Yes, if they've gotten older and chosen for themselves a new name. People have a fundamental human right to be called by whatever name they choose for themselves. Most will just stick with what their parents called them, because there is a need for parents to pick a name when a child is too young to name themselves, and most are fine with just using that for the rest of their lives.
Thanks for the reminder. I really miss the way Twitter was, but it just is not that anymore - and it's not coming back. I deleted the app from my phone right after EM took over, but still check in from time to time on the PC (and you know that before I was on Twitter maybe a drop less than you). Maybe it's time to deactivate the account entirely.
Twitter never was anything but a bot driven social media experiment. The study I saw noted that at Twitter's peak during 45's tenure (when he had so many followers) - was 22% live humans, and that was only when it was a "hot button" issue.
That means 78% of it was something in a machine designed to get you to "keep clicking." Then selling ads that counted the bot clicks along with the human clicks.
Then news media outlets started using it as litmus tests and "what people are thinking."
None of which was true.
Billions of media "posts" are not read every day. (Which is unfortunate, because I think Liz Dye is a writing genius and there's just so much debris on the internet, it's hard for articles like this to stand out - but they should.
Call them - "Facepalm" - "Twit" (because we could say the root word of Twitter is Twit) and "Knick-Knack" and that will slow down your usage in an epic way. Never quit quitting the drug rehab and smokers' say - the more Twit you quit, the better place the world is.
i've moved to BSKY for "enjoyment." I still use Twitter to post work-related promotion (get in and get out), and to read a self-curated list of reliable COVID scientists. There's no more "fun" in using Twitter (if there ever really was).
Shades of Trump, just a slightly different strain. But of course, he knows this isn't about free speech; this is another super-rich older white man who has all benefits that have come with that who feels slighted, jilted, misunderstood, who has a bone to pick with "Others" like a middle-aged man who he is showing his crass ass acting like a spoiled rotten toddler thur an ill-tempered perpetual bad attitude at society and the world that somehow has wronged him; and he the money and the time to threaten his supposed enemies at their peril. Period. Harass a Hack, or maybe it is more like Harass THE Hack, that's what I say!!!!😆😊
Liz? Do you mind me linking to my post on the latest in this saga? Musk has told his advertisers "go fuck yourselves" and that he doesn't want their money. Oh, and that Twitter has been killed by lack of funds and it's everybody's fault but his.
I mean WOW was this latest interview is a doozy.
Anyway, Imma drop a link here to my post about it, but if I shouldn't be doing that here (I am not sure of your commenting rules on this point) I will take no offence to an edit or deletion and will respect your rules going forward. (I would have followed the rules here but there's not a commenting rules post I can find.)
Anyway, sorry for rambling, and I hope you don't think of this as spam. Here goes:
It gets better - now Caroline Ellison. . . I mean, excsuse me, pardon mean, what I meant to write was Linda Yaccarino, "CEO" of X (yes, it's clear she is running the show. . .) has called his "Go F*** yoruselves" rant, "candid and profound".
The suit against MMFA sounds like it’s based on a theory of tortious interference with contract. MMFA’s actions certainly aren’t tortious in that their statements are true and protected by the First Amendment, as Liz points out. And it’s certainly questionable that MMFA’s reporting amounts to international interference. And they owe no duty of care to Musk or X/Twitter, so it’s neither tortious nor interference.
>> if Musk is going to deadname his own kid, I’ll stick with the bird, TYVM.<<
I've never heard a better rationale for ignoring Twitter's name change.
Deadname? You mean calling your kid the name you gave them?
Yes, if they've gotten older and chosen for themselves a new name. People have a fundamental human right to be called by whatever name they choose for themselves. Most will just stick with what their parents called them, because there is a need for parents to pick a name when a child is too young to name themselves, and most are fine with just using that for the rest of their lives.
But some, are not.
You do not get to dictate what others call you as a “fundamental human right”. Quite to the contrary my speech actually IS a fundamental human right.
It's become such a cluster. I cold turkey deleted my account about 2 weeks after he took over.
Thanks for the reminder. I really miss the way Twitter was, but it just is not that anymore - and it's not coming back. I deleted the app from my phone right after EM took over, but still check in from time to time on the PC (and you know that before I was on Twitter maybe a drop less than you). Maybe it's time to deactivate the account entirely.
Twitter never was anything but a bot driven social media experiment. The study I saw noted that at Twitter's peak during 45's tenure (when he had so many followers) - was 22% live humans, and that was only when it was a "hot button" issue.
That means 78% of it was something in a machine designed to get you to "keep clicking." Then selling ads that counted the bot clicks along with the human clicks.
Then news media outlets started using it as litmus tests and "what people are thinking."
None of which was true.
Billions of media "posts" are not read every day. (Which is unfortunate, because I think Liz Dye is a writing genius and there's just so much debris on the internet, it's hard for articles like this to stand out - but they should.
Call them - "Facepalm" - "Twit" (because we could say the root word of Twitter is Twit) and "Knick-Knack" and that will slow down your usage in an epic way. Never quit quitting the drug rehab and smokers' say - the more Twit you quit, the better place the world is.
Ditto!!!!😊😊
It’s spelled “Xitter.” And pronounced the way Xi Jinping pronounces his first name.
It’s time. People who care about fairness, kindness, and just general not supporting bigoted f&*kery have no place on that platform.
"The split second court opens ..."
This dope thinks split second is a time of day rather than a time duration. Still, sounds scary.
i've moved to BSKY for "enjoyment." I still use Twitter to post work-related promotion (get in and get out), and to read a self-curated list of reliable COVID scientists. There's no more "fun" in using Twitter (if there ever really was).
It’s time. It’s been time.
https://substack.com/profile/117657568-opposite-of-oligarch/note/c-44313508?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=1y1t5s
Shades of Trump, just a slightly different strain. But of course, he knows this isn't about free speech; this is another super-rich older white man who has all benefits that have come with that who feels slighted, jilted, misunderstood, who has a bone to pick with "Others" like a middle-aged man who he is showing his crass ass acting like a spoiled rotten toddler thur an ill-tempered perpetual bad attitude at society and the world that somehow has wronged him; and he the money and the time to threaten his supposed enemies at their peril. Period. Harass a Hack, or maybe it is more like Harass THE Hack, that's what I say!!!!😆😊
The pile-on continues with crowd-sourced searching for ways Nazi themes are linked to X/Twitter ads and a new report from NewsGuard.
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/11/27/elons-censorial-lawsuit-against-media-matters-inspiring-many-more-people-to-find-extwitter-ads-on-awful-content/
CNN Business yesterday placed the blame for the advertiser exodus (!) on Musk's endorsement of Replacement Theory, lack of apology/retraction.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/27/media/elon-musk-x-ads-reliable-sources/index.html
Liz? Do you mind me linking to my post on the latest in this saga? Musk has told his advertisers "go fuck yourselves" and that he doesn't want their money. Oh, and that Twitter has been killed by lack of funds and it's everybody's fault but his.
I mean WOW was this latest interview is a doozy.
Anyway, Imma drop a link here to my post about it, but if I shouldn't be doing that here (I am not sure of your commenting rules on this point) I will take no offence to an edit or deletion and will respect your rules going forward. (I would have followed the rules here but there's not a commenting rules post I can find.)
Anyway, sorry for rambling, and I hope you don't think of this as spam. Here goes:
https://pervertjustice.substack.com/p/well-this-is-both-unsurprising-and
It gets better - now Caroline Ellison. . . I mean, excsuse me, pardon mean, what I meant to write was Linda Yaccarino, "CEO" of X (yes, it's clear she is running the show. . .) has called his "Go F*** yoruselves" rant, "candid and profound".
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/xs-yaccarino-calls-musk-candid-and-profound-after-go-f-yourself-tirade/
Oh, good grief!
LOL
I did it and I’m still alive and emotionally stable. Most still consider me a good person.🤔 Most of the time.
I never went on it in the first place.
Already gone!
The suit against MMFA sounds like it’s based on a theory of tortious interference with contract. MMFA’s actions certainly aren’t tortious in that their statements are true and protected by the First Amendment, as Liz points out. And it’s certainly questionable that MMFA’s reporting amounts to international interference. And they owe no duty of care to Musk or X/Twitter, so it’s neither tortious nor interference.