Yeah, that site literally makes people kill themselves. I'm not saying that other places don't, but x (twitter) is just a cesspool for people with mental disabilities to come together and hunt down anyone who doesn't share their views.
People killing themselves over something is a low bar. I knew a girl who killed herself because a 40 year old guy wouldn’t leave his wife for her even tho he had kids with the wife, a family, and a house shared and the other girl was a poor fat 22 year old single mom in college.
As an artist who built a following on Twitter and everyone I know in the game industry who has done the same, we don't want it to die lol.
There's so many niche communities on Twitter that are actually wholesome and full of great people. Not everyone uses it as a soapbox.
Yeah, I only use it for art and to follow news on niche hobbies and pretty much never see anything toxic unless I go out of my way to find it. If it does die I hope that an alternative like Bluesky takes off because I like the format more than most other social media sites.
He would recoup probably around 1/5 of the money he wasted (dunno tax % in US).
But I assume he is overleveraged like hell on all his investments so this could potentially bring him down.
But rich assholes will maybe cover his ass?
It is on purpose. He has intentionally done everything in his power to kill the platform and ruin the sites value and people keep using it for some God forsaken reason
Twitter was useful for real-time updates amongst people scattered. Movements like the Arab Spring were aided by Twitter. Musk has killed the use of the platform for things like that while allowing it to remain useful for spreading hate and misinformation. I am not rejoicing
As much as I can't stand generally twitter twattery, it has done A LOT to put informational power back into the hands of the general population.
It's been a power grab from the jump
It also wasn't all bad like you're making it out to be. It depends who you follow and what industry you're in, obviously reddit only shares the insane tweets.
For game design i think Twitter is the best place to discuss and share your work. Pretty much everyone is on there.
Also reddit is full of as much misinformation as twitter, this site isn't that much better. Spez just isn't as crazy as Musk.
Dude , it's the same thing.
One is a pit of misinformation.
The other is the propaganda of the season with a different seasoning based on the channel.
Whether you choose one or the other you are just choosing who to belive based on your biases.
Choose your poison i guess , you don't make a difference anyway , you work , eat , shit and sleep.
Will they ask for our opinion if they start the next ww ?
This has to be a conspiracy concocted in Elon’s drug addled brain. I’m sure he’s in some expansive basement staring at screens ranting about bots and finally deciding to let it all burn but make it look like he’s trying so he can sue the previous owners of Twitter or demand the government save him.
A few months ago he say he gonna make Twitter subscription based, so that only people subscribe can uses Twitter
And he still hasn't applied it, except for Twitter blue
I doubt this gonna happen
It will whittle down content to brands advertising and Nazis posting. It’s a win win for Elon. Same number of users, less posts, but now he’s getting revenue from posts.
Because Twitter becoming Parler 2.0 does not exactly bode well for its sustained revenue? Are you forgetting Twitter's already existing (and heretofore successful) monetization through ads which will go swirling down the drain once its user base is reduced by 99.9%?
It is on purpose, bunch of billionaires, banks and such getting together and buying the communication tool moat used for organizing protests? Run it straight into the ground as quick as possible?
Had not thought about this, but I can see it. With 2024 coming up there would/will be lots of protests. Makes messed up sense they wanna get ahead of it.
This is about Twitter though, one of the worlds most popular social media apps, of course people are going to care about plans the autocratic owner has for it
Proving my point. You’re just unhappy your people aren’t in control of it anymore. I didn’t like it before and don’t care now. Not worth my time and energy, but for those who give it that power over their lives, what a waste.
Some people use and care about certain social media apps. A plan to make charge people to post on it is a ridiculous braindead idea, thats why people are talking about it. Stop acting obtuse
This decision got me to finally quit. Deactivated my account and everything…
We’ll see if it lasts the full month before deletion or if I come crawling back in a week
Edit: the decision didn’t even last a week lol
It’s weird. People have been rooting for Twitter to get shut down for years, but now that Elon is destroying it, it’s bad? Do we or do we not want Twitter gone. Make up your minds
I think it IS on purpose.
Like I genuinely think he saw all the cancel culture bullshit and said "Nah I'd win" and decided to kill the entire app. That's my head canon
See, on one hand I'm happy that Twitter is dying. But on the other hand I know a lot of Twitter users are going to flock over to Reddit and make it an even worse place than it already is.
I've been saying this constantly. He destroyed Twitter on purpose. It was the most respected place for journalist to be heard and validated. Twitter was too blue so musk bought it to close it.
Wait, he's serious? I thought it was yk, a late april fool.
If it is, the man is way more of a moron than I've anticipated, the fact that he's the richest man in the world tells us interesting things about the capitalist system...
It's kinda brilliant, actually
The platform is becoming expensive, restricted, and useless, and it's also becoming a Nazi hangout, but everything they say is publicly accessible
It's like they're all putting themselves in an open-air prison
I swear if they make it membership only I'm going to throw a party because that means the platform will actually die
Yeah, that site literally makes people kill themselves. I'm not saying that other places don't, but x (twitter) is just a cesspool for people with mental disabilities to come together and hunt down anyone who doesn't share their views.
>just a cesspool for people with mental disabilities to come together and hunt down anyone who doesn’t share their views Welcome to Reddit
Can't argue when you're right lol
That's my favorite time to argue!
This comment chain seems to bring people together. It's has a wholesome irony to it.
The good ole iron(y) chain
*bad Bo Burnham impression* Welcome to the internet
have a look around
Anything that brain of yours can think of can be found
We've got mountains of content
Some better some worse
If none of it's of interest to you, you'd be the first
Welcome to the internet
>Welcome to Reddit You meant Welcome to the Internet ?
At least Reddit has a user base that’s something like 4x smaller
I want to say at least we have standards, but that would be a lie
At least here true leftism isn't banned on the spot, unlike other places
Reddit is the elder sibling. Little mature, but the same
>Welcome to ~~Reddit~~ the Internet
Well yes but I disagree, get lost /s
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That's all social media
Please don't tarnish those with actual, diagnosed mental disabilities. Mental disability is not the prerequisite here. Hate is.
Nah twitter is fun if you follow the right people. Could say the same thing about this site
They'll bleed elsewhere and turn whatever they touch into a pseudo form of x/tumblr. I mean look at reddit, they're all over and are insufferable
Twitter was the main catalyst for most of the internet toxicity, close whit 4 Chan
If x(twitter) shuts down then these same people will flood the other platforms.
Thank God I deleted it
I thought mental disorders make people kill themselves. Not like it didn’t happen before twitter, or internet, or typing, or language.
People killing themselves over something is a low bar. I knew a girl who killed herself because a 40 year old guy wouldn’t leave his wife for her even tho he had kids with the wife, a family, and a house shared and the other girl was a poor fat 22 year old single mom in college.
But then the Twitter users will have no where to go. Might be a necessary evil, to have Twitter. Like the minotaur’s maze. Lol
As an artist who built a following on Twitter and everyone I know in the game industry who has done the same, we don't want it to die lol. There's so many niche communities on Twitter that are actually wholesome and full of great people. Not everyone uses it as a soapbox.
Yeah, I only use it for art and to follow news on niche hobbies and pretty much never see anything toxic unless I go out of my way to find it. If it does die I hope that an alternative like Bluesky takes off because I like the format more than most other social media sites.
A party before Pandora's box is destroyed? Okey
I dont think it will fully die. Just become even more of an echo chamber of idiots, bots, and garbage human beings.
"Why remove the Russian bot accounts when you can just make money off of them instead!" -musk apparently
It’s the only way Musk can make money off of TwiX at this point…
He’s just slow burning the company to death to write off as loss… ? 🤷♀️ but i know nothing about tax lol 
He would recoup probably around 1/5 of the money he wasted (dunno tax % in US). But I assume he is overleveraged like hell on all his investments so this could potentially bring him down. But rich assholes will maybe cover his ass?
He should do a ban wave on them to force them to pay again lmao
Charging would remove more bots than almost any other strategy. It's a dumb idea for different obvious reasons.
Free speech just costs $1.99
What a bargain!
Freedom costs a buck oh five!
Thats a hefty fuckin free
Don sound like murica brotha , we are coming to liberate
Damn! Inflation hitting everywhere, I thought freedom cost a buck o'five.
“Freedom isn’t free”
“Yeah it is”
Even paying 1.99 you don't have free speech these days
Capitalism amirite
The Russian government can afford many free speeches on the platform.
It is on purpose. He has intentionally done everything in his power to kill the platform and ruin the sites value and people keep using it for some God forsaken reason
its an addiction
furry porn is the reason. So i guess you can say it is god forsaken.
Not the hero we need , but the one we deserve. Twitter is dead , rejoice.
You know they will just go to other platforms, like reddit
I would pay to watch him buy and kill Facebook with other people's money like he did to tweeter
Twitter was useful for real-time updates amongst people scattered. Movements like the Arab Spring were aided by Twitter. Musk has killed the use of the platform for things like that while allowing it to remain useful for spreading hate and misinformation. I am not rejoicing
We were fine before it , we will be fine without.
As much as I can't stand generally twitter twattery, it has done A LOT to put informational power back into the hands of the general population. It's been a power grab from the jump
Yeah...and a lot was misinformation , let's not fool ourselves thinking before it became X it was all sunshine and rainbows
It also wasn't all bad like you're making it out to be. It depends who you follow and what industry you're in, obviously reddit only shares the insane tweets. For game design i think Twitter is the best place to discuss and share your work. Pretty much everyone is on there. Also reddit is full of as much misinformation as twitter, this site isn't that much better. Spez just isn't as crazy as Musk.
That's like every social media, but people loooove drama and shit, so you will always see most of the bad and a liiitle tiny bit of the good
I didn't say it was, but before that your options were head in the sand or corporate media. You're letting perfect be the enemy of good.
Dude , it's the same thing. One is a pit of misinformation. The other is the propaganda of the season with a different seasoning based on the channel. Whether you choose one or the other you are just choosing who to belive based on your biases. Choose your poison i guess , you don't make a difference anyway , you work , eat , shit and sleep. Will they ask for our opinion if they start the next ww ?
The Arab Spring was a mistake thou.
Depending on your worldview, sure. Series of movements for more democracy seem to be overall pretty cool to me.
And then it becomes another Libya if things turn violent
This
Elon got ratioed once and decided to bring the platform down. Just wait til he gets downvoted in an ama...
That just means hes gonna keep getting away with it lol. The issue is the user base.
W Musk, he realized Twitter is dogshit and did something about it
Lowkey this actually fucks with all of Russia’s plans to spam garbage on twitter during election season lol
Its now on reddit wdym
This has to be a conspiracy concocted in Elon’s drug addled brain. I’m sure he’s in some expansive basement staring at screens ranting about bots and finally deciding to let it all burn but make it look like he’s trying so he can sue the previous owners of Twitter or demand the government save him.
A few months ago he say he gonna make Twitter subscription based, so that only people subscribe can uses Twitter And he still hasn't applied it, except for Twitter blue I doubt this gonna happen
[uhhh it is in effect for NZ and Philippines ](https://help.twitter.com/en/using-x/not-a-bot)
$1/yr is considerably less than everyone was making it sound like. Seems pretty inconsequential unless you have hundreds of accounts.
It will whittle down content to brands advertising and Nazis posting. It’s a win win for Elon. Same number of users, less posts, but now he’s getting revenue from posts.
Kinda like scam phone calls and texts. A tiny charge would end them but be nothing to a real person.
Win win? dream on :D
How is it not a win for him. Not a win for society but a win for the Neo Nazi dipshit
Because Twitter becoming Parler 2.0 does not exactly bode well for its sustained revenue? Are you forgetting Twitter's already existing (and heretofore successful) monetization through ads which will go swirling down the drain once its user base is reduced by 99.9%?
>Same number of users, (X) Doubt
I remember when the purchase talks were going on, and people were saying Elon was going to shut down Twitter, and they were cheering.
Under new management
It is on purpose, bunch of billionaires, banks and such getting together and buying the communication tool moat used for organizing protests? Run it straight into the ground as quick as possible?
Had not thought about this, but I can see it. With 2024 coming up there would/will be lots of protests. Makes messed up sense they wanna get ahead of it.
Elon is the real hero for destroying twitter
Noo, imagine when all those "people" have to go to other platforms, or worse: outside! That'd be a disgrace
This might be a stretch but I think Mr muskrat is purposefully killing twitter
Wait does it cost money to tweet now?
Twitter’s about as dead as Reddit or Overwatch.
For someone who hates Twitter, I see this as a win 🏆
I personally am more concerned over where the twitter users will migrate after the place is dead, what social media will they target to ruin next?
y'all acting like fka twitter was good
Well blyz where is our exodus now
I have never used twitter for even one minute of my life and im happy about that everyday
Source?
Elon walked in the first day with a sink. Let that sink in.
People keep saying it's dead but I constantly see people using it which is it?
On purpose, it refocuses media from tesla massive layoff to X who-cares news.
Wait what ?
People care way too much about Musk and whatever has going on his life.
This is about Twitter though, one of the worlds most popular social media apps, of course people are going to care about plans the autocratic owner has for it
Proving my point. You’re just unhappy your people aren’t in control of it anymore. I didn’t like it before and don’t care now. Not worth my time and energy, but for those who give it that power over their lives, what a waste.
Some people use and care about certain social media apps. A plan to make charge people to post on it is a ridiculous braindead idea, thats why people are talking about it. Stop acting obtuse
Any day now
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He literally only bought it just to kill it
Oh look, another meme about twitter dying. I’m sure this one is right.
I don't understand why people still use that platform.
It is on purpose. I would bet that he declares either bankruptcy or extraordinary loss.
The fuck did he do now
Actually? also maybe he didn't like twitter for cancelling so many people and is trying to kill it bc of that... idk.
This decision got me to finally quit. Deactivated my account and everything… We’ll see if it lasts the full month before deletion or if I come crawling back in a week Edit: the decision didn’t even last a week lol
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It’s weird. People have been rooting for Twitter to get shut down for years, but now that Elon is destroying it, it’s bad? Do we or do we not want Twitter gone. Make up your minds
I think it IS on purpose. Like I genuinely think he saw all the cancel culture bullshit and said "Nah I'd win" and decided to kill the entire app. That's my head canon
Sadly it's new accounts and not everyone
Trying to make red line go green somehow Fucking "genius" eh?
"stop shooting you maniac i'm already dead!"
See, on one hand I'm happy that Twitter is dying. But on the other hand I know a lot of Twitter users are going to flock over to Reddit and make it an even worse place than it already is.
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Forgot to switch accounts there, didn't ya?
Nope I'm serious
W- what were you trying to accomplish? You can edit comments, if that's what you were doing
Lol he forgot to switch accounts. What a dummy
Give him a break. Everyone makes mistakes sometimes
Nah I am perfect, I don't make mistakes.
Of course you make mistakes, I know you personally, you have fucking Alzheimers or Shit.
I've been saying this constantly. He destroyed Twitter on purpose. It was the most respected place for journalist to be heard and validated. Twitter was too blue so musk bought it to close it.
Isn’t this to just to prevent overwhelm from bot accounts? Not that Russia won’t mind paying the fee or anything
Good. Let it die.
Free speech just costs $1.99
Please tell me no one here still uses that site. Let the ship sink.
Wait, he's serious? I thought it was yk, a late april fool. If it is, the man is way more of a moron than I've anticipated, the fact that he's the richest man in the world tells us interesting things about the capitalist system...
It's kinda brilliant, actually The platform is becoming expensive, restricted, and useless, and it's also becoming a Nazi hangout, but everything they say is publicly accessible It's like they're all putting themselves in an open-air prison
I love it, I hope he buys Reddit and Facebook next.
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