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Elon Musk reaches deal to buy Twitter for $44B - Brazil has lifted its ban on Twitter/X
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Yeah, Twitter is officially dead
BREAKING: Republican billionaire Elon Musk announces his latest plan to totally destroy Twitter and says that he will soon start charging every user a monthly fee to use the website — a move that will drive people away from the platform in droves.
Musk revealed the boneheaded move during a livestream conversation and said that X is "moving to having a small monthly payment for use of the X system" supposedly in order to combat "vast armies of bots."
Of course, the real reason Musk wants to reach directly into your wallet is because he has completely tanked Twitter's worth. It has nosedived since he took over due to a string of terrible business decisions. He has allowed Nazis and racists to flood the site, scaring off advertisers.
Now, he wants you to cough up your hard earned dough to make up for his own financial shortcomings. Like every other billionaire, he thinks the rest of us should pay for his mistakes.
Twitter was free before Musk took over. It should remain free.
Smart move
I keep thinking this dude must be plotting something that the rest of us can't see because there's no way he can be this dumb.
Why do people keep saying Elon's not stupid? Yes, he is.
God I hope so!
This dude is either Lex Luthor or Mr. Bean.
There’s clearly no grey area at this point.
I'd love the Govmint to do the right thing for once and start fuckin with ALL this dude's shit. Sick them regulations on his ass!
Starting tomorrow...
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"Perhaps the most worrying part of the new policy is the fact that Twitter now "may collect and use your biometric information for safety, security, and identification purposes." The good news here is that this is "based on your consent," so hopefully users will be able to opt out of it completely.
Finally, Twitter now "may collect and use your personal information (such as your employment history, educational history, employment preferences, skills and abilities, job search activity and engagement, and so on)." This is done, according to Twitter, to "recommend potential jobs for you, to share with potential employers when you apply for a job, to enable employers to find potential candidates, and to show you more relevant advertising."
We read X's new privacy policy so you don't have to
The company will now collect a lot more personal data and use it in new ways. We break it down for you.
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"Perhaps the most worrying part of the new policy is the fact that Twitter now "may collect and use your biometric information for safety, security, and identification purposes." The good news here is that this is "based on your consent," so hopefully users will be able to opt out of it completely.
Finally, Twitter now "may collect and use your personal information (such as your employment history, educational history, employment preferences, skills and abilities, job search activity and engagement, and so on)." This is done, according to Twitter, to "recommend potential jobs for you, to share with potential employers when you apply for a job, to enable employers to find potential candidates, and to show you more relevant advertising."
When the former president is elected, they want to make sure there will be no organizing.
Where are people running into all this hate speech? Maybe because I don't do politics on twitter I miss it.
I don't consider most of his examples hate speech. There is a whole lot of insults against black people using the n word with the hard "er" though and comparing us to monkeys and such.
It hasn't been as bad as when he first took over, but I don't know the current stats.
N-word use on Twitter rises by 500 percent after Elon Musk takeover
After Elon Musk closed the deal on Twitter, N-word usage across the social media platform increased by nearly 500 percent in just 12 hours.
Black content creators and activists have always had a hard time, even under the old management, but if reported those people used to lose their accounts or got locked down until they removed their content. That is not happening now.
The other day I saw the message to show other replies that may be offensive. 9 times out of 10 they aren't, but this one had hidden a comment about n-ers. In the past it would have been removed and the account suspended.
I guess Musk wasn’t sleeping on the office floor that day.
As for the intent of the tweet: you can’t comment seriously and sincerely on any post because it drives traffic.
If it weren't for this thread, I wouldn't have even thought about 'hate speech' on twitter. I deal with black creators and they been cool too. But again, we don't do politics or none of that type of shit on twitter. I fully admit it might be a different experience for folks engaging in that talk. A lot of people whacked the fuck out over politics.I don't consider most of his examples hate speech. There is a whole lot of insults against black people using the n word with the hard "er" though and comparing us to monkeys and such.
It hasn't been as bad as when he first took over, but I don't know the current stats.
N-word use on Twitter rises by 500 percent after Elon Musk takeover
After Elon Musk closed the deal on Twitter, N-word usage across the social media platform increased by nearly 500 percent in just 12 hours.news.yahoo.com
Black content creators and activists have always had a hard time, even under the old management, but if reported those people used to lose their accounts or got locked down until they removed their content. That is not happening now.
The other day I saw the message to show other replies that may be offensive. 9 times out of 10 they aren't, but this one had hidden a comment about n-ers. In the past it would have been removed and the account suspended.
Hell, let folks tell it, crypto full of Nazis and I haven't really seen shit from them on crypto twitter.What has your personal experience been like?