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[anewaname]

To put a different spin on that 500% increase, from NPR's article

Twitter's head of safety and integrity, Yoel Roth, also warned of coordinated efforts to proliferate hateful posts and said the platform was banning users involved in the trolling campaign.

"Over the last 48 hours, we've seen a small number of accounts post a ton of Tweets that include slurs and other derogatory terms," he tweeted on Saturday evening, noting that just 300 accounts were responsible for more than 50,000 tweets using one slur.

So, what happens if Musk is able to destroy the bot networks on twitter? Doesn't this mean the actual promoters of racism and hate speech become more exposed to social and legal persecution?

[McTraveller]

I'm still more and more convinced that if reincarnation is a thing, Elon Musk is Howard Hughes.

The last piece of confirmation would be if he locks himself in a theater for an extended duration and puts his urine in jars.

[Starver]

...and flies into space and back exactly once (unscheduled!) in a giant rocket made mostly of wood?

[EuchreJack]

I hope this link works - artist's conception of Musk explaining his purchase of Twitter, using his words.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/687773566686855241/1035735807572590743/YouCut_20221028_190139838.mp4

That was hilarious.

[Rolan7]

The crazy thing is that ignoring context, it's a pretty rad speech.  I can see it being convincing.

Too bad I am aware of Musk's pattern of extravagant lies when it comes to grand promises.  Also the stock manipulation.
also I've only watched a little macross or whatever but I think that guy might be a baddy

so I probably shouldn't relate with the chick at the end, I assume that's bad

[EuchreJack]

It's ok to dress like a Stormtrooper, just don't act like one.

[Rolan7]

Right on! 
(Totally sharing that with my brother tomorrow, he *loves* Star Wars)

[King Zultan]

I'm still of the opinion that the world is better off without social media.

[Frumple]

I'unno, I think the more accurate statement might be "better off without for-profit social media". Lot of the problems we have with it trace back to issues involving monetization. It might be a better situation if that just... wasn't there.

[Starver]

My initial main experience of NFP 'social media' was Usenet[1], but that was best when it was essentially selective to its clientelle (those happy few, comparatively, with access to it).

Good atmosphere, universal coverage, light-touch administration: "Choose any two"? If you're lucky to get both/either of those.

That said, I've not been to most of the places (or touched most of the territory covered by named regions) shown here, in 2007 or in the main-map shown here, in 2010, so I'm judging from afar. I don't think I'm particularly wrong, though... you could argue the specifics (say, with the likes of Wikipedia, if that truly counts), but there's probably some sociological law about this.





[1] Or BBSs, but I can't be sure they were all as globally altruistic as my chosen hangouts. And I obviously IRCed, but I was never so much a fan of live-chat, under most circumstances, even if I would happily refresh for/submit to 'asynchronous' messaging to make it nearly so!

[Magmacube_tr]

I'm still of the opinion that the world is better off without social media.

Yeah everyone should just return to using forums.

[McTraveller]

Yeah everyone should just return to using forums.

Think of all the funny things that will happen on the way there!

/shameless

[EuchreJack]

I'unno, I think the more accurate statement might be "better off without for-profit social media". Lot of the problems we have with it trace back to issues involving monetization. It might be a better situation if that just... wasn't there.

I think you might have hit upon Musky's Great Business Strategy. He buys Twitter, musks around to pay less for it, then sells/leases it to the Government for twice as much as he paid.  It sort of matches how he's pursued his other businesses.

[Egan_BW]

Question is, which government? More than one state would be happy to Own The Bird Site, I estimate.

[MaxTheFox]

I don't really use social media, unless DIscord counts as social media (but then IRC or any other chatroom is also social media).