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stoly ,

Wasn’t this alarm raised when he first got control? Is anything here actually new? Not really. This is clickbait.

superbirra ,

not clickbait

HurlingDurling ,
@HurlingDurling@lemmy.world avatar

STOP.

USING.

TWITTER.

njm1314 ,

There is no reason for anyone to still be on that website unless they’re Nazis. Full stop.

BigBenis ,

Why are people still using that dumpster fire?

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    rallatsc ,

    The accounts, which were restored within hours,

    Yes, they will and they did

    badbytes ,

    Elon: Yes, we do occasionally do sweeps for the Jews, I mean journalist, I mean terrorist…

    affiliate ,

    the alarm has been raised for quite some time. why are these articles written like they’re unaware of the past?

    DrMango ,

    Red flag collectors are in for a great year

    mintiefresh ,

    It’s simple. Stop using X. Switch to Mastodon.

    AI_toothbrush ,

    For fucks sake just switch to mastodon already

    lolcatnip ,

    Most unhelpful comment. I’m here for news, not advice that doesn’t even apply to me.

    AI_toothbrush ,

    This wasnt really advice i was just saying that a lotnof people complain about twitter ON TWITTER. And when you just mention the possibility of using mastodon they have a nervous breakdown.

    lolcatnip ,

    I’m just annoyed because all of the top few comments were all along the same lines. It gets old seeing people always respond to news articles with “ditch Twitter”, “ditch Chrome”, “ditch Windows”, etc. instead of addressing the specific story.

    AI_toothbrush ,

    Yeah maybe but i didnt read the other comments lol

    Sheeple ,
    @Sheeple@lemmy.world avatar

    It’s called voting with your wallet. Even if said wallet is merely your engagement and user data. It will encourage the place you left to improve

    Chessmasterrex ,

    Why are they on there? It was obvious long ago that it’s a liability having an account on that service.

    Lanusensei87 ,
    @Lanusensei87@lemmy.world avatar

    Fucking migrate to Mastodon already!!!

    Lightrider ,

    avater ,
    @avater@lemmy.world avatar

    musk waking up in the morning should raise alarms…

    JustEnoughDucks ,
    @JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl avatar

    What about “I want twitter to be a bastion of free speech?” And all of his cronies screeching “Musk is just preserving the first ammendment!!1!¡”

    Looks like the quiet part is now being said out loud: “for Nazis and fascists”

    grue ,

    X is Truth Social 2.0. At this point, anybody who doesn’t delete their account is a motherfucking Nazi.

    KpntAutismus ,

    i use it exclusively for porn and to occasionally get updates about Fairphone. guess i’m a nazi.

    franklin ,
    @franklin@lemmy.world avatar

    Sorry you had to find out this way

    FlyingSquid ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    There are other sources for both.

    KpntAutismus ,

    yes of course, fairphone also has an instagram page. but shitter’s algorithm is really good at recommending artists to me. most of them pretty much exclusively use shitter or patreon to post their art.

    FlyingSquid ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    Let’s say there’s a restaurant in town. It has the best burger (or veggie burger, whatever you might eat) you’ve ever tasted in your life. You can’t wait to go back. Then you see on the menu that they have an item called the n----r sandwich.

    Do you keep going?

    Because that’s basically your argument here.

    Dran_Arcana ,

    It’s more complicated than that. In your hypothetical, everyone else in town is still going to the burger joint, they just signed a huge franchising deal, are getting national attention, and are showing no signs of a decline in business.

    Your choice is not “collapse them || keep them in business”. It’s “miss out on the burger while doing them no measurable harm || eat the delicious burger while providing them negligible benefit”

    In that scenario I may as well have the burger.

    FlyingSquid ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    I’m not sure why it being national matters or not. My wife and I don’t go to Hobby Lobby because of all of their Christian dominionist bullshit. They’re a national company and my wife does tons of crafting. She could go there all the time. I could go there to buy things for her. We don’t, because they’re an evil company that can be avoided. It can be avoided even if the other options aren’t quite as good. It’s really not hard to not spend money or to not go to a website when it isn’t a necessity. “Everyone is doing it so I might as well” is also a terrible argument. It’s what people use to excuse all sorts of atrocious behavior.

    KpntAutismus ,

    i too, would eat the delicious burger. they do still benefit from me eating it, but i can deliberately stay away from all of the racism.

    yes i do support twitter by watching ads on their 1st party app, but the platform is dying already. one lurker looking up porn from their mother’s basement isn’t a huge revenue source.

    flipht ,

    In this scenario, it's less about the damage you can do to the company and more about the damage you avoid doing to yourself.

    Integrity is something only you can define for yourself. If you're fine with it, do what you want and live with the consequences (or lack thereof).

    To your example, I don't eat Chick-fil-A, and I don't shop at hobby lobby. There's something to be said for "there's no ethical consumption under capitalism" but those two companies in particular, I find repulsive, even though they remain incredibly popular. I know my boycott doesn't impact them, nor does it stop anyone else from supporting them, but I feel dirty when I shop there, so I do not.

    Basil , (edited )

    This is the worst analogy I’ve seen lol. I understand your desire for decentralized open source whatever, but most average people don’t care, especially when the creators they follow aren’t on Mastodon.

    Dark_Arc ,
    @Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg avatar

    I don’t think this kind of broad generalization is helpful (FWIW, I deleted my account the day the sale was finalized)

    garretble ,
    @garretble@lemmy.world avatar

    I don’t use Twitter any more, but I haven’t deleted my account because I don’t want some nazi to swoop in and take my name. I’m just squatting on it at this point.

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