• GreyYeti@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I agree this is of questionable veracity, but could you imagine if for example fb users had trouble following Trump? There would be a whole news cycle culminating in a congressional hearing. When people talk about the asymmetrical standards that conservatives are held to vs liberals in the media this is a prime example.

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      4 months ago

      He posted a picture on his stream of the error message “There’s a problem here” over the Biden/Harris campaign page, so at very least he’s trolling instead of taking his job seriously. Twitter is his private platform so whatever, but it’s another reminder that Musk will not be impartial and is actually pouring millions into the Trump campaign, so if you’re still there now would be a good time to leave.

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        Yo it was a good time to leave back when he bought it. It was a good time again when he dumped moderation. It was a good time again when he changed the name to X. Really its always been a good time to leave. Anyone who hasn’t left by now has already ignored so many signs not even Ace of Base can help them.

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          Anyone who hasn’t left by now has already ignored so many signs not even Ace of Base can help them.

          LOL

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            4 months ago

            If you ever wonder why the people you know seem to be better friends with each other than with you, or why they look away while talking with you, or why they always seems to excuse themselves after interacting with you for only a very short time, this post is why.

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    Which goes to show that if you are a public figure whether in politics, entertainment, or otherwise, owning your own server for social media instead of relying on Zuck and Musk should be a critical concern at this point.

    There is no reason for the Harris campaign to not dip their toe into federated social media at this point given Musk’s antagonism towards them.

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      And it’s so cheap to run. The only reason it’s not as worth is the limited reach and impact. But if main political figures would adopt it, the users and journalists would certainly come.

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            But isn’t that inherintly dangerous? I don’t exactly trust any random fedi server to embed it in my website.

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              Kind of, in that embedding anything from a site you can’t trust is inherently risky, but I’d say it’s not actually that bad, for two reasons:

              1. iframes are much better sandboxed than they once were, and are much safer now than their reputation suggests
              2. you probably wouldn’t be embedding from any old instance; I assume you could embed from an instance you use and trust as long as the post is federated to it
  • pete_the_cat@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Musk made 151 tweets on Sunday

    Assuming he’s awake for 16 hours, that’s over 9 tweets an hour. Someone is definitely scared.

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    4 months ago

    Why is anyone still on, “The Social Media Platform Formerly Known As Twitter” ?

  • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    People big enough to have a staffed social media team will stilk have an Xitter account just because it is a viable vector to get news out. They may also have Truth Social account, just because it’s there.

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      I agree with you and I will not let them off the hook. They have no legitimate excuse to be using racist, misogynist, transphobic, homophobic, bigoted right-wing platforms.

      Do they also have a stormfront account? Fuck anyone who contributes to fascist owned platforms just because they are there.

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        I don’t mind them having account there. They need to reach people where they are after all. I’m pissed at them for not being on any platform that is not owned by a fascist enabler oligarch at best.