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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 168 points 2 weeks ago (18 children)

My pet theory is that Musk acquired Twitter to destroy one of the most effective platforms for anyone on the left to organize.

[–] chryan@lemmy.world 75 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You're giving Musk too much credit here.

He bought Twitter because a) he's addicted to it, and b) he rushed into a buying agreement he didn't get his lawyers to vet properly (probably due to his massively inflated "I understand more than anyone else" ego).

He wanted to back out of it, but faced a lawsuit that he was almost certainly going to lose, so had no choice but to go through with the sale. The lawsuit happened because the shareholders at the time realized the company was worth nowhere close to the inflated $44 billion he offered for it, so they weren't going to back down either.

Everything else that happened after the sale is a result of a man-child feeding his addiction and recuperate from the dumb deal he was legally forced to uphold.

[–] SupahRevs@lemmy.world 38 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

You are right on why he bought it. But he then got funding from outsiders who would benefit from it's transition away from effective gathering and communicating space

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah. I think MUSK bought it because it sounded cool and he got suckered into it. I think he got the funding for it because the people who funded him (like the Saudis) saw an opportunity to get an easy mark to break the system for them.

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[–] freddydunningkruger@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Just wait for the quid pro quo. SpaceX was supposed to get us back to the moon on 3 billion dollars. They are now at 5 billion dollars, and all they have to show for it is a flaming husk of a booster caught by "the chopsticks".

For anyone who thinks that was some incredible accomplishment.. NASA has been landing rovers on Mars using truly incredible engineering that makes SpaceX look like a bunch of kids eating Baby Ruth bars in the sandbox.

So if Elon gets appointed to a government position and starts awarding Tesla and SpaceX all kinds of extended taxpayer-funded gravy grift, you will know your pet theory is 100% spot on.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago (13 children)

For anyone who thinks that was some incredible accomplishment.. NASA has been landing rovers on Mars using truly incredible engineering that makes SpaceX look like a bunch of kids eating Baby Ruth bars in the sandbox.

You're belittling and attacking the thousands of engineers and scientists who really built SpaceX, because their financier is a fascist sociopath. If you knew anything about this at all, you'd understand how exceptionally ignorant, naive, and disrespectful this is.

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[–] skittle07crusher@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 weeks ago

Omg how good it feels to see others with this feeling

[–] phx@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 weeks ago

And/or weaponize it for his buddies to do so instead...

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[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 147 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The biggest problem is the damage is done.

The party holds the supreme court. House. Senate. Executive. Under the unitary executive theory, the rest of the federal government, while being completely inept, will be party members.

All we can do now, is collectively survive. It's a death cult. Steps we take to prevent the detainment, torture and death of our neighbors, friends, and family are the biggest fuck you to these people.

I don't know how we'll do it. But we don't do it by joining or tolerating them. We don't have to make it easy for them.

[–] whaleross@lemmy.world 113 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The post is about not letting it happen in the EU.

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

no reason why Europe and the american opposition can't be on the same side

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[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

I am aware.

350m people have been affected by it in the US. With the ties we have to Europe, it's already been happening.

[–] mycelium_underground@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

From time to time the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

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[–] glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz 68 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

okay. So please. Stop using X. Use Mastodon or other Fediverse alternatives, even if your reach is smaller there?

[–] ROAGO@lemmy.world 34 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Sorry, internet activists will let you down like young voters. If leaving a platform slightly inconveniences them in even the most superficial insignificant sense, they won't do it.

Edit:

Or they'll do it for like 3 days. Make a post saying "Hi guys! I just left twitter!" and then never write another message beyond that.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I feel like people in general will let you down, but yeah I agree.

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[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 67 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I finally deleted my account. Had since 2007...it's not useful anymore.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Good on you.

Haven’t deleted mine yet but have two active accounts on blusky and mastodon and my twitter one is inactive with a pinned post linking my new socials.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 weeks ago

Honestly that might be more helpful.

I sometimes see the overwritten reddit comments when searching for a topic, and I wish that the comment would link to the person's new account (wherever they may be) in addition to the usual blurb on whg they aren't active on reddit anymore

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[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 58 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It's a little bit naive and self destructive that human beings have created tools as powerful as mainstream social media with absolutely no checks or balances, absolutely no accountability, absolutely no transparency, and entirely at the whims of billionaire owners and nation states they're in bed with.

Regulating and banning social media that is being used to blatantly conduct massive psyops should be uncontroversial.

[–] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 10 points 2 weeks ago

I'm sick of private ownership and private decision making about every fucking single aspect of human life from who gets housed to who gets fed to our very culture.

Americans "hate" dictatorships but allow the economy to be run by a bunch of Lords.

Socialism is the democratization of the economy. Socialism puts the human and the worker and the people most impacted by these economic decisions at the helm.

But no, democracy in the economy wouldn't be free. We need to slave away for fascist dictators.

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[–] ntma@lemm.ee 47 points 2 weeks ago

Reddit is night and day without all the shilling and bots. But the mods are having a hissy fit. They're creating echo chambers that can rival a black hole.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 46 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Same on Threads.

Everything went quiet.

I would love to see these accounts, when they were opened, when they ceased posting, what they posted, and what the IP addresses were.

[–] pressanykeynow@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Half of Lemmy.ml mysteriously disappeared too

Source: my ass

[–] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 weeks ago

You should be showing your source.

[–] gigachad@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago

Don't give me hope

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[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

As it was the same on Reddit last cycle

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[–] pinkystew@reddthat.com 46 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why is anyone still using twitter?

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

because other people are. idk why anyone has trouble understanding that for most users social media is only as good as its population.

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[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 34 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Like, where is his data? Is there a list of all bot accounts on Twitter, with a column showing recent activity? Or is this guy doing the same thing as the other side - talking out of his ass?

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 83 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Have you been on twitter recently? [Note that I recommend users do not use twitter]

It’s pretty obvious when for the past two weeks you had every single tweet of yours get spammed replies like “#TRUMP2024 #MAGA” with clearly AI generated profile pictures and fake names. All these accounts have like 20 followers and are following 5k+ accounts. And a bunch of them instantly reply to your posts like 5 seconds after posting. All these accounts have ceased activity overnight.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 weeks ago

Nah, I don't go on Twitter. Too many bots.

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[–] VantaBrandon@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago

Its not enough to say "fuck it", active participation on any viable alternatives is essential to breathe oxygen into alternatives

The god damned problem is everyone still links to X because a flaming dumpster fire is hard to look away from

[–] arin@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago

Brexit already happened but for the rest of Europe yeah get out of shitterx

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

How the fuck did the Muskrat know Mango Mussolini was going to win?

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

That's a good question, odd how all that vote fraud claims stopped after the election. We all know Republicans project.

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[–] squid_slime@lemm.ee 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

it is well known that bot farms red and blue fireup in the run up to election season, and there are millions of these bots.

[–] freddydunningkruger@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It is well known that your false equivalence BS is an old, tired narrative. There was no "blue bot" propaganda campaign targeting red voters in an attempt to stop them from going to the polls. Oh, if only.

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[–] PunchingWood@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Twitter is riddled with MAGA bots. Like AI generated accounts who spam pro-Trump content.

[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 weeks ago

before? where have you been this whole time?

[–] KonalaKoala@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And what about 'Fuck "Tesla", Fuck "SpaceX"'?

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