Will Musk ruin Twitter?

Matti · Tue 15/11/2022 10:15:50

Thanks for that tip, LimpingFish!

I thought about registering on twitter for a while, but now I'll wait some more and see what happens.

Gilbert · Tue 15/11/2022 12:13:58

Quote from: LimpingFish on Tue 15/11/2022 01:02:29If you click the "log in" button, a second form opens that can be closed, allowing you to keep scrolling.

Aw, thanks a lot!
Who would have thought of that?
This is completely against logic though, that you'll have to attempt to log in to access stuff without logging in.

This gives more proof that Twitter is broken.

bicilotti · Tue 15/11/2022 13:44:46

Quote from: LimpingFish on Tue 15/11/2022 01:02:29If you click the "log in" button, a second form opens that can be closed, allowing you to keep scrolling.

This was extremely useful, thanks!

Mastodon is a very welcoming place — and in the last days pretty crowded too. Pick an instance that you fancy and you are set. I have seen adventure games and general artsiness on mastodon.art, but it really does not matter as instances are federated and you can follow/post/reply from everywhere.

LimpingFish · Tue 15/11/2022 17:38:35

Happy to help.

mkennedy · Tue 24/01/2023 21:22:39

When Twitter previously banned Trump they were just covering themselves legally. If Trump is allowed back on Twitter Elon Musk will realize this when Trump instigates the next insurrection and they both get sued

Khris · Thu 26/01/2023 09:05:19

Some More News has compiled a great two-parter about the moronic fifteen year old divorced dad that is running twitter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlL4xvn6xWE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Y7U4LOTYY

Pretty long but as always funny and very informative.

LimpingFish · Fri 30/06/2023 23:51:17

Well, it looks increasingly likely that you won't be able to browse Twitter without an account login.

...

Also, I'm getting bored waiting for Twitter to die.

Gilbert · Sat 01/07/2023 05:22:43

Yeah. Seems they you are now forced to log in to read anything now.
In fact, shortly after Musk's acquisition, the contents became readily available again for a few months (i.e. without the need of using the trick mentioned above).
Since it's intentional to block non-user from reading stuff, I interpreted it as Musk f***ing up the company so hard that it's no longer working (probably because of the massive layoff that there were no longer any people to maintain it anymore), so it's just returning to its "working state" now.

KyriakosCH · Tue 25/07/2023 04:19:13

Twitter is now Xitter, by the way.

Unless this idiot is forced to change it back, it may well be the end of the platform.

Gilbert · Tue 25/07/2023 06:17:05

Seems like the X is supposed to be spelled and pronounced 'Sh'.
VERY fitting name.

Stupot · Tue 25/07/2023 07:38:01

Quote from: Gilbert on Tue 25/07/2023 06:17:05Seems like the X is supposed to be spelled and pronounced 'Sh'.
VERY fitting name.

So instead of Tweets, do we call them Xeets, pronounced "sheets"? If, so, people are going to be Xeeting all day and all night, and sometimes even Xeeting themselves.

KyriakosCH · Tue 25/07/2023 08:09:05

Remember that this guy was once presented as a genius, when in reality he may well have considerably below average intelligence.

Gilbert · Tue 25/07/2023 11:36:29

Quote from: KyriakosCH on Tue 25/07/2023 08:09:05Remember that this guy was once presented as a genius

He still is. He's a genius of Xeets/sheets/Shi.../Seats.

KyriakosCH · Tue 25/07/2023 11:38:54

And another genius plan of his is for paid xeet-posters, who will receive money only from views by other people with paid xeeter accounts.
He is proposing a pyramid scheme and is proud of the idea.

Danvzare · Tue 25/07/2023 11:43:28

Quote from: Stupot on Tue 25/07/2023 07:38:01
Quote from: Gilbert on Tue 25/07/2023 06:17:05Seems like the X is supposed to be spelled and pronounced 'Sh'.
VERY fitting name.

So instead of Tweets, do we call them Xeets, pronounced "sheets"? If, so, people are going to be Xeeting all day and all night, and sometimes even Xeeting themselves.

Ok, seriously? He literally called it Shitter and Shits? (Just with an elongated "I", which is actually how I sometimes pronounce "Shit")
The guy is either an idiot or he's trolling us. Wait a minute, those two things aren't mutually exclusive...

LimpingFish · Tue 25/07/2023 19:50:09

Unfortunately, it's only called "X.COM" because Musk, like the man-baby he is, thinks it sounds cool. He's owned that domain for a long time, and I believe he tried to have Paypal originally called "X" (or maybe it was one of the other ventures he bought his way into).

According to sources (¬¬), Twitter is now "X", pronounced "ex", (as in extreeememememe!!1) and a tweets will now be known as "X's", pronounced "exes"...as in "I've been married a few times, but all my exes hate me..."

Khris · Tue 25/07/2023 22:19:13

The logo is also a unicode letter: 𝕏

Plus, the trademark for the letter X is owned by a bunch of other companies, Microsoft and Meta among them.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/problem-with-x-meta-microsoft-hundreds-more-own-trademarks-new-twitter-name-2023-07-25/

Incredibly rich, surrounded by yes men and really, actually stupid, like IQ 80 stupid. What could go wrong?

The only nice thing about this is watching the fanboys squirm, wrestling with the fact that supporting their idol will look more and more embarrassing as time goes on and twitter's value goes down.

KyriakosCH · Tue 25/07/2023 22:59:06

Quote from: LimpingFish on Tue 25/07/2023 19:50:09Unfortunately, it's only called "X.COM" because Musk, like the man-baby he is, thinks it sounds cool. He's owned that domain for a long time, and I believe he tried to have Paypal originally called "X" (or maybe it was one of the other ventures he bought his way into).

According to sources (¬¬), Twitter is now "X", pronounced "ex", (as in extreeememememe!!1) and a tweets will now be known as "X's", pronounced "exes"...as in "I've been married a few times, but all my exes hate me..."

Afaik, "xeet" is used officially in Tweeter. For example here is a still I got from there:

And while "ex-eet" sounds a bit better than "xeet", it is already a meaningful term (exit) so I really doubt it can be sustainable. "Tweet"/"retweet", on the other hand, were unique and had become part of the web language, while not meaning anything else.

Nice consistency, btw: "how to xeet", with the "tweet" button still there.

Cassiebsg · Wed 26/07/2023 05:05:50

Oh GOD!

I thought you guys were joking.... just realized it´s both!

(plus face palm)

Gilbert · Wed 26/07/2023 05:30:08

Contrary to everybodies' believe, I find Musk extremely clever ~~troll~~.

Try to read the following sentence:
"Twitter is now Xeeter."
It has multiple meaning and implications, considering that we may use "Xeeter" as both a noun or a verb.

Also, not only him. YOU also use the thing yourselves. So, you frequently Xeet (or ReXeet) yourselves.

The only way out of this ~~Xeet~~ embarrassment is to stop ~~Xeeting~~ using it yourselves.