mtutiger Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 It's insane the degree to which Trump's transgressions get buried just because the press considers the cake baked. Like, come the F on.... it doesn't matter if people expect him to act like a toddler and break laws, it's still front page news when you have an ex-POTUS out there spreading state secrets at his Private Club lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smr-nj Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 It’s giving me Supreme agita, because I can’t believe the extent to which he’s given a pass…. Every…damn…. Day. 🤬 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerbomb13 Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 A major news network host calling for civil war. Nothing to see here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfife Posted October 7, 2023 Author Share Posted October 7, 2023 FYI guys: Republicans wouldn't be so extreme if it weren't for the Democrats. Illinois Democrats drew new maps. They pushed the GOP to the right. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/07/illinois-congressional-map-gerrymandering/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 On 10/6/2023 at 6:11 PM, Tigerbomb13 said: A major news network host calling for civil war. Nothing to see here. He’s advocating for fascism, which is politics by violence, because he and his cabal know that in a free and fair elections, his side gets smoked. So if they can’t keep their opposition from voting at all, and if they can’t fix the voting machines, and if they can’t overturn elections after the fact, all they have left is to start killing people en masse. Otherwise, they lose their chance to control America and, by extension, the world. Big stakes here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romad1 Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 oh boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 On 10/21/2023 at 8:10 AM, romad1 said: oh boy The down side of the unregulated free market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben9753 Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 19 minutes ago, chasfh said: The down side of the unregulated free market. bug/feature applicable here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 33 minutes ago, ben9753 said: bug/feature applicable here I meant down side for us, the people who depend on democratic institutions and constitutional freedoms. Lack of regulation as a feature works great for oligarchs in putatively enemy countries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Interesting data points on how TwitX has lurched rightward since Musk took it over. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/27/elon-musk-twitter-x-anniversary/ One year after billionaire Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion, aiming to rid it of a “woke mind virus” that he believed was suppressing free speech, the site’s business outlook appears dire. The number of people actively tweeting has dropped by more than 30 percent, according to previously unreported data obtained by The Washington Post, and the company — which the entrepreneur behind Tesla and SpaceX has renamed X — is hemorrhaging advertisers and revenue, interviews show. But in at least one respect, Musk has delivered on his original promise: Twitter has become far less “woke.” Through dramatic product changes, sudden policy shifts and his own outsize presence on the platform, Musk has rapidly re-engineered who has a voice on a service that used to be the hub of real-time news and global debate. A site that fueled social movements such as the Arab Spring, Black Lives Matter and #MeToo has veered noticeably rightward under Musk, especially in the United States, say organizers from across the political spectrum. A Post analysis of dozens of conservative and right-wing influencers and media figures found that many saw their follower counts rise on the day Musk became owner and continue rising at a rate higher than under Twitter’s previous ownership. None of the dozens of popular liberal and left-wing accounts examined by The Post show the same pattern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutiger Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 59 minutes ago, chasfh said: Interesting data points on how TwitX has lurched rightward since Musk took it over. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/27/elon-musk-twitter-x-anniversary/ One year after billionaire Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion, aiming to rid it of a “woke mind virus” that he believed was suppressing free speech, the site’s business outlook appears dire. The number of people actively tweeting has dropped by more than 30 percent, according to previously unreported data obtained by The Washington Post, and the company — which the entrepreneur behind Tesla and SpaceX has renamed X — is hemorrhaging advertisers and revenue, interviews show. But in at least one respect, Musk has delivered on his original promise: Twitter has become far less “woke.” Through dramatic product changes, sudden policy shifts and his own outsize presence on the platform, Musk has rapidly re-engineered who has a voice on a service that used to be the hub of real-time news and global debate. A site that fueled social movements such as the Arab Spring, Black Lives Matter and #MeToo has veered noticeably rightward under Musk, especially in the United States, say organizers from across the political spectrum. A Post analysis of dozens of conservative and right-wing influencers and media figures found that many saw their follower counts rise on the day Musk became owner and continue rising at a rate higher than under Twitter’s previous ownership. None of the dozens of popular liberal and left-wing accounts examined by The Post show the same pattern. I'm pretty close to leaving tbh. The Israel-Gaza Conflict (and the rhetoric that has stemmed from it) has been ugly ugly ugly, and it no doubt has been exacerbated by the platform. But along those lines, I've had the "For You" page open by default lately (despite settings for "Following" to be a default for my account) and have noticed that it is tailored to be ugly and garner negative engagement. In a manipulative way. The platform has always been a ****show since I've been using it, but some of the changes (pushing "For You"; taking out headlines from news stories) make it far less useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblong Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 I'm using it less, not intentionally, but just because it's not giving me anything I want so I naturally just don't go as much. It's not informative. I might do another purge of who I follow to make it more specific to sports and entertainment rather than news. I keep trying threads but it's not doing it yet for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIguy Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Bluesky is sitting right there in position to take over but still insists on sticking to their stupid invite system. No idea what their thinking is. Speaking of which, if anyone wants an invite to Bluesky, let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigeraholic1 Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 35 minutes ago, oblong said: I'm using it less, not intentionally, but just because it's not giving me anything I want so I naturally just don't go as much. It's not informative. I might do another purge of who I follow to make it more specific to sports and entertainment rather than news. I keep trying threads but it's not doing it yet for me. Threads is terrible. Tried it, god awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edman85 Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Twitter is still useful for niche stuff. I've culled almost all news and try to go to legit sources now. Particularly, anything I see on Israel/Gaza from a non-legit source I ignore it and try to make sure that doesn't show up in my timeline anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edman85 Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 1 hour ago, MIguy said: Bluesky is sitting right there in position to take over but still insists on sticking to their stupid invite system. No idea what their thinking is. Speaking of which, if anyone wants an invite to Bluesky, let me know. Their invite system is likely designed to keep bots out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Just signed up for BlueSky, typed in a dozen accounts from Twitter to follow, maybe five are on it, and some of them haven't posted in months. So, a little slow on the uptake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfife Posted October 30, 2023 Author Share Posted October 30, 2023 I dropped twitter cold turkey about 1 or so months ago. I feel less informed about unimportant stuff. I hear way less about Musk. I hear way less about the minutiae of politics that won't matter 3 days from now. I catch up using post.news but it's not nearly as active. I miss twitterduring games. I miss the truly hilarious and talented accounts like the pitchbot or the football coach but overall to hell with musk and zuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIguy Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 31 minutes ago, chasfh said: Just signed up for BlueSky, typed in a dozen accounts from Twitter to follow, maybe five are on it, and some of them haven't posted in months. So, a little slow on the uptake. Yeah, I have accounts I'm following that haven't even posted yet. Keep waiting for the floodgates to open but nothing yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutiger Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Edman85 said: Twitter is still useful for niche stuff. I've culled almost all news and try to go to legit sources now. Particularly, anything I see on Israel/Gaza from a non-legit source I ignore it and try to make sure that doesn't show up in my timeline anymore. Yeah, that's probably how I proceed going forward. At least will try it anyway in the short term. Sports and a couple other areas of interests to myself make it hard to walk away completely, but the reality is that my internal pendulum is swinging pretty hard against using the platform going forward without making serious changes. It's just gotten extremely ugly and misinformation is rampant. I think the "For You" thing, and how I think they, in subtle ways, push you toward that feed really angers me though. It seems like that feed is way more toxic than the real time feed and that it's intentional Edited October 30, 2023 by mtutiger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smr-nj Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Why would anyone reward Musk and his misinformation bullet train by being on X ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMRivdogs Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Bluesky seems to be slow on the approval of new accounts. Maybe because outside of here and a few FB friends I don't post much. Threads just looks like an extension of Instagram with a few add ons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 On 10/7/2023 at 9:53 PM, chasfh said: He’s advocating for fascism, which is politics by violence, because he and his cabal know that in a free and fair elections, his side gets smoked. So if they can’t keep their opposition from voting at all, and if they can’t fix the voting machines, and if they can’t overturn elections after the fact, all they have left is to start killing people en masse. Otherwise, they lose their chance to control America and, by extension, the world. Big stakes here. Well, look at all the mass shootings...........While they're not all right-wingers but finding left wingers doing this is like stumbling across a stray brown M&M in Van Halen's candy dish. They already have started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 I signed up for Twitter about 10 years ago but never used it myself, don't even know the password I created. This was long before Elon Mush bought it.............sure as hell ain't gonna use it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblong Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 I signed up for in Oct 2011 because the Tigers were in the playoffs and there was a rain delay. I noticed people on this site were using tweets to indicate when the game would resume. I was with friends tailgating and signed up so I could follow along and know when we could head in. I think it was an Oakland series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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