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Re: X users are unable to post “Signal.me” links

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Post by hiddencost »

BSDobelix wrote: post #176
Y_Y wrote: post #172

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Aren't racists a minority who struggle to express themselves? How did you come to these conclusions about the goals and future of Twitter? My naive expectation was that Musk is mostly interested in enriching and aggrandizing himself, and that a crusade against some social group is only interesting as long as it serves the primary interests.

>>Aren't racists a minority who struggle to express themselves? Maybe (if it's about black or white), but anti-Semites have a pretty loud and public voice in the "Western" world.

Pretty much anytime sometime says "antisemitism" these days what they mean is "opposing genocide".

The Jewish people who are against genocide really do not appreciate people like you staining them with that lie.

Re: X users are unable to post “Signal.me” links

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Post by zecg »

upofadown wrote: post #375

This make me curious about exactly what "signal.me" links were all about. The details appear to be available here: * https://signal.miraheze.org/wiki/Signal.me_URLs * https://signal.miraheze.org/wiki/Usernames#Username_links Signal.me links are just a way to easily send either a phone number or user name to someone else. No cryptographic identity. No protection of the phone number or user name. So to get around the b…

signal.me links are used to join (and advertise) Signal groups

Re: X users are unable to post “Signal.me” links

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Post by mro_name »

_heimdall wrote: post #348
alt227 wrote: post #196

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> allowing hate, racist, homophobic, and transphobic language to run rampant Are the people with these views not also entitled to free speech and equal rights to express themselves the same as everybody else?

This is the tricky line, isn't it? Regardless of whether someone is entitled to free speech, is a private company bound to the constitutional protection? My understanding has always been that its specifically the government that can't censor me, a private company or citizen can. The NY Times isn't required to write an article I submit to them for example, that's no different than Twitter deciding not to keep a post a…

exactly. Once we stop treating TwiX like a public good but rather like the private website of a a gaming cheater with a lot of guests, things would be more obvious, wouldn't it?

Re: X users are unable to post “Signal.me” links

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Post by Panoramix »

redbell wrote: post #174

Ironically, three years ago, Musk encouraged the use of Signal and tweeted: " Use Signal ", https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1347165127036977153 Edit: In my opinion, Elon Musk initially endorsed Signal because of its strong encryption, security, and commitment to privacy. Now, he's blocking it for those very same reasons—what a blatant double standard! On a related note, one of the key advantages of the modern internet—…

On X, only the "Signal.me" links are blocked. Other types of Signal links, such as call links, group invite links, Signal.org links, and link previews, are not blocked on the platform. [From Mistral]

Re: X users are unable to post “Signal.me” links

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Post by JohnMakin »

dettil wrote: post #360
JohnMakin wrote: post #346

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This is a flat out falsehood - jk rowling was spewing anti trans hate from the position of “feminism” long before the purchase of twitter, she was never “censored” or anything close to it. This is revisionist bs, framed in a way to make your dear leader look like the hero, and not the incompetent anti free speech nitwit he actually is.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-48366184 You should perhaps do more research before making claims like "flat out falsehood".

Even this article doesn’t go out of its way to say that’s why she was banned - this is according to her. Even if this terrible source were true and you found a single case - it doesnt change the fact at all at what I said, the single loudest feminist anti trans voice is still alive and well on twitter and has never faced a lick of censorship on twitter or now X. So yea, it’s a falsehood. Musk didnt “change” anything here. It’s revisionist nonsense.

Re: X users are unable to post “Signal.me” links

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Post by rsynnott »

waonderer wrote: post #285
rsynnott wrote: post #234

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I mean, I suppose it really depends on what you want out of a social network. Some combo of mastodon and bluesky is fine for me, but then I didn't follow any of those people in the first place. If you want celeb VCs, then, yeah, you're probably stuck with Twitter. Most people don't, though.

Makes sense. What other platforms do you know where we can get access to the network of entrepreneurs, thought-leaders, governments, and authors? I am considering text-based social apps only.

> entrepreneurs

Dunno, no interest.

> thought-leaders

I've never been quite sure what people mean when they say this.

> governments

An increasing number of governments, government agencies and politicians have presence on Bluesky or Mastodon or both. The EC has its _own mastodon instance_ (though, confusingly, some EC agencies are on other instances, or are just on bluesky).

> authors

Mostly Bluesky, also Threads to some extent.

Re: X users are unable to post “Signal.me” links

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Post by krige »

BSDobelix wrote: post #149
kypro wrote: post #107

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Do they believe free in free speech, or will I also be banned/blocked from saying things there?

>>Do they believe free in free speech No they don't, blue-sky belongs to the former twitter owner, aka THE BUBBLE ;) BTW: He was not welcomed at FOSDEM because he is billionaire, when a movement eats itself ;) https://drewdevault.com/2025/01/16/2025-01-16-No-Billionares...

Dorsey does not own bluesky, he's been kicked out a long time ago. Your link even says as much.

Re: X users are unable to post “Signal.me” links

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Post by LocalH »

BSDobelix wrote: post #176
Y_Y wrote: post #172

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Aren't racists a minority who struggle to express themselves? How did you come to these conclusions about the goals and future of Twitter? My naive expectation was that Musk is mostly interested in enriching and aggrandizing himself, and that a crusade against some social group is only interesting as long as it serves the primary interests.

>>Aren't racists a minority who struggle to express themselves? Maybe (if it's about black or white), but anti-Semites have a pretty loud and public voice in the "Western" world.

"Antisemitic" is also being thrown around a lot towards people who aren't actually saying antisemitic things, but rather criticizing the government of Israel and their actions that take place under color of law.
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