Do you use social media?

[UWERETHINKINGIT]

I only use TikTok because I want the CCP to know all of my thoughts

 

[Wat_Tyler]

I have gold chains too...

Lawd sweet babbeh Jeebus, what are we gonna do with you now???


A weasel for every casserole . . . .

 

[JoePepsiCo]

Silver and Gold take up a lot less space in the safe than the ammo stocks.

Heck. I have too much ammo for the safe.

Am I tempting my guns
to a shooting spree?

 

[TrailerHitch]

I use social media to keep contact with long distance friends and family. Its instantaneous conversation.

Plus I belong to multiple groups that are about things I am interested in. Firefighting, woodworking, comedy, world and national news, cooking, cars, trucks, the environment, construction, are a few.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

I'm waiting out Elon Musk on Twitter. Eventually he'll get bored and sell it to somebody who knows how to run it,

 

[TrailerHitch]

I'm waiting out Elon Musk on Twitter. Eventually he'll get bored and sell it to somebody who knows how to run it,

Oh? You mean like those that censor and silence political view points that you don't approve of?

 

[desecration]

I'm waiting out Elon Musk on Twitter.

Actually, everything seems to be working better there. If you want a good alternative, try the Fediverse!

 

[Rightguide]

And what sites? It seems to me that in the past three years a lot of people have left social media and are now doing other stuff.

I left fakebook and Twitter long ago. I may reopen an account on X now that Elon has purged most of the Ministry Of Truth Officials.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

I use X to follow sports, local news, and a few national business and political commentators.

 

[Rightguide]

I'm waiting out Elon Musk on Twitter. Eventually he'll get bored and sell it to somebody who knows how to run it,

Yes, the halls of X (formerly known as Twitter) no longer echo the goose-stepping cadence of hobnail boots and Germanic commands.

 

[Ciceri]

I'm waiting out Elon Musk on Twitter. Eventually he'll get bored and sell it to somebody who knows how to run it,

He's waiting for the signal to sell. His handlers will let him know

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

Oh? You mean like those that censor and silence political view points that you don't approve of?

I follow a small circle of friends and colleagues. I curate my feed heavily, blocking or unfollowing people I don't want to hear from. I ignore what the algorithm feeds me. Blue checks and crypto get blocked on sight.

 

[TrailerHitch]

I follow a small circle of friends and colleagues. I curate my feed heavily, blocking or unfollowing people I don't want to hear from. I ignore what the algorithm feeds me. Blue checks and crypto get blocked on sight.

Sure they do. You are the ultimate censor, or attempted censor of anything that doesn't fit neatly into your world. Classical hypocritical phony liberal.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

I left fakebook and Twitter long ago. I may reopen an account on X now that Elon has purged most of the Ministry Of Truth Officials.

Yes, there has been a decrease in users, since Musk took over, about 23%. Not good for a revenue perspective. Maybe sign back up, Musk can use the help...

 

[desecration]

Yes, there has been a decrease in users, since Musk took over, about 23%.

It really depends on who they are. If the 4channers and Redditors left, that's a win. The remaining users are much more valuable to advertisers.

 

[JoePepsiCo]

Oh? You mean like those that censor and silence political view points that you don't approve of?

Exactly. Snowflakes want their safe space back.

 

[desecration]

Societal change starts where people are free to discuss anything. That is a constantly moving location, as censorship arrives at any popular medium to exclude hate speech, extremist views, misinformation, or whatever the censors call banned speech. The few social media sites that are still uncensored or not censored much tend to be ridiculed and attacked, like 4chan and Elon's site.

Solidly realistic.

With viewpoint discrimination, society becomes an echo chamber.

And yet most of the big Tech companies want echo chambers... why?

 

[Rightguide]

Solidly realistic.

With viewpoint discrimination, society becomes an echo chamber.

And yet most of the big Tech companies want echo chambers... why?

Because they are in bed with the government and share interests. An example would be Twitter when FBI agents and government officials were directing and censoring its publishing policy for obvious political gain. They were acting in collusion. For a while we had government officials directing the marketing efforts of Ford Motor Company and others in efforts to force Americans to buy electric cars. When this happens it's technically referred to as Fascism or corporatism.

 

[desecration]

An example would be Twitter when FBI agents and government officials were directing and censoring its publishing policy for obvious political gain.

Seems like the late stages of a dying empire:

https://theintercept.com/2022/12/20/twitter-dod-us-military-accounts/

https://www.judicialwatch.org/censoredandcontrolled/

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-62674860

https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/25/23322214/us-government-propaganda-campaign-twitter-facebook

 

[LLCox]

I'm waiting for social media to get the bugs out.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

It really depends on who they are. If the 4channers and Redditors left, that's a win. The remaining users are much more valuable to advertisers.

Then why has revenue from advertising been dropping at Twitter?

 

[desecration]

Then why has revenue from advertising been dropping at Twitter?

The market has not yet caught up, and there is a media blitz against them.

This is why many people are moving over to the Fediverse.

 

[TrailerHitch]

The market has not yet caught up, and there is a media blitz against them.

This is why many people are moving over to the Fediverse.

What is fediverse?

 

[desecration]

What is fediverse?

I posted information on the Fediverse/Mastodong in another thread so maybe I can link it here.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

The market has not yet caught up, and there is a media blitz against them.

This is why many people are moving over to the Fediverse.

Or maybe it's because the market doesn't want to be associated with a product, quickly moving to rightwing propaganda. Seems you forgot Twitter was losing money prior to Musk buying it. All he did was bleed off the major advertisers.