sidcow Posted November 7, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 7, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, bickster said: No he isn’t, he’s banning accounts that don’t state they are a parody Hold on whilst I unwrap my chips. Edited November 7, 2022 by sidcow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 5 minutes ago, bickster said: No he isn’t, he’s banning accounts that don’t state they are a parody In theory. In reality he's banning accounts that are parodying him without stating they are a parody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 7, 2022 Moderator Share Posted November 7, 2022 3 minutes ago, sidcow said: Hold on whilst I unwrap my chips. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 7, 2022 Moderator Share Posted November 7, 2022 11 minutes ago, ml1dch said: In theory. In reality he's banning accounts that are parodying him without stating they are a parody. tbh, I think banning non stated parody accounts is fair game, regardless of his motives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 (edited) 16 minutes ago, bickster said: tbh, I think banning non stated parody accounts is fair game, regardless of his motives For most people, sure. However if your whole reason you saying you are doing all this stuff is from a motive of pure, free-speech "if it's legal then it should be allowed" absolutism then it's very funny to see his principles vanish as soon as he is mildly inconvenienced by it. Edited November 7, 2022 by ml1dch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 7, 2022 Moderator Share Posted November 7, 2022 3 minutes ago, ml1dch said: For most people, sure. However if your whole reason you saying you are doing all this stuff is from a motive of pure, free-speech "if it's legal then it should be allowed" absolutism then it's very funny to see his principles vanish as soon as he is mildly inconvenienced by it. Yes, I agree. But the whole free speech narrative is bullshit in the first place, it's just a handle to hang his bad purchase on. I think, he's looking at making his money back ASAP, he knows he stuffed up buying it at the price he did and that is a huge ask but he really needs to because his buyout is guaranteed by his Tesla holding, the price of which is also tanking since he announced his Twitter purchase in April. Sacking 75% of the moderation team isn't going to help him rid the platform of all the non-stated parody accounts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MessiWillSignForVilla Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 I think some of their salary demands might have just doubled. Call it a word removed tax. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Deepspangle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Twitter post-Musk has sent user number shooting up on Mastodon, but has anyone here tried it yet? Seems the consensus is the UI is somewhat confusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted November 7, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 7, 2022 9 minutes ago, StanBalaban said: Twitter post-Musk has sent user number shooting up on Mastodon, but has anyone here tried it yet? Seems the consensus is the UI is somewhat confusing. I just had a look and decided I’d need several cups of coffee before I try to sign up. I got the impression you needed to join a certain group to get on the platform. Most of the groups I saw were French. I think I’m doing it wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straggler Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 4 hours ago, choffer said: I just had a look and decided I’d need several cups of coffee before I try to sign up. I got the impression you needed to join a certain group to get on the platform. Most of the groups I saw were French. I think I’m doing it wrong. This isn't just doing it wrong. This is you Mastodon it wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted November 8, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 8, 2022 14 hours ago, StanBalaban said: Twitter post-Musk has sent user number shooting up on Mastodon, but has anyone here tried it yet? Seems the consensus is the UI is somewhat confusing. Have signed up. Not as straightforward as twitter, but not far off. So far so good... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted November 8, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 8, 2022 On 07/11/2022 at 10:36, bickster said: tbh, I think banning non stated parody accounts is fair game, regardless of his motives He's apparently now banning stated parody accounts if they say anything negative about him. He is like the kid who brung his football to school and immediately kicked you out of the game if you tried to tackle him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted November 8, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 8, 2022 Twitter are claiming they've had a huge influx of new users this week and are now at their highest ever numbers. I'm assuming this is just Trump style bullshit from Musk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, sidcow said: Twitter are claiming they've had a huge influx of new users this week and are now at their highest ever numbers. I'm assuming this is just Trump style bullshit from Musk. Or a bunch of Russian bots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 8, 2022 Moderator Share Posted November 8, 2022 7 minutes ago, sidcow said: Twitter are claiming they've had a huge influx of new users this week and are now at their highest ever numbers. I'm assuming this is just Trump style bullshit from Musk. NAh its probably true, everyone likes a good public celebrity meltdown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted November 9, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 9, 2022 Mr SquarePant’s legitimacy should never have been in question. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichfield Dean Posted November 9, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 9, 2022 3 hours ago, Mark Albrighton said: Mr SquarePant’s legitimacy should never have been in question. Didn't last long 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 (edited) I can't imagine how infuriating it is to find out about changes to the product you work on even the owner posts shit publicly Edited November 9, 2022 by Davkaus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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