[user104658]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

I just held a mirror up to the way you took this conversation, and the way you act. When the discussion was about the topic, I was in, when you took it away, it was the end. Pretty obvious and visible.



The fact you're still scrambling is hilarious though. If I'm what you claimed a few post ago posts ago, none of this should bother you in the slightest, so move on.



Of course, the "Look as though you're on the right side of history" comment, that took place in the discussion, and not after it, is definitely not an ad hominem though, right?

..... It's a dogwhistle, which is on the dirtier side but it's not eye gouging or fish-hooking. I guess you could argue its a type of ad-hominem in that it's probing for a reaction but it's not an attack per se. That might be splitting hairs.

In the spirit of full disclosure I have no issue with anything you've said other than the suggestion that I've "hounded" anyone off the forum, which I think for one is a massive exaggeration, and even if it wasn't, whether or not anyone leaves the forum is no one else's responsibility nor should it be made out to be. I'm not here to swaddle anyone in cotton wool? If I'd been threatening or harassing that would be one thing, but posting things people don't want to hear doesn't fall into either of those. 2S was posting every 10 minutes or so almost 24/7 in an increasingly frantic manner about Covid. I liked 2S as a member and don't think I handled it particularly well, but hey, weren't we all a little frantic at the time. I don't think it was out of line to counter the posts. I don't think it was out of line to point out that his mental health seemed to be deteriorating. I do think I could have done that with more empathy. We actually did have a PM conversation about that not long before he left. Beyond that, his decision to step away has absolutely nothing to do with me.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

It's fairly evident that you've gone totally off-piste with your own frustrations here and also abundantly evident who it is shutting down conversation... We've gone from me making a loaded comment about "the right side of history" to "me hounding Dezzy, Smithy and Twosugars off the forum" in a matter of two posts.

I know people get frustrated when their deeply-held ideologies are challenged in ways that they can't effectively back up without getting angry.

If that makes people feel "hounded" or disengage entirely that's not really on me is it? For what it's worth, Twosugars was clearly deeply affected by the start of the pandemic and the worrying level of doom posting was starting to cause clear anxiety in multiple other members. Yes I called that out and in hindsight not as gently as I might have but to call it "hounding" is grasping at straws.

Not really much to say here, I think some self-reflection on your trigger topics is probably warranted because you seem to think you're capable of objectively discussing some topics that you evidently are not, and have a clear moral stance on.

I'm literally baffled that you've boiled over because of a one-line dogwhistle and a pretty gentle one at that.

Speaking of dog whistles.. remember when I called you an armchair psychologist? Ah, memories

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Speaking of dog whistles.. remember when I called you an armchair psychologist? Ah, memories

I'm going to be honest and say no . Was I offended? I wouldn't say I have any issue with that term these days but I can imagine I was hopping mad.

[arista]

[Twosugars was clearly deeply affected by the start of the pandemic]


I hoped he would return

[Swan]

According to the Financial Times Musk will overturn Trump's twitter ban if his bid is successful to buy twitter. That's gonna go down well!

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by parmnion

They want kids as young as 4 to learn about mastabation .

What? Who does?

Originally Posted by Swan

According to the Financial Times Musk will overturn Trump's twitter ban if his bid is successful to buy twitter. That's gonna go down well!

More voices are better than fewer voices I know a handful of idiots decided to interpret his words as an invitation to "protest" at the Capitol, but it's not his fault people are dumb?

[bots]

if twitter ends up a cesspit then trump will be perfectly in his element there. I think Musk is naive wrt twitter because he is coming from a country that supposedly has free speech. What he doesn't seem to have considered it that twitter is world wide and each jurisdiction has laws that they must abide by or face massive fines or blocked

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

if twitter ends up a cesspit

1) why would it?
2) are you suggesting it isn't already?

[Beso]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

What? Who does?

Correct, WHO does.

[arista]

[bots]

According to those in the know, the musk acquisition of twitter is becoming less likely by the day, so all this stuff about trump's ban being overturned is completely meaningless

[arista]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

According to those in the know, the musk acquisition of twitter is becoming less likely by the day, so all this stuff about trump's ban being overturned is completely meaningless

Yes it takes a long time to go through.
Anyway.

[user104658]

If it does happen I reckon a lot of people are going to find themselves facing disciplinary action at work or getting police cautions.

Y’see, people are dumb and will think “Musk has bought Twitter and Musk says anything goes now so I’m free to do what I want!” … and will not realise or accept that they still fall under their own country’s harassment laws, hate speech laws, the social media conduct rules of their employer… etc.

They’ll be shooting their mouths off smugly confident that they “can’t” face any repercussions.

I’m here for it tbqfh.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

If it does happen I reckon a lot of people are going to find themselves facing disciplinary action at work or getting police cautions.

Y’see, people are dumb and will think “Musk has bought Twitter and Musk says anything goes now so I’m free to do what I want!” … and will not realise or accept that they still fall under their own country’s harassment laws, hate speech laws, the social media conduct rules of their employer… etc.

They’ll be shooting their mouths off smugly confident that they “can’t” face any repercussions.

I’m here for it tbqfh.

Tbh no-one should use their real full name online, or link their workplace etc. There are always psychos online who want to ruin people's lives for typing words on a screen.

[bots]

Elon Musk has said his $44bn (£35bn) deal to buy Twitter is on hold after he queried the number of fake or spam accounts on the social media platform.

He said he was waiting for information "supporting [the] calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users".

Mr Musk has been vocal on cleaning up spam accounts.

However, analysts speculated he could be seeking to renegotiate the price or even walk away from the takeover.

Following Mr Musk's tweet, Twitter shares fell as much as 25% in pre-market trading.

He later tweeted that he is "still committed to acquisition".

Under the terms of the deal, if either Twitter or Mr Musk walk away they must pay the other side a termination fee of $1bn.

Twitter reported more than two weeks ago that fake accounts accounted for fewer than 5% of its daily active users during the first three months of this year.

However, the company said in determining the amount of spam accounts, "it applied significant judgment, so our estimation of false or spam accounts may not accurately represent the actual number of such accounts".

"The actual number of false or spam accounts could be higher than we have estimated. We are continually seeking to improve our ability to estimate the total number of spam accounts," it said.

Mr Musk, who is the richest person in the world according to Forbes magazine, is now examining that figure.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61433724

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he is trying to get out of it now .... too funny

[user104658]

I wouldn't be surprised at all if WAY more than 5% of twitter accounts are bots.