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[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 99 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Musk, the anti-free speech hypocrite.

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 46 points 1 year ago

Musk, the Apartheid trust fund baby

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 74 points 1 year ago (4 children)

if you're still using twitter, then you deserve exactly everything you're getting from it

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, and I'm not using xtter, but I'm still being effected by it. As is everyone on the planet.

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

exactly. which is why i shit on it and people using it at every opportunity

[–] flicker@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The thing that makes me nuts is people justify it by, "but it's the only place I can find (person or service)."

Back in my day! People posted their products and services on multiple platforms to reach a broader audience. If the creator you like is too lazy to market themselves, having gotten spoiled on "Xitter will do my marketing for me," then that's on them. Encourage them to post on other platforms in order to reach you.

They are complicit and so are you.

[–] Takumidesh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Kamala Harris isn't a 'creator'

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

Exactly. As simple as this.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How else is someone going to find out about Biden retiring? Twitter is the official government platform.

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

apparently not for much longer, if this post is true

[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Executive order moving all executive branch communications to The Fediverse.

Problem solved

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That’s not going to move the Twitter userbase with it. Then they’d only be communicating with Fediverse adopters.

[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

The media will have to monitor it or they will get scooped by anyone that does.

Once they are forced to live partially outside of that cesspool, they will see the value of setting up their own servers and jumping in.

[–] troybot@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

Executive order seizing control of Twitter to establish it as a nationalized communication system

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago

At least some of the US Government accounts have relays through Threads into Mastadon.

It's not ideal but it's better than being on xitter.

[–] Takumidesh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How do you solve for example, de-federation with government owned instances ( which I imagine many would do)

Mastodon suffers the same problem as Twitter, if the people in control of the servers don't like it, they get to be arbitrate for their users. The solution is not for everyone to host their own instance as it's just immensely wasteful and complex, and since de-federation is not positively communicated, one can go a very long time before realizing they are getting content filtered unwillingly.

I just don't see how this problem (specific content being blocked) would be solved by the Kamala Harris's campaign team having a mastodon instance.

[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I guess the same way you deal with the fact that Elon can ban people from Twitter

[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

US government should immediately suspend and deactivate all their official Xitter accounts with a message asking people to stand against fascism

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah, the government should leave en masse and say it's because it supports free speech. And post a screenshot of the 1st amendment.

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 3 points 1 year ago

Read this as levee en masse. Quite confusing.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you're still on Twitter, fuck you.

[–] Kanda@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago

How is it still a thing? Every day we stray further from God

[–] EfreetSK@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

There is nothing we can do people. There is absolutely no other option, we just have to continue using Twitter :'(

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I'm sure the respected journalist Matt Taibi is cracking the case right down as we speak... surely you're back on the Twitter files, aren't you Matt?

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 7 points 1 year ago

FYI there is a threads relay to mastadon for the official White House account. There's also several unofficial xitter relays for VP Harris to Mastadon.

If you'd like official accounts on Mastadon please contact the White House / Biden / Harris and let them know.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Musk has also attacked Harris more directly. “Democrats destroy democracy in pursuit of power,” a QAnon-linked influencer wrote with Biden’s resignation letter attached. “The Democratic elite, corporate media, and billionaire donors successfully pressured the candidate chosen by Democratic primary voters to drop out because he’s down in the polls and losing.

Same bs "moderates" tried to frame Biden stepping down...

They really do sound more and more like trumpets everyday

[–] DrPop@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

So land of the free but if we vote for you to run you have to even if you don't want to anymore. I didn't vote for Biden in my primary.