Abramson: Why you need to get off Twitter NOW...

[regnaD kciN]

If you are still on Twitter, you need to get off it immediately. Read this brief essay to understand why the new Twitter policy Elon Musk just announced today needs to be the last straw for everyone left on the platform who is not a far-right troll or neo-Nazi.

It’s hard to believe what I just read on the Twitter feed of Elon Musk.

On Twitter, a new algorithm will allow far-right trolls to band together en masse—something they have already been shown to have done repeatedly and systematically over the last 24 months—to make the tweets of Twitter Blue–verified left-leaning accounts disappear from public visibility permanently simply by muting or blocking them.

More at https://post.news/article/2J3AloOm0Fho4H1A0YFAy9nU3fS

[secondwind]

1. Kicked

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Will become irrelevant and frustrating to be there

[lindysalsagal]

3. I'm loving Mastodon. I joined Universodon.

Great people, lots of fun, and the birdsite celebrities are coming on board, too.

[ancianita]

14. Great to hear!

[kimbutgar]

4. I deleted my account the day he took over I'm not surprised that the muskrat is allowing

Hatemongers. I read an article about him months ago talking about how evil he really is and said I would not be involved in his Twitter. I knew he was a bad man a long time ago. His actions don’t surprise me one bit.

[mopinko]

5. seth being over the top as usual.

please stop telling other ppl where to go and what to read. pls.

[4now]

6. I'm already gone

I don't send him any traffic and changed my privacy settings on Firefox so that posts from twitter don't even show up in my browser.
Right now I am using Mastodon and that has been a lot of fun

[cilla4progress]

7. My new fave is

Post!

[Just A Box Of Rain]

8. Let me see if I understand the reasoning here?

Because some alleged new algorithm may supposedly allow far-right trolls to band together en masse to make verified left-leaning accounts disappear from public visibility, these same verified left-leaning account holders should preemptively make themselves "disappear"?

Strikes me as a strange sort of logic.

[electron_blue]

11. I agree. this makes no sense.

[wnylib]

12. OTOH, why be on something that makes you invisible?

Just a waste of time to bother posting there when there are alternatives.

[Joinfortmill]

19. 👍

[erronis]

13. Do you understand that Musk controls what can be shown and by whom? And the content can be

manipulated by him (and his friends).

Are you really thinking that this is a benevolent take-over? That a self-absorbed person like Musk has the best interests of open dialog? He's already evidenced the contrary in his recent actions.

[ancianita]

16. Liberal or sane tweeters really should go like NOW because

no left leaning or sane person would want Twitter to control or sell their data to other right wingers, not to mention any of their tweet history, to who knows who.

If Musk lets Twitter go the way of Parler, whatever this govt or the EU do is what he'll deserve.

[Pobeka]

25. Don't forget, all the "clicks" on twitter generate ad revenue.

Like it or not, Musk controls how that ad revenue gets used.

[SheltieLover]

9. Kicking for visibility

[ananda]

10. Been off for at least a month now and don't miss it.

...

[appmanga]

15. To be honest...

...all social media is being manipulated to basically be megaphones for the extreme right. Right-wing participants play on idiot, unsophisticated moderators by starting fights and then reporting those on the left who counter them, leading those on the left to be suspended or expelled "to protect the community". It's just like the insurrectionists who tried to stage a coup by misusing the laws and the Constitution. This is part of how fascists work; they abuse the the framework so that their rise to power looks legitimate, and that it's wrong not to accept what occurred "fair and square".

[Poiuyt]

17. Unfortunately, Twitter is used for legitimate purposes by government and other organizations

to disseminate information quickly and efficiently. It's really important during disasters and emergencies. Until Mastodon or some other vehicle takes over, Twitter will be here.

That's the real tragedy of Musk turning Twitter into another 4chan.

[OMGWTF]

21. Like journalists and people organizing to fight against authoritarianism.

[Joinfortmill]

18. Musk is killing Twitter, and quickly.

[LudwigPastorius]

20. Drop the Bird.

Many may think they are "fighting" against what Musk and his pals represent by continuing to use Twitter, but it's a sucker's game.

Your voice will be attenuated, or muted entirely, while your continued presence there will bolster his user count...and his revenue.

[ColinC]

22. It's basically just supporting the delusional fantasies of a wannabe dictator

That’s one reason, anyways. Out of a million.

[WarGamer]

23. He's simply wrong.

100% wrong.

He sounds like the RW'ers in January of 2021 pouting about finding a new social site.


240 million daily unique users.

Politics is such a small and insignificant part of the world as a whole... particularly American politics.

Here's a few examples;

Link to tweet

HOW would I have known about MB getting an award. It's NOWHERE else online. And MB responds to comments from her fans.

Dump Twitter because some neckbeard posts something that no one sees?

Link to tweet

Daily images of priceless historical objects and unique stories... absolutely nothing to do with Musk or TFG.

Link to tweet

Perseverance the Rover is making news every day... look at this lovely pic from yesterday

Link to tweet

The Egyptian Museum sharing precious images...

Link to tweet

My favorite athlete showing love and compassion for kids....

Link to tweet

Obscure animal of the day...



Anyway, no thanks, Seth... Twitter as it currently stands now... is far more than politics and it's literally a portal into the knowledge of the planet... at your fingertips.

So stop whining.

[CaptainTruth]

24. Has anyone taken Seth Abramson seriously for at least the past 2 years?

He went over the cliff into unsupported speculation & conspiracy theories a couple years ago.

There's no way I'm going to let someone like him make my decisions for me.

[Emrys]

26. This is yet another thing Musk hasn't thought through, and the countermeasure is laughably simple:

Link to tweet

James Felton
@JimMFelton
Sorry nobody saw your post, it didn’t appeal to bootlickers

Corvid Stan Account
@Minignu1

I like how this just incentivises us to block all paid checkmarks.

The reply is followed by ones from a number of people who already have a policy of blocking accounts with paid blue checkmarks on sight.

Oh, and what is the point of all these posts telling those of us who use Twitter what we MUST do?

I don't see it persuading anyone, and they're just a magnet for the already persuaded to chat among themselves and sometimes argue with the occasional interloper who doesn't agree.

[lame54]

27. Wrong...

Have an insult Elon contest and make him kick you off

[ornotna]

28. Leaving and locking down Twitter: 15 steps

https://post.news/article/2IjUKdWu1bthyruVcabmgC3uI2l

Without getting into the "should I stay or should I go" of it, if you do decide to leave Twitter, here’s a relatively detailed process building out on the absolutely correct advice NOT to deactivate your account: your username would then become available in 30 days, and anyone could pick it up and impersonate you complete with blue verification check. You do not want that. Leaving is not as simple as hitting the "Delete My Account" link. Try these 15 steps instead, best from a web browser and not the app.

[ChcioInf]

29. Smart move

Before the RW take over just to "own the "libs - imaginary voyage.