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[–] [email protected] 359 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Fuck you rocket Kiko hahah

[–] [email protected] 122 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm so down to calling him Kiko from here on out.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 month ago

Thanks to Brazil for making this possible!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

It's in my head, it's done.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Holy shit, he actually does look like Villagran lmao

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

Reply to his every tweet with that.

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[–] [email protected] 135 points 1 month ago (2 children)
  • Brazil asked Elon to ban 7 fascist accounts spreading disinformation
  • Elon refused pretending it was a free speech issue even though he complied multiple times with similar requests from right wing govts

Gotta say, this is new information to me. I’ve briefly looked at the stories and the banning of twitter, but I never realized this was entirely because Elon wouldn’t ban accounts as he does for right wing government.

Elon seems like a kinda shitty guy.

[–] [email protected] 89 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Elon seems like a kinda shitty guy

Hot take!

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago

I mean it genuinely is because of the "kinda" and "seems"

"Elon is a shitty guy" is one of the coldest takes out there at this point

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[–] [email protected] 100 points 1 month ago (4 children)

But remember kids, he's some sort of business and tech genius!

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The real life inspiration for super genius Cave Johnson from Portal.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, but Cave Johnson was a compelling and interesting individual.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

A bit unfair since real life idiots don't have good writing teams.

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 month ago (9 children)

He wants Twix to be Truth Social, but also profitable, and doesn't understand why he can't have it both ways.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Back in late 2022 I was in an argument with my (adult) nephew about how the government isn't limiting free speech on Twitter. I was explaining how "the free market" is deciding whether Elon will sink or swim. He just could not understand how the government -wasn't- responsible.

....idfk

(Yes, there were some Governmental take down requests, but none of them seemed very sus to me)

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I had a similar discussion with some people at a barber shop back when Pre-Elon Twitter banned Trump. They were complaining about free speech and I asked if they knew what it actually meant (in the US). When I explained that we are ONLY guaranteed free speech from the gov't, and that Twitter was a private business and could ban whoever they want, the same way this barber shop could tell someone not to ever come back everyone got real quiet like "oh shit I have to rethink my whole world view". I actually got thanked at another time by one employee for telling them how it actually works.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago

That's dope. It's rare to get through to people like that.

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He acts literally like a fucking toddler.

Perhaps even a toddler in a tantrum.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Now that's just kind of rude toward toddlers. He acts like what he is... a Ketamine addled, narcissistic billionaire, who got lucky in life and thinks he crafted his own destiny all by his own hands.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Sounds like another Fan of The Art of the Deal

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sounds like another fucking narcissist.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

That's what they said :P

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Twitter is now removing the block function next. It ought to bleed users like crazy.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (9 children)

X/Twitter will soon be making more changes to the block button, with CEO Elon Musk confirming that all public posts will be viewable going forward, even to those who have been blocked

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 month ago (17 children)

Why, oh, why, Bluesky and not Mastodon

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because outside of the Fediverse, literally no one has heard of Mastodon. No one has heard of the Fediverse either.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Mastodon has more users than Bluesky. (I fear it won't stay like that for a long time anymore though as Bluesky has a bigger growth rate.)

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Because Mastodon needs a reliable instance with a catchy domain name. Maybe even the slightest bit of advertising.

Someone reputable could make a real Twitter competitor for about $2m a year these days.

I'd say Mozilla, but they just took all their social media funding away and threw it at AI. Genius.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

Mastodon has serious UX problems that even other federated networks don't have. I'm pretty well tech literate and love Lemmy, for instance, but I just couldn't ever get Mastodon to stick for me, like it just didn't have the right feel and wasn't fun to use. And if it's not working for me then it's never going to take off with a more general audience.

Bluesky is a lot better. It still has some issues that I feel keep it from fully replacing Twitter, especially Twitter before Elon screwed it up. But it does manage to keep me checking it, even though it's probably only once or twice a week max.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

Cause all the Linux people, FOSS people, and communists are already here.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I think one of the biggest reasons is that the Fediverse is often a pain to get into and sometimes a pain to use.

Bluesky and Threads "just work."

Some people say it's marketing and in Threads' case I can believe it, but I haven't seen any example of large marketing campaign by Bluesky.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago

uuh, new users for the fediverse. looking forward to y'all ;-)

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago (15 children)

I still prefer to refer to him as “Leon.”

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It beggars belief, how one who grew up in the abject lap of luxury, surrounded by prolific and successful businesspeople that negotiate billion dollar deals for a living, how that child grew up to be one of the most illiterate fools on Earth when it comes to economics and business administration. It just further reinforces my belief that the $22B he took from MBS for the purchase of Twitter was part of a larger plot to destroy its reputation and make it unusable for any would be revolutionary group to use to organize. Like, assume for a second that he ran his mouth and then was forced to buy Twitter (as the popular narrative goes). Why would MBS be cool with giving Elon $22 BILLION for his fuckup?

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

Because he is a bitch.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is a hint at why he wanted involvement in PayPal and wants X to be a financial service. You can't take away money from a system he controls.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Elon hasn't said a word, but we will.

Fucking emerald spoon clown.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

Elon should have received additional fines for his taunts and threats, honestly.

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