit only works for so long and then it all comes crashing down
👍Maximum Derek👍He looks like Fisher Stevens having an allergic reaction.
Larry Ellison
Petty as fuck.
Just as much of a Musk hater as the rest of them, but this was posted elsewhere. UAW changed their profile photo at the same time they announced the strike, which triggered the flag on the account. Apparently this is standard with all verified accounts until the photo can be reviewed.
Anywho, fuck Elon Musk!
From original Intercept article:
This article was updated to include information about a Twitter policy to temporarily remove checkmarks from verified accounts that change their profile pictures. Twitter offered only an auto-response to The Intercept’s request for comment ahead of publication. The article was previously updated to note that Twitter restored UAW’s Twitter verification after publication.
P03 LockeSo, a non-article by somebody who didn’t do their research and has already resolved itself. Got it!
Twitter refused to comment prior to the article, Twitter changes their policies like most of us change our underwear, and Twitter is will known to making capricious and spiteful decisions (see also delaying links to domains they don’t like).
Yes, how could anyone be so rude to jump to such conclusions /s
It might be fairer to say the journalists jumped conclusions. But the not doing research part may be accurate.
theneverfoxI mean, the headline is factually correct - maybe there’s an explanation for it (which still raises questions of their reliability for real-time organization moving forward), but it also is extremely suspect seeing as Musk initially was going to buy Twitter to “save democracy” by shaping public discourse, and he’s very anti-union (auto workers in particular)
Better than even odds this was added thoughtlessly during the impersonator checkmark fiasco (which would still be news), but I’m not giving them the benefit of the doubt until I hear from some engineers no longer with Twitter
Flying SquidTwitter offered only an auto-response to The Intercept’s request for comment ahead of publication.
By this, they mean that any media questions to Twitter get auto-responded to with the poop emoji. Because Musk is a child.
Elon is a big bag of dicks, but it looks like Twitter is no longer replying with poop emojis. From the linked article:
To a request for comment, X only sent Ars an auto-response, saying, “Busy now, please check back later.”
That’s literally no different except he got pranked to many times with people going “thoughts on tesla build quality” “💩”
so twitter is still twitter
there are the official statements
just the people not knowing what genitalia they have or want… are gone?
Jesus, you people really are obsessed with trans people’s genitals.
Not even on topic and you still manage to chat about them. That’s not normal.
“To a request for comment, X only sent Ars an auto-response, saying, “Busy now, please check back later.” (To be fair, in this case “check back later” is a good summary of what happened.)” 😂
benderThis whole incident probably took place from automation. As others have stated they changed the profile photo and the system needs verification. The software probably has a hash value for the photo and when they changed the photo the hash value changed triggering the chain of events. You guys are really hung up on hating him but he probably had nothing to do with it other than the initial design verification.
This is the first time I’m hearing that the profile photo could take away your blue check mark. Were there are any precedents? Why would it even be a thing if the blue check mark is simply a paid subscription now?
neroNot everyone is paying for the blue checkmark as far as i know
But in this case, it was a paid blue checkmark.
Hash value? Twitter hosts their account, they literally have to ask Twitter to change the pic.
There’s several ways this could be tracked, but if they claimed somewhere they were hashing values and that triggered it, something very fishy is going on.
Like the only way that could happen is if they changed the file hosted at a certain exact URL (weird, especially for an auto workers union), and despite hosting the pics themselves, Twitter added a periodic check for this edge case. But also flagged that as more suspicious than updating it normally
And instead of keeping the cached version until the new one is reviewed, they changed it but flagged the account. Seeing as they basically pioneered sharding, I find this whole situation pretty coincidental
Usually I’d assume incompetence introduced during the imposter checkmark fiasco after they lost all their best engineers, but Musk has shown himself very willing to put his fingers on the scale…
Who fucking cares. Stop talking about musk and he will likely go away
Hell no. Musk is, extremely publicly, disproving every myth about billionaires. He’s telling you what he is, he’s showing you what he is. And this is “best businessman, super genius, futurist poster boy for billionaires Musk”
You don’t have to like the situation or the coverage, and you certainly don’t have to like him.
But you need to watch. We all need to watch. We need to sear this in, so next time someone buys the legend crafted by a billionaire.
When people praise Musk or talk about trickle down economics, you need to be honestly shocked. You need to be able to rattle off the stupid and evil decisions that describe his life, and be able to explain how he’s never built a company or designed anything, how the only useful contribution he’s made to anything is hyping things so far he’s being sued for outright fraud
Give him the attention - a lot of programmers have long known he’s a poser, but most of us didn’t make a big deal about it because he was getting people excited for important technology. It was for the common good.
And now, watching him is the common good - let him bask in infamy all he likes, this protracted midlife crisis is possibly the most philanthropic thing he’s ever done
Gnome KatHey the auto workers are striking now… can we just like… do a general strike already?
Scotty_TreesSadly, it’s going to need to get a lot worse (it’s already worse) for most Americans to feel enough of the squeeze to care. Until then, the beatings will continue until moral improves…
Ah, the “free speech absolutist” doing completely free speech stuff.
MalReynoldsXitter ! love it, now lexicon
Usage: Can’t wait to watch Xitter (pronounced Zit - ter) pop after Musk wrecks the train.
My very limited exposure to Chinese makes me read it as shitter
Fair enough, but I’ll go with mine anyway.
IIRC the letter X in Portuguese is also pronounced as “schiss”. So Xitter makes a lot of sense to me.
kshitter
My exposure to English gives xylophone, xenon, xerox, xenograft. Sounds like Z at the start of a word.
I get you like it to be shit, which takes ages to decompose. I’d rather it pop like a zit and be gone, and with the current trajetory, that would not surprise.
If you are still on X, then you deserve the world you are struggling in.
Who is struggling because UAE lost their blue check mark? I’m an X user. I’ve found my usage of the product generally uninterrupted and am confused by statements like this.
So you are ok supporting a platform that is actively taking the power away from organization helping people because it is a good experience? I mean you are on Lemmy, so you must have some sense to the issues surrounding centralized anything, especially media?
For me it’s a lot like paying taxes. No I’m not ok with it, but it’s required of me so I just coast along because revolting would not be worth it.
As you say, I have no problem revolting against a platform over injustice (15y Redditor here, left when they did dirty).
They removed a blue check mark. It’s petty. It’s stupid. It’s not revolution worthy imo.
I understand your position and you make some good points here.
Who is struggling because UAW lost their blue check mark? A: UAW
I’m an X user. I’ve found my usage of the product generally uninterrupted and am confused by statements like this. A: Martin Niemöller
I didn’t realize that the blue check did anything meaningful that would make it so horrible.
They didn’t put the UAW in a prison camp. Ffs I’m sorry but it’s a leap from blue check to prison camp.
I’ve since discovered that this is a red vs blue powered issue, which makes this discussion moot. Throwing rocks for any reason at the other color isn’t useful. I vote third party and stay out of red vs blue.