[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i think twitter is a dead man walking now, it's not if, but when it goes bankrupt. It's what happens when an arrogant narcissist buys it and destroys it in a week

Twitter is a cess pit anyway, no big loss. All though no doubt something else will replace it in no time I'm sure

[James]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

I do hope that the one good thing about Twitter getting destroyed, and Facebook losing popularity is that Forums will re-emerge in popularity again.

Imo Forums teach people to have a thick skin, and to be more accepting of different opinions to your own.

Now I'm not saying that everyone on Twitter and Facebook are bad people, but unfortunately the way those sites work encourages people to be in their own safe space, which imo isn't a good thing.

Originally Posted by Zizu

Yes !!

I hope that forums do indeed make a bit of a comeback .. it’s crazy how many once fabulous forums / online communities have collapsed and died


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I'm all for forums making a comeback.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

I do hope that the one good thing about Twitter getting destroyed, and Facebook losing popularity is that Forums will re-emerge in popularity again.

Imo Forums teach people to have a thick skin, and to be more accepting of different opinions to your own.

Now I'm not saying that everyone on Twitter and Facebook are bad people, but unfortunately the way those sites work encourages people to be in their own safe space, which imo isn't a good thing.

Yeah forums are better than social media, which is just toxic. All of them deserve to die, they contribute nothing of value to the world.

[bitontheslide]

twitter is a very simplistic app. You can bet that those that have been fired are already working on a twitter replacement ready to roll when Twitter folds

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

twitter is a very simplistic app. You can bet that those that have been fired are already working on a twitter replacement ready to roll when Twitter folds

Apparently there is a replacement that Stephen Fry and others are going to use / or started to use.

[Gusto Brunt]

Musk is saying Twitter is rife with fake accounts but I think we're forgetting how dodgy YouTube is.

I go on there to watch old videos but I wouldn't trust the likes thing and the subscriptions in a million years. You get people on there with something like '12 million subscriptions' but their content is often pure sh**.

I'm often asked to view a videos of one of these supposedly popular YuTubers and I sometimes do, but not for long. The utter drivel they produce is crazy.

And the likes thing. 24k likes for a braindead comment. I'll never believe 24,000 people decided to press upthumb. Most people can't be bothered to, I'd say.

80% of the likes ore fake, as of the subscription figures.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Zizu

Yes !!

I hope that forums do indeed make a bit of a comeback .. it’s crazy how many once fabulous forums / online communities have collapsed and died


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Agreed.

I remember some great Sonic & Stargate Forums that I used to go on and troll as a kid.

Obviously I wouldn't troll on those sites today.

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Agreed.

I remember some great Sonic & Stargate Forums that I used to go on and troll as a kid.

Obviously I wouldn't troll on those sites today.

Ahh a Sonic ( Sega ) lover !!

I seem to recall that we switched to Nintendo from Sega when Mario World and Mickey Mouse’s Castle of Illusion surfaced .. the kids preferred them to Sonic




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[Oliver_W]

The ultimate power move would be for Musk to press the "Unblock All" button, and remove the ability for anyone to block anyone else just leave the mute button there so people can choose not to see their "harrassers".

[bitontheslide]

some commentators are saying that twitter will be gone within a week, that Musk has totally lost the plot

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Zizu

Ahh a Sonic ( Sega ) lover !!

I seem to recall that we switched to Nintendo from Sega when Mario World and Mickey Mouse’s Castle of Illusion surfaced .. the kids preferred them to Sonic




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I've never played a Mickey Mouse Game, but I'm cool with Mario, especially Sunshine, 64 & Mario World I think it was.

And I do love some of his spin-off Games too.

What's your favourite Mario Game?

[Mystic Mock]

Here's a 4 minute video on some of the classics.

Youtube video

[Jayson]

Elon Musk owning Twitter is like selling TiBB to arista

“All posts now have
A width restriction

Keep on keeping on”

[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

some commentators are saying that twitter will be gone within a week, that Musk has totally lost the plot

Twitter has told employees that the company's office buildings will be temporarily closed, effective immediately.

In a message seen by the BBC, workers were told that the offices would reopen on Monday 21 November.

It did not give a reason for the move.

The announcement comes amid reports that large numbers of staff were quitting after new owner Elon Musk called on them to sign up for "long hours at high intensity" or leave.

The message went on to say: "Please continue to comply with company policy by refraining from discussing confidential company information on social media, with the press or elsewhere."

Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the BBC.

This week Mr Musk told Twitter staff that they had to commit to working "long hours at high intensity" or else leave the company, according to reports.

In an email to staff, the firm's new owner said workers should agree to the pledge if they wanted to stay, the Washington Post reported.

Those who did not sign up by Thursday would be given three months' severance pay, Mr Musk said.

Earlier this month the company said that it was cutting around 50% of its workforce.

Today's announcement that Twitter had temporarily closed its offices came amid signs that large numbers of workers have now also resigned as they have not accepted Mr Musk's new terms.

Employees have been tweeting using the hashtag #LoveWhereYouWorked and a saluting emoji to show they were leaving the firm.

One former Twitter worker who wished to remain anonymous told the BBC: "I think when the dust clears today, there's probably going to be less than 2,000 people left."

They added that everyone in their team had been terminated.

"The manager of that team, his manager was terminated. And then that manager's manager was terminated. The person above that was one of the execs terminated on the first day. So there's nobody left in that chain of command."

Before Mr Musk took control of Twitter the company had around 8,000 staff. The firm was also reported to have employed thousands of contract workers, the majority of which are understood to have been laid off.

Another person said they had resigned even though they had been prepared to take on the increased workload demanded by Mr Musk.

"I didn't want to work for someone who threatened us over email multiple times about only 'exceptional tweeps should work here' when I was already working 60-70 hours weekly," they said.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63672307

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Jayson

Elon Musk owning Twitter is like selling TiBB to arista

“All posts now have
A width restriction

Keep on keeping on”

Welcome back Jayson, how has it been going recently?

[arista]

Twitter Building Locked until Monday

They do not want damage done
by the Angry Woke Staff leaving


https://abc7news.com/elon-musk-hardc...atum/12465940/

[arista]

Donald Trump apparently back on Twitter
after Elon Musk poll votes to lift his ban




https://news.sky.com/story/musk-will...eturn-12751326

[LeatherTrumpet]

[arista]

[Elon Musk is under new pressure from the US and EU over
his ownership of Twitter,
the Financial Times reports on its front page.
The European Commission threatened
the billionaire businessman on Wednesday
with a ban unless Twitter abides
by strict content moderation,
while US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen
indicated Washington was reviewing his
purchase of the social media platform,
the paper says.]

[Oliver_W]

What makes them think he isn't adhering to content moderation? He's done more to tackle depictions of child abuse than the previous regime, and he's maintaining the rules about inciting violence etc

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

What makes them think he isn't adhering to content moderation? He's done more to tackle depictions of child abuse than the previous regime, and he's maintaining the rules about inciting violence etc

The team that twitter had to monitor/remove child absuse from the platform has been decimated down to one person.

[bitontheslide]

he has also re-instated all the "problem" users from the past. If thats not stoking future issues, i don't know what is

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

he has also re-instated all the "problem" users from the past. If thats not stoking future issues, i don't know what is

Which of the unbanned users have demonstrably used Twitter to stoke violence?

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Which of the unbanned users have demonstrably used Twitter to stoke violence?

I'm not sure it's fair expecting bots to know the tweet history of every unbanned twitter user

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

I'm not sure it's fair expecting bots to know the tweet history of every unbanned twitter user

Well, maybe not