Twitter

is there a workaround to twitter now requiring an account?

i want to send a thread to someone who doesn't have an account, i know there are some sites that will translate it for you

Nitter? Maybe. Haven’t tried it for sharing a thread.

does threadreader still work? you’d have to @ them in the original thread though, i think?

I'm done.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/06/x-elon-musk-reinstating-katie-hopkins-tommy-robinson

Could've added a nsfw warning with her face so prominent on page load.

If anyone wants a Bluesky invite code, DM me. I've got four currently.

Is it any good? Second time I've heard it mentioned tonight. Mastodon seems to have stalled on the uptake. Too complex for all the Twitter thickos I guess.

Is it any good?

On the one hand it was founded by one of the founders (and former CEO) of Twitter; on the other hand, it was founded by one of the founders (and former CEO) of Twitter. He's backing RFK Jr for president, so he hasn't gotten any less unpleasantly weird.

It's very Twitter like in how it works. At the moment it's fairly quiet, especially on the cycling front, but there isn't, yet, the howling trolls and racists.

Sounds similar to Masto. There's still vastly more content on Twitter, unfortunately.
I wish people would jump ship to Masto and let it rot.

It’s done, isn’t it?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/dec/10/elon-musk-says-x-will-reinstate-alex-jones-account-after-poll-of-users

No, Musk still has depths to plumb before the platform dies. Don't want to think about what he'll get up to when he knows he's facing the end of it.

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I am on twitter but stick in the “Following” area. The “For You” is a stream of absolutely disgusting stuff.

I would appreciate one of those please

Done.

I still have three if anyone needs one.

Yes please. Was there any Uijtdebroeks discourse on there this weekend? Have the good cycling shitposters migrated yet?

The absolute nightmare of all nightmare blunt rotations.

Musk has reduced the scope of action for TwitterX's moderation team to practically nothing.

A platform that accepts scam ads that use the platform owner to front the scam.

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I'm getting tonnes of bots following me recently. They've got a serious problem

Only a problem for Twitter and those who choose to stan for Musk by being on Twitter, so wgaf?

Yeah but followerz

Bluesky opened up without invites yesterday; with the Tucker Carlson/Putin/Musk show coming it's probably a good time to let X go.

I was never actually a big twitter user. Never really got it. Just thought it was interesting the place is getting swarmed

I was and I've basically stopped. I logged in the other day for the first time in a long while, to change my profile, to find most of my mentions were some kind of spam account link posts.