Elon Musk Buys Twitter

[Mayhem]

Ah, another one missing the point. All I told was that the biggest proof or more like the only one is the ban of the accounts making claims about this code. Since everything else is up in the air (and funnily enough there is basically no reporting on this by anyone significant, which means they too think this is BS) and there is nothing else one can do nothing but guess which option out of 2 is the correct one.

I don't know if doubling down on your lack of understanding what proof means is helpful but you do you.

[Cthulhu 2020]

So it appears that Andrew Tate (among others) is in fact a protected account that can say and do what they want.

https://x.com/CrayonMurders/status/1816475114004984000

Crazy how that works

[Elder Millennial]

Look, that supposed leaked API was fake, but that hardly changes the fact that clearly SOMEONE at the carcass of what once was Twitter is leaning incredibly hard on the moderation scale to protect certain accounts.

This should have been obvious since the unbanning of accounts such as that of Fuentes, Tate, Dom Lucre etc.

And yes, that someone is Elom Husk.

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

Ah, another one missing the point. All I told was that the biggest proof or more like the only one is the ban of the accounts making claims about this code. Since everything else is up in the air (and funnily enough there is basically no reporting on this by anyone significant, which means they too think this is BS) and there is nothing else one can do nothing but guess which option out of 2 is the correct one.

Banning accounts is not evidence. It's just silencing the accusers. Evidence would be something that refutes the claims.

[Mekh]

Banning accounts is not evidence. It's just silencing the accusers. Evidence would be something that refutes the claims.

It's the chestnut about proving a negative, but the take I've seen was, it's fake because it's the worst way to do it. Having it be an attribute you can set like a tick box in a database would be a far more elegant solution and wouldn't require somebody to edit raw code whenever the whitelist needs updating. Which sounds plausible.

Also apparently the code used in the screenshot isn't what would be normally used for an API, but I can't speak to the veracity of that.

[Mayhem]

It's the chestnut about proving a negative, but the take I've seen was, it's fake because it's the worst way to do it. Having it be an attribute you can set like a tick box in a database would be a far more elegant solution and wouldn't require somebody to edit raw code whenever the whitelist needs updating. Which sounds plausible.

Also apparently the code used in the screenshot isn't what would be normally used for an API, but I can't speak to the veracity of that.

Are we pretending after Elom fired most of the staff that actually knew what they were doing the code doesn't resemble something like frankensteins monster?

[Mekh]

Are we pretending after Elom fired most of the staff that actually knew what they were doing the code doesn't resemble something like frankensteins monster?

It's also entirely possible it's done badly, because in a database it would be more obvious. But typo in that user list aside, it feels much too short. Also, it does not include catturd. And it includes "illegal" twice. Also: "jew". Now I'm not a twitter user and won't open an account to verify, but "jew" and "illegal" especially feel like bad words to ban entirely from one's platform.

[Mayhem]

It's also entirely possible it's done badly, because in a database it would be more obvious. But typo in that user list aside, it feels much too short. Also, it does not include catturd. And it includes "illegal" twice. Also: "jew". Now I'm not a twitter user and won't open an account to verify, but "jew" and "illegal" especially feel like bad words to ban entirely from one's platform.

I thought the list means these accounts won't get flagged not that anyone using these words gets instabanned.

[Mekh]

I thought the list means these accounts won't get flagged not that anyone using these words gets instabanned.

As far as I know trying to tweet "CIS" simply won't go through at all, so at least that one's not just being flagged. And if there's two different categories of blacklists, one for flagging, one for blocking the post outright, it's weird the screenshot only has one. Again, I could be wrong, but this feels too convenient, including the fact that all the banned accounts and all the banned worns fit neatly into that screenshot. Where's MattWalshBlog? scrowder? jordanbpeterson? Where are other slurs like "kike" or "shitskin" the right enjoys so much? If this was real, it feels like it should require much more space.

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

It's the chestnut about proving a negative, but the take I've seen was, it's fake because it's the worst way to do it. Having it be an attribute you can set like a tick box in a database would be a far more elegant solution and wouldn't require somebody to edit raw code whenever the whitelist needs updating. Which sounds plausible.

Also apparently the code used in the screenshot isn't what would be normally used for an API, but I can't speak to the veracity of that.

I'm just saying we can't take "Elon banned them" as evidence of anything. Elon's banned a lot of people for spurious reasons. I'm not saying the accusations are true or false.

[Mekh]

I'm just saying we can't take "Elon banned them" as evidence of anything. Elon's banned a lot of people for spurious reasons. I'm not saying the accusations are true or false.

Ah, I misread you then. My bad.

[Mayhem]

As far as I know trying to tweet "CIS" simply won't go through at all, so at least that one's not just being flagged. And if there's two different categories of blacklists, one for flagging, one for blocking the post outright, it's weird the screenshot only has one. Again, I could be wrong, but this feels too convenient, including the fact that all the banned accounts and all the banned worns fit neatly into that screenshot. Where's MattWalshBlog? scrowder? jordanbpeterson? Where are other slurs like "kike" or "shitskin" the right enjoys so much? If this was real, it feels like it should require much more space.

I mean for all I care twitter can just implode into truthsocial v2. I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility that shitstain musk asked to have this implemented while forgetting some of the worst of the worst, it could also just be fake to get attention.

[No Kings Voter]

Elon exercising censorship in realtime:

photojournalist and former chief official White House photographer Pete Souza posts this:


Currently:



I guess this is the downpayment for this month's $45million gift to fascism.

[postman1782]

Elon exercising censorship in realtime:

photojournalist and former chief official White House photographer Pete Souza posts this:


Currently:



I guess this is the downpayment for this month's $45million gift to fascism.

FYI, he backed out on the $45 million per month.

[Edge-]

https://x.com/petesouza?lang=en

Well, as of this post it's deleted.

Ooph, is Jim Jordan gonna investigate this? Anything think he might/

[VMSmith]

I have to ask, why does anyone who's not a fascist even bother with Twitter any more? I haven't been to it nor clicked a link to it for the better part of a year now and don't miss it, plus Threads is pretty good for keeping up with interesting people on a daily basis. If people would just drop the habit it'd be better in the long run.

[gondrin]

I have to ask, why does anyone who's not a fascist even bother with Twitter any more? I haven't been to it nor clicked a link to it for the better part of a year now and don't miss it, plus Threads is pretty good for keeping up with interesting people on a daily basis. If people would just drop the habit it'd be better in the long run.

I do because you have to listen to the crazy, the insane and the outright evil in order to understand what they are doing and try to counteract it. You don't get rid of fascism by ignore it.

[Twdft]

I have to ask, why does anyone who's not a fascist even bother with Twitter any more?

I don't know. What's irritating me too is how actual serious media can't stop themselves from "bla bla posted on X formerly twitter ...". Can't wait for that to not be a thing anymore.

[Muzjhath]

I have to ask, why does anyone who's not a fascist even bother with Twitter any more? I haven't been to it nor clicked a link to it for the better part of a year now and don't miss it, plus Threads is pretty good for keeping up with interesting people on a daily basis. If people would just drop the habit it'd be better in the long run.

I follow some funny people, and artists, who before the Elon take-over was had Twitter as their best venue.
They're slowly migrating towards Blue-Sky (on the whole).

[Easo]

Are you sure he was banned instead of deleting his own account?