[kinderfeld]

And then there's this.

Report: Twitter and Facebook Had Regular Meetings with DHS on Censoring Americans

Executives from Facebook and Twitter, including the recently-fired head of trust & safety Vijaya Gadde, held regular meetings with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to discuss censorship on a wide range of topics, including the withdrawal from Afghanistan, coronavirus, and "racial...

www.breitbart.com

 

[GTX63]

I spent about an hour there today, and what I’m seeing is kind of funny. Basically, some leftist says something crazy, expecting a wave of affirmation, but is getting to see all the disagreement, and are losing their minds over it. I read a couple threads today where the conservative sentiment far, far outweighed the progressive sentiment, and lots of progressives were complaining about how much had changed in the last 24 hours and were threatening to leave.

It might be worth joining Twitter just to watch all the Marxists heads exploding in real-time.

Your assessment is pretty much on. The media is sticking to the story that the company is worth half the purchase price, (probably is) and that users are fleeing left and right. Curiously, lots of followers are disappearing over night for long time lib posters, and previously popular conservative tweeters are gaining tons of followers. It is almost like a switch has been flipped...
Looks like cash bail and get out of jail to me; plenty of users are being reinstated, and lots of newbies climbing aboard. Just my opinion based on what I saw.
@catturd2 is a hoot.

 

[HDRider]

 

[GTX63]

So I guess in less than a half sentence, she admits that speech was being censored before 2022 EM.

 

[HDRider]

So I guess in less than a half sentence, she admits that speech was being censored before 2022 EM.

Plus, she does not see the value of posts like that staying out there for everyone to see

 

[Hiro]

I don’t Twitter, but I’m thinking about joining just so I can read deeper on some of the threads.

I spent about an hour there today, and what I’m seeing is kind of funny. Basically, some leftist says something crazy, expecting a wave of affirmation, but is getting to see all the disagreement, and are losing their minds over it. I read a couple threads today where the conservative sentiment far, far outweighed the progressive sentiment, and lots of progressives were complaining about how much had changed in the last 24 hours and were threatening to leave.

It might be worth joining Twitter just to watch all the Marxists heads exploding in real-time.

I have waded through that cesspool for years. It was generally pointless to interact unless you had a thick skull or just wanted to get blocked/banned.

The change over the last few days is palpable. The Paul Pelosi saga is a prime example....#Pelosigaylover tag is allowed to trend....It never would have existed in the past.

The usual suspects are......unsure how to respond to losing their exclusive playground.

 

[HDRider]

I have waded through that cesspool for years. It was generally pointless to interact unless you had a thick skull or just wanted to get blocked/banned.

The change over the last few days is palpable. The Paul Pelosi saga is a prime example....#Pelosigaylover tag is allowed to trend....It never would have existed in the past.

The usual suspects are......unsure how to respond to losing their exclusive playground.

I joined way back in 2010, but never really paid it any attention until a few moths ago when Elon said he was going to buy it. That drew me in. I find it an endless source of entertainment. The key is following the right people.

The big turn off for me is how Twitter steers a narrative. I hope that stops. You have to work hard to not let it bombard you with the next thing.

It is a great source for news outlets that you might not otherwise be aware of.

 

[Hiro]

I joined way back in 2010, but never really paid it any attention until a few moths ago when Elon said he was going to buy it. That drew me in. I find it an endless source of entertainment. The key is following the right people.

The big turn off for me is how Twitter steers a narrative. I hope that stops. You have to work hard to not let it bombard you with the next thing.

It is a great source for news outlets that you might not otherwise be aware of.

It has always been a fine indicator in how TPTB wanted to steer the narrative.

 

[GunMonkeyIntl]

Your assessment is pretty much on. The media is sticking to the story that the company is worth half the purchase price, (probably is) and that users are fleeing left and right. Curiously, lots of followers are disappearing over night for long time lib posters, and previously popular conservative tweeters are gaining tons of followers. It is almost like a switch has been flipped...
Looks like cash bail and get out of jail to me; plenty of users are being reinstated, and lots of newbies climbing aboard. Just my opinion based on what I saw.
@catturd2 is a hoot.

It’s funny (not funny) that the media is now all over the “Twitter is nothing, it’s all bots and not worth half the market cap” now that the deal is done, when they spent the last couple months saying that Musk’s claims about bots and market cap were all bunk.

…it’s almost exactly like how they loved Musk until he said something about leftist censorship, and now has rampant TDS-sufferers, like that one from Canada who vehemently hates Donald Trump (but wants us to keep our noses out of Canada’s affairs) and wants 80% of the world population to disappear (but not die), and can now miraculously tell that Musk is a maniac (but can’t actually cite anything maniacal that he’s said or done).

It’s almost like they don’t even believe what they say, but there’s a whole army of Tinmen who do.

….things that make you go ‘hmmm’…

 

[GunMonkeyIntl]

The big turn off for me is how Twitter steers a narrative. I hope that stops. You have to work hard to not let it bombard you with the next thing.

Unless we’re thinking of the word “narrative” in a different way, I think a platform like Twitter absolutely should get a steering direction on the narrative. If left to fair, open debate and free-speech, Twitter is almost a perfect technological approach to summing up the sentiment of the masses.

Of course, for the last decade or so, the people who tell our Tinmen friends what to think have been using Twitter to create just one more echo of that directive.

I don’t have to be in the majority, and I’m perfectly comfortable not being there, but I do think there’s value in the raw din of all voices being able to speak at once.

 

[Danaus29]

For those who want that twitter blue checkmark to show they are a "verified user" (whatever that means) be prepared to pay for it. Musk just announced that verified users will now have to pay $20 a month for the checkmark.

Twitter to start charging $20 per month for verified users: report

In one of his first moves at Twitter, Elon Musk is moving to charge users $20 per month to be verified on the social media platform, The Verge reported. The reported move to charge for blue ch…

thehill.com

"In one of his first moves at Twitter, Elon Musk is moving to charge users $20 per month to be verified on the social media platform, The Verge reported."

 

[HDRider]

It has always been a fine indicator in how TPTB wanted to steer the narrative.

It was part of the navigation system

 

[HDRider]

Unless we’re thinking of the word “narrative” in a different way, I think a platform like Twitter absolutely should get a steering direction on the narrative. If left to fair, open debate and free-speech, Twitter is almost a perfect technological approach to summing up the sentiment of the masses.



I don’t have to be in the majority, and I’m perfectly comfortable not being there, but I do think there’s value in the raw din of all voices being able to speak at once.

We are thinking of it exactly the same. My point is that Twitter was corrupted. One side had a very heavy thumb on the scale.


I don't have to be in the majority either. Right is right. Wrong is wrong. I don't anyone telling me the difference. I have every confidence in my opinion on things that truly matter. Twitter can be a force for good, or it can it can be a force for propaganda. The bird needs to be free.

It pains me to hear rotted brains think that Musk is anything other than what he pretends to be. I judge him on his actions, not on the demented intent projected by imbeciles and power grabbers.

 

[GunMonkeyIntl]

It pains me to hear rotted brains think that Musk is anything other than what he pretends to be. I judge him on his actions, not on the demented intent projected by imbeciles and power grabbers.

Yeah, I don’t know enough about Elon Musk to really have an opinion on him, one way or the other. What I have noticed is that he’s socially awkward, but obviously quite brilliant, especially when he has the time and space to assemble his thoughts.

I don’t expect I agree with him on much more than, at best, 50% of his positions, but that’s OK. Thus far, I trust that his positions are really his own.

The only reason I even comment on Musk at all is that I see his place in the discourse as a perfect illustration of the programming that so many seem so shamefully susceptible to. There are a half dozen or so members here, and lots more in my own real life, that instantly espouse the narrative Du jour of CNN, NPR or what have you MSM outlet, and Musk’s trajectory through that narrative cycle is undeniable: they loved him… until they hated him, and in instantaneous unison.

 

[HDRider]

he’s socially awkward

I trust an awkward person much more so than the polish of practiced deception

 

[kinderfeld]

I don’t Twitter, but I’m thinking about joining just so I can read deeper on some of the threads.

I spent about an hour there today, and what I’m seeing is kind of funny. Basically, some leftist says something crazy, expecting a wave of affirmation, but is getting to see all the disagreement, and are losing their minds over it. I read a couple threads today where the conservative sentiment far, far outweighed the progressive sentiment, and lots of progressives were complaining about how much had changed in the last 24 hours and were threatening to leave.

It might be worth joining Twitter just to watch all the Marxists heads exploding in real-time.

Probably has something to do with this.😁

Elon Musk Sparks Media Freakout by Limiting Employee Access to Twitter Censorship Tools

Elon Musk has limited Twitter employees' access to content moderation tools in his first week of ownership, as he promises a radical change in course on censorship. The media, predictably, is claiming that the sky is falling.

www.breitbart.com

 

[GunMonkeyIntl]

Probably has something to do with this.😁

Elon Musk Sparks Media Freakout by Limiting Employee Access to Twitter Censorship Tools

Elon Musk has limited Twitter employees' access to content moderation tools in his first week of ownership, as he promises a radical change in course on censorship. The media, predictably, is claiming that the sky is falling.

www.breitbart.com

Apparently even Rolling Stone is concerned that Twitter will no longer be a reliable tool to direct the outcome of the elections next week.

Stand by for next Wednesday morning, if there is a red wave, @Nevada will be here parroting CNN’s emergent theory that Twitter was taken over so that Russia could steal the elections.

Twitter may have just become relevant.

 

[HDRider]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1587048259758989313

 

[Danaus29]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1587048259758989313

He's just mad about having to pay $240 a year to keep his blue checkmark.

 

[Hiro]

I believe Elon is having fun with this:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1587288040552144896