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Child porn on X??? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

X is busy hiding truths while leaving these illegal stuff unattended.

Now can we please ditch X?

LinkedIn user data leaked: Database shows emails, profile data, phones, full names, and more confidential info. in c/[email protected]
X Users Can Now Restrict Replies to Verifed Account Only in c/[email protected]
X Users Can Now Restrict Replies to Verifed Account Only in c/[email protected]
X Users Can Now Restrict Replies to Verifed Account Only in c/[email protected]
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X Users Can Now Restrict Replies to Verifed Account Only (lemmy.world)
 

Let's review what Elon Musk has done just in 2023:

  1. Changed Twitter to X.
  2. Plans to implement a small monthly payment for everyone using the X system.
  3. Plans to collect user biometric information, job, and education history for "safety, security, and identification purposes."
  4. Brings back shadowbanning.
  5. Uses user data to train AI models.
  6. Limits replies to verified users only.

Elon has made so many terrible changes to Twitter that I can’t remember what the breaking point was for me.

Fortunately, there’s a lot more competition in Twitter-like social media platforms. Mastodon may currently hold the position as the most established platform, but there are numerous other services competing to become the next preferred place for online users.

X’s privacy policy confirms it will use public data to train AI models. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

"Just public data, not DMs or anything private," huh?

Obviously Elon Musk considers everything we post on Twitter as his personal wealth... It's true though, since all our personal data is stored on his servers, and he can scrape whatever he wants.

It's time to step into a decentralized peer-to-peer social media where we will no longer be exploited by Twitter, Facebook, or whatever platform, and there are no more central servers to gather your data without consent.

X plans to collect biometric information, job, education history for safety, security, and identification purposes. in c/[email protected]
X plans to collect biometric information, job, education history for safety, security, and identification purposes. in c/[email protected]
It's real. Twitter Shadowbanning is back. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Please, I beg you, don't scare me.

It's real. Twitter Shadowbanning is back. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

"No one can act as a moderator to remove my content" This claim does align with with the principle of freedom of speech, but we have to admit that for now, complete freedom without any control can be unsafe. It could potentially lead to spams and political issues. However, the feature of not asking for phone numbers or email addresses sounds interesting, especially considering Elon is planning to introduce government ID verification.

It's real. Twitter Shadowbanning is back. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I guess it's all about his political ambition.

It's real. Twitter Shadowbanning is back. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The topic is trending on X today so I didn't noticed the date. But I guess there might have been some updates compared to April?

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It's real. Twitter Shadowbanning is back. (blog.twitter.com)
 

“Freedom of Speech, not Freedom of Reach - our enforcement philosophy which means, where appropriate, restricting the reach of Tweets that violate our policies by making the content less discoverable.”

Surprise! Our great 'X' CEO has brought back one more bad thing that we hated about twitter 1.0: Shadowbanning. And they’ve given it a new name: "Freedom of Speech, Not Reach".

Perhaps the new approach by X is an improvement? At least they would “politely” tell you when you’re being shadow banned.

I think freedom of speech implies that people have the autonomy to decide what they want to see, rather than being manipulated by algorithm codes. Now it feels like they’re saying, “you can still have your microphone... We're just gonna cut the power to it if you say something we don't like”.

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X is working on ID verification, what’s next? (lemmy.world)
 

First, I'm not going to give any social media my ID.

If someone intends to expose your ID to hackers due to Twitter's poor security performance, this presents a perfect occasion for them.

I don't know why these social media companies are so fixated on asking for personal information. And I'm sure this is just the beginning of Elon's grand plan.

Perhaps it's time to abandon Twitter and move to other fediverse or decentralised platforms? I would love to see a mass migration.