Elon Musk’s X ad revenue reportedly fell $1.5B this year amid boycotts

"We are not Twitter any longer," X exec said.

Ars Technica

@scalzi

The billionaires who helped Musk buy Twitter still consider it money well wasted.

It destroyed Twitter as a means of communication about science, democracy, pandemics, the law, or human rights.

It made Twitter into an unrivaled source of disinformation for the GOP, #KochNetwork, Russia, China, and OPEC.

It made Twitter the friend of every despot or wannabe despot on the planet.

It made Twitter into a platform for bigotry, anti-vaxx Qrazies, election & climate deniers, and incels.

@Npars01 @scalzi And by doing it incrementally it prevented a rush to create a decent alternative, illustrated by the number of idiots who are still there despite not being Nazis. "But muh FOLLOWER COUNT"

@jlroberson @Npars01 @scalzi

It's very reductive to think of the decent people still on Twitter as shallow idiots.

As was said earlier a oot of networks and communities are vanishing from the platform. Guess what's happening to the remaining members who don't know how to find safe alternatives elsewhere? Or whose friends and support networks are only easily accessible via Xitter?

Many of them are victims of that takeover, I think they deserve a bit more kindness...

@FrenchPanda @Npars01 @scalzi Certainly and they should also be kind to themselves. I already said months ago the idea this was still a safe space for anyone but Nazis was a desperate delusion, and I still do. I don't accept that after a whole year of Musk consistently proving it wrong. It does someone no good, nor is it kind, to encourage them to stay near their bully, especially when you can see that bully coming for them next, sorry. This almost might have made sense a year ago at this time.

@jlroberson @Npars01 @scalzi

Your non-acceptance means nothing to me or to them, sorry. But I am glad you can feel better and wiser than they.

Bye.

@FrenchPanda @Npars01 @scalzi Your bye means nothing, you're a random stranger, and I'm already blocking you.