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so much ado about nothing

artappraiser — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 00:24:51 +0000

In reply to Elon Musk closes Twitter deal and fires top executives

so much ado about nothing much:

Thanks @tim_cook for taking me around Apple’s beautiful HQ pic.twitter.com/xjo4g306gR
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 30, 2022

Good conversation. Among other things, we resolved the misunderstanding about Twitter potentially being removed from the App Store. Tim was clear that Apple never considered doing so.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 30, 2022

lol, to lefties, Elon Musk is

artappraiser — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 03:24:58 +0000

In reply to Elon Musk closes Twitter deal and fires top executives

lol, to lefties, Elon Musk is reinforcing 'the establishment':

Hmm@elonmusk https://t.co/1ONWWEi6xR
— Black in the Empire (@blackintheempir) November 23, 2022

excellent, thought-provoking

artappraiser — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 23:31:24 +0000

In reply to Elon Musk closes Twitter deal and fires top executives

excellent, thought-provoking point:

Trump is a whack job, but why are people not outraged about Khamenei the leader of the Islamic republic of Iran, a holocaust denier, terrorist, one who encourages violence, hate and responsible for spread of misinformation, being on the platform. He’s been on for years. https://t.co/wakVzsbFHV
— Solmaz (@solysolz) November 22, 2022

Hope all judgy hall monitors

artappraiser — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 23:36:27 +0000

In reply to Elon Musk closes Twitter deal and fires top executives

Hope all judgy hall monitors stay on other platforms – please, I’m begging u
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 21, 2022

Is this a reverse psychology trick?
— Katherine Brodsky (@mysteriouskat) November 21, 2022

It’s a reverse, reverse psychology trick
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 21, 2022

https://t.co/3G9WceffX4
— Katherine Brodsky (@mysteriouskat) November 21, 2022

Buried underneath all of the

artappraiser — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:27:22 +0000

In reply to Elon Musk closes Twitter deal and fires top executives

Buried underneath all of the froth happening on Twitter at the moment is an experiment more exciting than anything I’ve seen tried by a tech giant. I explain what’s going on for @WIRED https://t.co/YnGX4lMIDq
— Carl Miller (@carljackmiller) November 20, 2022

commissioning a study about

artappraiser — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 04:17:53 +0000

In reply to Elon Musk closes Twitter deal and fires top executives

commissioning a study about why y'all shared a bunch of misinformation last night

Did you *believe it was correct*? You want some accuracy prompts?

More norms-based? High-status in-group members were doing it? Elite-driven misinfo?

My prior is low digital literacy... https://t.co/OFwuW9EyMI
— Kevin Munger (@kmmunger) November 18, 2022

The Elon Musk/Twitter imbroglio is easily the most bizarre elite media panic of the past few years -- and that's saying a lot.
— Kmele (@kmele) November 20, 2022

I don't perceive Twitter as being in any significant way different
— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) November 17, 2022

People are mentioning ads. I've never really noticed, and have certainly never clicked on, an ad prior to or after the sale.
— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) November 17, 2022

likewise
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) November 17, 2022

People are still getting banned for the same stuff. My own throttle on follower growth that began in September continues unchanged.
— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) November 17, 2022

same
— Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) November 17, 2022

The claim that it is different is premised on a lie that there was an outpouring of hate speech after Musk took over. But what happened was that people tweeted out a bunch of banned words to see if the automated suspension rules had changed, and searches picked that up.
— Daniel Friedman (@DanFriedman81) November 17, 2022

followed by perhaps a 100 more agreeing

The data point that the number of search results for certain banned slurs spiked right after Musk closed his deal is the peg that the entire narrative about Twitter collapsing is pinned to, and the tweets in question were just people tweeting the words to see what would happen.
— Daniel Friedman (@DanFriedman81) November 17, 2022

Only difference I've seen is more complaining about Elon and more attention-seeking "I'm going to leave twitter" nonsense. The actual functioning of the platform seems the same though.
— Cannon (@cannonarsenal) November 18, 2022

and about the latest -

Oh my God calm the fuck down lady https://t.co/3xucU9cCV3
— Jon (@JonnyMicro) November 20, 2022

It doesn't matter that much.
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 20, 2022

On Mastodon, I asked, "Can

artappraiser — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 02:13:23 +0000

In reply to Elon Musk closes Twitter deal and fires top executives

On Mastodon, I asked, "Can you name any prominent conservative or conservative-leaning figure on the mainstream Fediverse?"
These were the people named in response to my query:@paulkrugman @MichaelRStrain @JRubinBlogger @NormOrnstein @dandrezner https://t.co/GEGcIzQFiC
— Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) November 21, 2022

He's just pointing out another echo chamber. (Not that you can't do the same thing at Twitter by who you choose to follow.)

If I could ignore Donald

artappraiser — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 06:15:55 +0000

In reply to Elon Musk closes Twitter deal and fires top executives

If I could ignore Donald Trump’s bonkers Truth Social posts for the last two years, I can ignore his bonkers tweets too.

The only people who decide whether we pay attention to him is us.
— Hank Green (@hankgreen) November 20, 2022

EXACTLY!

That is actually the solution to many problems in current society.

Kathie Griffin, Jorden

artappraiser — Sat, 19 Nov 2022 02:30:52 +0000

In reply to Bring back Alex Jones!!!!

Kathie Griffin, Jorden Peterson & Babylon Bee have been reinstated.

Trump decision has not yet been made.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 18, 2022

That’s a no from Kathy Griffin. pic.twitter.com/gyd869JdyC
— Hoodlum (@NotHoodlum) November 18, 2022

Bring back Alex Jones!!!!

artappraiser — Sat, 19 Nov 2022 01:42:18 +0000

In reply to Currently there's 42,500

Bring back Alex Jones!!!!
— OriginolleY (@HardcoreNolley) November 18, 2022

No
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 18, 2022

Alex Jones is the litmus test, @elonmusk. Not just on the issue of freedom of speech, but on the issue of not bending the knee to political and judicial intimidation. If this is a hard "no", your Twitter will never be any more trustworthy than @paraga or @Jack's twitter. https://t.co/l7HxyHB3Ub
— Viva Frei (@thevivafrei) November 18, 2022

Too bad
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 19, 2022

P.S. He's got a poll up on Trump - have no idea how seriously he's gonna take it. That said, I notice so far letting Trump back in has a big majority, so if you care about Trump's trolling roiling shit in society, you'll get over there tick it 'nay'

Reinstate former President Trump
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 19, 2022

Vox Populi, Vox Dei
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 19, 2022