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

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Post by [deleted] »

scott_w wrote: post #29
mordae wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There never was any demand for free speech from him. He just wanted to advance his fascist agenda and used whatever means he had at his disposal.

While you’re correct as to his intentions, it’s still important to point out his hypocrisy as he called himself “a free speech absolutist,” and claimed to want Twitter to be part of that vision. He explicitly called left wing and right wing views as things he wants. Yes, we know it was all lies but not putting out the evidence allows people like Musk and his acolytes to make it the new truth without a fight.

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

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Post by addandsubtract »

nicce wrote: post #24
type_Ben_struct wrote: post #2

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People have only that much power we give to them. If everyone stops using Twitter/X, it is nothing. Nobody buys Teslas - it is nothing. The list goes on since his # in wealthy ranks defines his position. Just make it drop.

There really should be a bigger campaign for everyone to sell their Tesla shares. As you said, take away his money and he goes away.

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

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Post by madeofpalk »

decimalenough wrote: post #4

Remember the Arab Spring and how Twitter was hailed as a tool for the masses to fight against their oppressors? And remember how Elon bought Twitter, loudly proclaiming he was doing so to defend free speech? I'm mildly curious to see how X tries to justify this, but I suspect they've reached the stage where they don't even need to pretend to pay lip service to their notional values.

They won't. They'll lie, some will buy it up and they'll cary on. This behaviour is completely consistent with what they've been doing since purchase. Why start now?

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

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

nicce wrote: post #24
type_Ben_struct wrote: post #2

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People have only that much power we give to them. If everyone stops using Twitter/X, it is nothing. Nobody buys Teslas - it is nothing. The list goes on since his # in wealthy ranks defines his position. Just make it drop.

> Nobody buys Teslas - it is nothing

The pussyfooting around this from some countries is genuinely surprising. Like, how are the Germans of all people confused about whether the oligarch courting their neo Nazis is a threat to their national security?

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

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Post by out-of-ideas »

teekert wrote: post #37

Somehow I don’t believe this, it is too much out of character, even if it fits so nicely with how we want to see Elon. Did anyone here actually confirm this? I never used Twitter nor X or id check myself.

sure, use the goog's to site-search twitter.com and signal.me, here's one: https://x.com/harris/status/1764683829455843464 and it says the malware after you click the obfuscated signal.me url

here is another: https://x.com/tomwarren

edit: the url's are still visible in the mouse-over text popup, and the obfuscated site-redirection url does have the url in the address bar - but only time will tell before those vanish

honestly, any site that visibly displays one url as a hyperlink (underlines ect) and links to another site is practicing in malware style link hijacking. stop using those sites

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

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Post by masklinn »

decimalenough wrote: post #4

Remember the Arab Spring and how Twitter was hailed as a tool for the masses to fight against their oppressors? And remember how Elon bought Twitter, loudly proclaiming he was doing so to defend free speech? I'm mildly curious to see how X tries to justify this, but I suspect they've reached the stage where they don't even need to pretend to pay lip service to their notional values.

> I suspect they've reached the stage where they don't even need to pretend to pay lip service to their notional values.

It took 6 weeks for that milk to rot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2022_Twitter_suspensi...

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

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Post by latexr »

casenmgreen wrote: post #12

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You’re reading too much into it. Stop thinking he’s playing 5D chess, he’s not even playing regular checkers. It’s well known he bought Twitter because he thought he would be forced to, he clearly tried to actively back out of the purchase.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/12/elon-musk-admits-he-only-b...

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

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

ben_w wrote: post #49
JumpCrisscross wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If I own a platform I’m not under any obligation to allow you to say whatever you like on that platform This is complicated massively by Elon's role at DOGE. Twitter has the right to block whomever they want (and always did). But given "multiple federal workers...said they’ve moved sensitive conversations from text messages and Facebook Messenger to the encrypted messaging app Signal" [1], it's unclear whether this…

Mm. On balance, I think you are correct. But: precisely because DOGE is a QUANGO* that's much harder to demonstrate, whereas the hypocrisy is very on-the-nose. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quango

The problem with hypocrisy is it's a milquetoast charge. Plenty of people, including very powerful people, are hypocrites and we tolerate them fine. Most of us--hopefully--don't know someone who's corrupt.

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

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Post by alwayseasy »

userbinator wrote: post #28
jgaa wrote: post #7

So much for Elons "Free Speech"! This may come as a shock to him: Free Speech means to allow people to say something that he disagree with. Something that may hurt his interests or even his ego. Free speech is not to allow people to say things he agree with or don't care about.

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When has Signal called for a violent overthrow of the US government?
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