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197 votes
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Twitter is now X as the little blue bird disappears
131 votes -
Twitter blocks links to rival Threads, while CEO downplays reports of traffic decline
121 votes -
Why is Elon Musk doing what he is to Twitter?
From a non-MAGA’ers perspective; He took a perfectly fine (albeit starting to decline) social media platform with millions of users and derailed it completely from what it was before to a farce....
From a non-MAGA’ers perspective;
He took a perfectly fine (albeit starting to decline) social media platform with millions of users and derailed it completely from what it was before to a farce.
Why even buy Twitter if you’re going to change the entire format, including the actual name of the brand? Why not build a competitor from the ground up and call it X?
Unless you’re the melonhead billionaire your guess is better than mine, but I wonder if this bumbling incompetence is pre-orchestrated somehow or if he’s making it up as he goes.
119 votes -
Twitter threatens legal action against US nonprofit that tracks hate speech
113 votes -
Twitter is now forcing us to create an account. Here's another way of viewing tweets without an account.
Just replace "twitter.com" to "nitter.net" Example: https://twitter.com/iamjohnoliver to https://nitter.net/iamjohnoliver
108 votes -
Meta is launching Threads, an app to rival Twitter
87 votes -
Confused, uncool, and nowhere to scroll: The internet has become hostile for millennials like me
87 votes -
The batshit crazy story of the day Elon Musk decided to personally rip servers out of a data center
80 votes -
Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads
78 votes -
Instagram’s Twitter competitor, Threads, is available now
77 votes -
Elon Musk and Twitter sued over unpaid severance packages
75 votes -
Far-right Twitter influencers first on Elon Musk’s monetization scheme
70 votes -
By summer 2019, the Firefox browser will also block, by default, all cross-site third-party trackers
@jensimmons: By summer 2019, the Firefox browser will also block, by default, all cross-site third-party trackers, strengthening privacy without your having to do a thing." https://t.co/cqpQbSe9Ko
69 votes -
Threads is the perfect Twitter alternative, just not for you
59 votes -
Elon Musk sues the lawyers that forced him to buy Twitter
59 votes -
Twitter accepts buyout, giving Elon Musk total control of the company
51 votes -
Twitter starts to require login to view tweets
50 votes -
Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump
50 votes -
Apple, Elon Musk, Kanye West, and other accounts are tweeting a bitcoin scam in giant Twitter hack
49 votes -
Elon Musk thinking of charging money for Twitter
@Dave Lee: Elon Musk revisiting an idea apparently floated privately in the past -- charging *everyone* to use Twitter. A lower tier than premium. "We've moving to a small monthly payment for use of the X system," he just told Benjamin Netanyahu, saying it's only way to stamp out bots.
48 votes -
No Instagram Threads app in the EU: Ireland's Data Protection Commission says Meta's new Twitter rival won't be launched there
48 votes -
SCOTUS sides with Google over Oracle
@SCOTUSblog: BREAKING: In major copyright battle between tech giants, SCOTUS sides w/ Google over Oracle, finding that Google didnt commit copyright infringement when it reused lines of code in its Android operating system. The code came from Oracle's JAVA SE platform. https://t.co/vAK7jMPa8e
46 votes -
Why did the #TwitterMigration fail?
44 votes -
Twitter’s future is a return to Elon Musk’s past
43 votes -
Elon Musk has taken control of Twitter and fired its top executives
43 votes -
For years Facebook claimed the adding a phone number for 2FA was only for security. Now it can be searched and there's no way to disable that.
@jeremyburge: For years Facebook claimed the adding a phone number for 2FA was only for security. Now it can be searched and there's no way to disable that.
43 votes -
Megathread for news/updates/discussion about Musk's takeover of Twitter – Part 1
The chaos doesn't seem likely to end anytime soon, does it?
42 votes -
US President Donald Trump has accused Twitter of "completely stifling free speech" after the social media company flagged some of his tweets with a fact-check warning
42 votes -
Twitter announces that they are stopping all political advertising globally
42 votes -
US Special Counsel got a search warrant for Twitter to turn over info on Donald Trump’s account
40 votes -
Q&A with Yoel Roth, Twitter’s former head of trust and safety, on the whirlwind first two weeks under Elon Musk, Twitter’s content moderation approach, and more
38 votes -
Welcome to hell, Elon - Nilay Patel on Elon's Twitter acquisition
35 votes -
Bad faith is the condition of the modern internet, and shitposting is the lingua franca of the online world
35 votes -
Seventeen-year-old in Tampa, Florida arrested and accused of "masterminding" the compromises of prominent Twitter accounts on July 15, charged with thirty felonies
34 votes -
One Twitter account is reposting everything Trump tweets. It was suspended within three days
34 votes -
Meta is building an alternative to Twitter
33 votes -
Bluesky is Jack Dorsey’s attempt at a Twitter redo and it’s already growing fast
33 votes -
Hey Elon: Let me help you speed run the content moderation learning curve
33 votes -
Sonos's “recycle mode” intentionally bricks devices so they can't be reused
@atomicthumbs: Sonos states on their website that "sustainability is non-negotiable," and that they design products to minimize impact, but I work at an e-waste recycler and have demonstrable proof this is false. Sonos's "recycle mode" intentionally bricks good devices so they can't be reused.
33 votes -
Air ticket booking site uses Math.random for "38 people are looking at this right now" UX dark pattern
@ophirharpaz: 1/4] Ok this is really funny, check this out. I was in the process of booking a flight via @OneTravel. Trying to make me book ASAP, they claimed: "38 people are looking at this flight". Whoa, 38 is a lot, I have to hurry up.
33 votes -
Tom Scott warns viewers that Brave donations do not reach him
@tomscott: This warning is prompted by a company called Brave, who've been taking cryptocurrency donations "for me", using my name and photo, without my consent. I asked them not to, and to refund anyone who's donated; they said "we'll see what we can do" and that "refunds are impossible".
33 votes -
An error message in Windows 10 is a mistake from 1974
@foone🏳️⚧️: It is 2018 and this error message is a mistake from 1974.This limitation, which is still found in the very latest Windows 10, dates back to BEFORE STAR WARS. This bug is as old as Watergate. pic.twitter.com/pPbkZiE57t
32 votes -
Belgium has regional elections on Sunday, voting machines use USB sticks and store votes on a Linux partition which users will be prompted to format when using Windows, deleting all the votes
@rubenvanassche: Belgium has it's regional elections this sunday, the voting machines are using USB sticks and store the votes on a separate Linux partition. But the stick should also be used on windows which wil ask the users to format it and so it will delete all the votes. 😮
32 votes -
Mastodon is better than Twitter: Elevator pitch
32 votes -
18-year-old member of online harassment group sentenced to five years in prison after "swatting" the owner of a desirable Twitter handle, resulting in a fatal heart attack
31 votes -
Google has suspended the Element Matrix client from the Play Store due to abusive content (It's back)
@Element: Google have suspended Element in the Play Store without notifying us; we're reaching out to find out what's going on. Apologies for the inconvenience; in the interim there's https://t.co/aaZ9qXz69W but it's a few versions behind. We'll post updates here.
31 votes -
SpaceX is achieving high bandwidth, 25ms latency with Starlink test satellites
@elonmusk: @nitantbhartia @ninoles @medickinson @thephysicsgirl Pretty good. TinTin A & B are both closing the link to ground w phased array at high bandwidth, low latency (25 ms). Good enough to play fast response video games.
31 votes -
Twitter’s former head of trust and safety finally breaks her silence
30 votes -
Alright, I finally want to jump ship and join Mastodon. Can anyone post some getting started guides?
As with many Twitter users, I'm finally at the point where I want to leave and join Mastodon. About a year ago I set up an account after seeing some people on Tildes talk about it, but I found it...
As with many Twitter users, I'm finally at the point where I want to leave and join Mastodon. About a year ago I set up an account after seeing some people on Tildes talk about it, but I found it confusing and ultimately closed the account. I want to give it another go, but I'm a bit confused about all the different instance options, what the practical differences are, and more. Are there any comprehensive getting started guides? Does it matter which instance I join? How did you choose for yourself?
30 votes