been on the fediverse for years now, no reason to head back.
Poll: Are you going to leave Twitter after Musk's acquisition?
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Re: Poll: Are you going to leave Twitter after Musk's acquisition?
#42I was always reluctant to make an account because something never felt right about Twitter, and over time the feeling became much more evident. But now, from the looks of things, I'll probably be on there as soon as I see what some of the changes will be.
Re: Poll: Are you going to leave Twitter after Musk's acquisition?
#43I honestly don't think it'll change that much. Musk's statements thus far suggest that he lacks a basic understanding of the problems inherent to running a platform like Twitter, so he'll probably just get frustrated and lose interest once he starts running into them. I suspect that the company will end up in the hands of a group indistinguishable from the current board, except they'll be Musk's friends.
I don't think you'll see changed policy, but you'll see the one-off demands of a guy who gets what he wants. So Trump unbanned, people who upset him randomly banned, etc.
Yeah, that's for sure a possibility. The purchase might even end up as a marginal improvement since he actively uses Twitter and might request some QoL features once in a while.
Re: Poll: Are you going to leave Twitter after Musk's acquisition?
#44Yeah I might start using it if I have a way of getting rid of ads and rage bait
Re: Poll: Are you going to leave Twitter after Musk's acquisition?
#45Hell no, Donald Trump is guaranteed to have his account restored and I want to be there for the absolute sh*tstorm that ensues.
He actually said he won't be coming back no matter what according to Fox News. He has his own twitter competitor now so that makes sense.
Re: Poll: Are you going to leave Twitter after Musk's acquisition?
#46I'd like to call out that individual responses to this don't matter. What matters is if Twitter remains a place for public discourse. So long as we allow public discourse to happen on private platforms that aren't held responsible for maintaining the availability, accountability, and freedom (as in speech) of these public forums, Twitter will continue to be problematic. Whether it's Musk or a private group of shareho…
The platforms themselves, expressions of free enterprise and free association, are part of the discourse - not merely a location.
We're not, and never really have been over the full course of the information age so far, in need of new, online public fora. (Go to your city council meetings.)
They are just neat.
Re: Poll: Are you going to leave Twitter after Musk's acquisition?
#47“I’m moving to Canada if Trump gets elected.” Remember that crowd?
That crowd has been around for every presidential election since I was old enough to understand what it meant. Don't remember one person ever carrying out with the threat from either side.
However, this comment is a decent litmus test on how I can safely ignore anything from them after that point.
Re: Poll: Are you going to leave Twitter after Musk's acquisition?
#48I honestly don't think it'll change that much. Musk's statements thus far suggest that he lacks a basic understanding of the problems inherent to running a platform like Twitter, so he'll probably just get frustrated and lose interest once he starts running into them. I suspect that the company will end up in the hands of a group indistinguishable from the current board, except they'll be Musk's friends.
Why do people keep saying he'll get frustrated and lose interest, as though he has a history of giving up on things once they get hard? People were saying that about his bid too.
Re: Poll: Are you going to leave Twitter after Musk's acquisition?
#49I honestly don't think it'll change that much. Musk's statements thus far suggest that he lacks a basic understanding of the problems inherent to running a platform like Twitter, so he'll probably just get frustrated and lose interest once he starts running into them. I suspect that the company will end up in the hands of a group indistinguishable from the current board, except they'll be Musk's friends.
I don't think you'll see changed policy, but you'll see the one-off demands of a guy who gets what he wants. So Trump unbanned, people who upset him randomly banned, etc.
I believe you're 100% wrong, but we'll just have to wait and see what transpires, because it's all speculation at this point in time.
Re: Poll: Are you going to leave Twitter after Musk's acquisition?
#50Hell no, Donald Trump is guaranteed to have his account restored and I want to be there for the absolute sh*tstorm that ensues.
He actually said he won't be coming back no matter what according to Fox News. He has his own twitter competitor now so that makes sense.
You mean the platform that's doing so well that two of the executives (chief of technology and chief of product development) left in April?
Yeah, not really counting on it.