Elon Bought Twitter- X GON GIVE IT TO YA

[headwalk]

i've been playing some warzone 2, and while the map is loading up there are open voice comms with the 149 other people in the server. being the distinguished crowd of learned men it is, the result is a howling chorus of barely intelligble "person of a darker hue" and "one who enjoys the company of other men" being drilled into your skull. it sounds not unlike what i'd imagine the warp in warhammer 40k to sound like, a grotesque distorted singularity, the song of a species wishing to be put out of its misery.

definitely has promise as a twitter replacement.

[james]

So mastadon is moderated like reddit, where the worst dredges of society get their only happiness by arbitrarily blocking people?

Looooool

[james]

https://mobile.twitter.com/petergyang/status/1594696056348049410

[Uncle]

So mastadon is moderated like reddit, where the worst dredges of society get their only happiness by arbitrarily blocking people?

Looooool

mastodon.social is the equivalent of just one very large subreddit, like, you're not signing up to only see what's said in r/mastodon, you're signing up to view all of reddit (the fediverse)

basically every server is like a subreddit where the individual powertripping mods can ban you from there, but not from other subreddits

but they also have the ability to block entire other subreddits, so no one in THIS subreddit (mastodon) can see the icky people posting over in r/joerogan or whatever, because we decided collectively as the mastodon mods that they're transphobic over there and no one here should be able to read what they say

 

[HaughtyFrank]

https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1594723126658576384

Sounds like people are ditching Mastodon and are now running to "hive" which is app only so far and has like three devs working on it

https://www.hivesocial.app/

[james]

Big brain move here

https://mobile.twitter.com/CaseyNewton/status/1594712990254702592

[Tasty]

So mastadon is moderated like reddit, where the worst dredges of society get their only happiness by arbitrarily blocking people?

Looooool

mastodon.social is the equivalent of just one very large subreddit, like, you're not signing up to only see what's said in r/mastodon, you're signing up to view all of reddit (the fediverse)

basically every server is like a subreddit where the individual powertripping mods can ban you from there, but not from other subreddits

but they also have the ability to block entire other subreddits, so no one in THIS subreddit (mastodon) can see the icky people posting over in r/joerogan or whatever, because we decided collectively as the mastodon mods that they're transphobic over there and no one here should be able to read what they say

 

But like, nothing's stopping you from visiting the url directly right? I guess you'd have to make a new account there instead of reusing your mastodon.social account, but honestly that's better imo. My personality, posting style and content are all different depending on the context. I don't want all my shit tied together for easy doxxing either lol.

[Uncle]

So mastadon is moderated like reddit, where the worst dredges of society get their only happiness by arbitrarily blocking people?

Looooool

mastodon.social is the equivalent of just one very large subreddit, like, you're not signing up to only see what's said in r/mastodon, you're signing up to view all of reddit (the fediverse)

basically every server is like a subreddit where the individual powertripping mods can ban you from there, but not from other subreddits

but they also have the ability to block entire other subreddits, so no one in THIS subreddit (mastodon) can see the icky people posting over in r/joerogan or whatever, because we decided collectively as the mastodon mods that they're transphobic over there and no one here should be able to read what they say

 

But like, nothing's stopping you from visiting the url directly right? I guess you'd have to make a new account there instead of reusing your mastodon.social account, but honestly that's better imo. My personality, posting style and content are all different depending on the context. I don't want all my shit tied together for easy doxxing either lol.

yeah, you would need to make a second account on that "rogue" server or find another server that chooses not to defederate others

[Occam]

https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1594723126658576384

Sounds like people are ditching Mastodon and are now running to "hive" which is app only so far and has like three devs working on it

https://www.hivesocial.app/

How is that different than Twitter? Closed source, just waiting to be bought out if it manages to get enough traction.
If you actually want full control, why not just run your own mastodon server?


https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2022/11/21/twitter-alternative-hive-social-is-having-a-viral-sign-up-moment/

While it’s extremely impressive that what is there on Hive has been built and maintained by two people, that raises some pretty serious questions about its ability to scale, and if you spend much time on the app, its shortcomings compared to much more established social media sites are pretty apparent.

- The app feels…fragile, like it’s about to break at a moment’s notice. There’s significant UI and loading lag a lot of the time, and it just does not feel technically stable. That may get worse the more people join.
- There is no desktop version of Hive Social…at all. It doesn’t exist, which is bad since at least half my Twitter time is on desktop.
- You can’t thread tweets, and it’s easy to lose track of comments.
- I don’t think you can embed Hive posts anywhere else.
    Sharing an article on Hive doesn’t even give me a thumbnail preview, just a literal hyperlink.
- You can’t search people by name. Searching “Paul Tassi” or “@paultassi” turns up no results, you have to search “paultassi” only.
- Speaking of @ names, if Twitter’s new verification poses an identity-stealing problem, apparently on Hive multiple people can all claim the same @ name. I’m already seeing things like @Brand accounts that are definitely not the main company. If this gets more and more popular, this is about to start happening at scale, and be very bad.

What a shitshow.

[james]

So mastadon is moderated like reddit, where the worst dredges of society get their only happiness by arbitrarily blocking people?

Looooool

mastodon.social is the equivalent of just one very large subreddit, like, you're not signing up to only see what's said in r/mastodon, you're signing up to view all of reddit (the fediverse)

basically every server is like a subreddit where the individual powertripping mods can ban you from there, but not from other subreddits

but they also have the ability to block entire other subreddits, so no one in THIS subreddit (mastodon) can see the icky people posting over in r/joerogan or whatever, because we decided collectively as the mastodon mods that they're transphobic over there and no one here should be able to read what they say

 

But like, nothing's stopping you from visiting the url directly right? I guess you'd have to make a new account there instead of reusing your mastodon.social account, but honestly that's better imo. My personality, posting style and content are all different depending on the context. I don't want all my shit tied together for easy doxxing either lol.

Yeah, you would need to make a second account on that "rogue" server or find another server that chooses not to defederate others.

Is it easy to share accounts as we do here?

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Hive is what musk is turning twitter into and twitter is what hive wants to turn into.

[HaughtyFrank]

How is that different than Twitter? Closed source, just waiting to be bought out if it manages to get enough traction.
If you actually want full control, why not just run your own mastodon server?


https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2022/11/21/twitter-alternative-hive-social-is-having-a-viral-sign-up-moment/

While it’s extremely impressive that what is there on Hive has been built and maintained by two people, that raises some pretty serious questions about its ability to scale, and if you spend much time on the app, its shortcomings compared to much more established social media sites are pretty apparent.

- The app feels…fragile, like it’s about to break at a moment’s notice. There’s significant UI and loading lag a lot of the time, and it just does not feel technically stable. That may get worse the more people join.
- There is no desktop version of Hive Social…at all. It doesn’t exist, which is bad since at least half my Twitter time is on desktop.
- You can’t thread tweets, and it’s easy to lose track of comments.
- I don’t think you can embed Hive posts anywhere else.
    Sharing an article on Hive doesn’t even give me a thumbnail preview, just a literal hyperlink.
- You can’t search people by name. Searching “Paul Tassi” or “@paultassi” turns up no results, you have to search “paultassi” only.
- Speaking of @ names, if Twitter’s new verification poses an identity-stealing problem, apparently on Hive multiple people can all claim the same @ name. I’m already seeing things like @Brand accounts that are definitely not the main company. If this gets more and more popular, this is about to start happening at scale, and be very bad.

What a shitshow.

I'm getting the feeling that people just jump on the next new thing without really thinking much about it. Not sure how that site is planning to moderate content either.

[Occam]

Yeah, that's no alternative to anything.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

3) It gets acquired by Big Tech, and scaled up that way, given its initially attractive fun

do it musk.

[Occam]

By the way, what's going on with people saying it's difficult to sign up at mastodon?? You go to https://mastodon.social/ click on create account, select a server, enter a username, password and email address. You verify your email adress. You are done.

[Uncle]

By the way, what's going on with people saying it's difficult to sign up at mastodon?? You go to https://mastodon.social/ click on create account, select a server, enter a username, password and email address. You verify your email adress. You are done.

there've been issues along the way, people talking about their issues, not realizing when the issues are fixed etc

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/twitter-in-turmoil-heres-how-to-join-the-mastodon-social-network/

The Mastodon organization provides a partial list of servers -- about 100 -- on its joinmastodon.org site. You can filter the servers by geographic region, language, topic registration process and whether or not they're hosted by individuals or organizations. All servers on the official Mastodon site have agreed to follow the best practices of the Mastodon Server Covenant.

If you're just testing Mastodon out, you might consider one of the official server instances run by the Mastodon organization. While the first and biggest -- mastodon.social -- has temporarily paused registration, a newer mastodon.online server is still open and picking up the slack.

If you want a bigger list of Mastodon servers to review, your best bet right now is instances.social, which offers a sortable list of about 4,000 Mastodon servers, as well as a wizard-style app that helps you choose a server that fits your requirements.

The site provides useful data about each Mastodon instance, including number of users, number of "statuses" (posts), server uptime percentage and which versions of the Mastodon software it is running. It also lets you filter servers by language; minimum/maximum number of users; and prohibited/allowed content such as nudity, pornography, advertisements or entertainment spoilers. You can also click any instance name -- fosstodon.org, for example, a server devoted to open-source software -- to read a brief description of the community.

Once you're actually on a Mastodon site, you can learn about the instance from its "about" page, browse community users on its "explore" page or view recent posts on its "public" page.

You should read the server rules for each Mastodon instance to make sure it's a good fit, but don't worry too much about which server you join. You can follow users on other servers and join and leave as many Mastodon servers as you'd like. If you do move around, Mastodon allows you to migrate all of your followers and lists with you.

Each Mastodon instance will have its own sign-up process, but the vast majority are the same. You provide a username, email address and password, check the box agreeing to the terms of service and server rules, and click "Sign Up."

You'll then see a notification asking you to check your email for a verification message. Click the "Verify email address" in that email message, and you're done. You can now start posting on your Mastodon server and follow anyone in the Fediverse.

Because of the increased traffic to Mastodon servers since Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter, some of those registration emails are taking a long time to show up or never arriving at all.

When I registered for the mas.to server last week, I got a confirmation email in about 15 minutes. I'm still waiting for a verification email from sfba.social for a registration attempt three days ago. Be patient, and try a new server if you can't complete the registration for another.

After you verify your email address, your Mastodon account should be up and running. You can start posting or following people, though it will take a while to build up your feed. Web tools like Debirdify and FediFinder can jump-start the process by helping you find your Twitter contacts on Mastodon.

While most Mastodon servers offer the quick registration process described above, other, more private instances will ask that you apply for an invitation to the instance, which requires a manual review and longer registration time.

[Nintex]

The Hive is doing a better job, basically a ResetEra version of Twitter

https://twitter.com/TheHIVE_Social/status/1594682033942339585

[Cauliflower Of Love]

I wonder if they'll pull a cerium in a year.

[Tasty]

https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1594723126658576384

Sounds like people are ditching Mastodon and are now running to "hive" which is app only so far and has like three devs working on it

https://www.hivesocial.app/

How is that different than Twitter? Closed source, just waiting to be bought out if it manages to get enough traction.
If you actually want full control, why not just run your own mastodon server?


https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2022/11/21/twitter-alternative-hive-social-is-having-a-viral-sign-up-moment/

While it’s extremely impressive that what is there on Hive has been built and maintained by two people, that raises some pretty serious questions about its ability to scale, and if you spend much time on the app, its shortcomings compared to much more established social media sites are pretty apparent.

- The app feels…fragile, like it’s about to break at a moment’s notice. There’s significant UI and loading lag a lot of the time, and it just does not feel technically stable. That may get worse the more people join.
- There is no desktop version of Hive Social…at all. It doesn’t exist, which is bad since at least half my Twitter time is on desktop.
- You can’t thread tweets, and it’s easy to lose track of comments.
- I don’t think you can embed Hive posts anywhere else.
    Sharing an article on Hive doesn’t even give me a thumbnail preview, just a literal hyperlink.
- You can’t search people by name. Searching “Paul Tassi” or “@paultassi” turns up no results, you have to search “paultassi” only.
- Speaking of @ names, if Twitter’s new verification poses an identity-stealing problem, apparently on Hive multiple people can all claim the same @ name. I’m already seeing things like @Brand accounts that are definitely not the main company. If this gets more and more popular, this is about to start happening at scale, and be very bad.

What a shitshow.

Sounds like I'm on the right path with my own site.

- Desktop web version is first (mobile web version is an easy @media away)
- Mostly static HTML so 1. shit's fast, and 2. shit doesn't break as much as JavaScript heavy sites do
- "Sharing an article on Hive doesn’t even give me a thumbnail preview, just a literal hyperlink." This is like only a few <meta tags>, come on guys.

And I'm just one guy.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Can I be your CEO.

[james]

Can I be your CFO

[Tasty]

Can I be your CEO.

You can be my Sheryl Sandberg.

[Tasty]

Can I be your CFO

You can be my Eduardo Saverin.

[Kurt Russell]

Will you let etoilet post on it?

[Tasty]

He'd need to be creatively capable ("posts" will require a little more work on my site than <280 chars or a quick picture/video), so I think he'd be self-selected out.

[bork]

https://mobile.twitter.com/damienviel/status/1594323607970369539

The head of Twitter France quit, saying "it's over."

[Tasty]

C'est fini, fait accompli.

[Uncle]

Can I be your CFO

You can be my Eduardo Saverin.

can I draw your logo icon in mspaint

[BIONIC]

Can you pay me in exchange for sexual favors?

[BIONIC]

On second thought, you don’t even have to pay me 

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1594789972015546368

[benjipwns]

I'm getting the feeling that people just jump on the next new thing without really thinking much about it. Not sure how that site is planning to moderate content either.

It reminds me of when there was a big deal about people leaving Substack because they wouldn't (and at the time said they didn't have enough people to) moderate authors for non-illegal content. All kinds of stories about the brave and stunning people who refused to participate with anywhere that allowed transphobia and were leaving for Ghost instead.

Except Ghost had absolutely no moderation at all. (But Ghost did, at the time, provide authors with a slightly bigger share of subscription revenue under a certain threshold of subscribers. Neither of these things being mentioned in any of the stories like the large ones in the NYT.)

[Tasty]

On second thought, you don’t even have to pay me 

 

[Tasty]

can I draw your logo icon in mspaint

Dunno, are your MS Paint skills as good as 20-year old me?

[Uncle]

[james]

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1594861031670820864

https://twitter.com/alexeheath/status/1594857578256748544

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1594861031670820864

ALWAYS TRUST THE BIRE:

I expect him to create another Blue Check like system

If Elon were smart hed start a red check so we could have a red vs blue situation

For when he checks The Bire for advice

[Kurt Russell]

https://mobile.twitter.com/damienviel/status/1594323607970369539

The head of Twitter France quit, saying "it's over."

A French man surrendering is hardly news.

[Pissy F Benny]

I bet his resignation letter stank of cheese

[bork]

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1594509880840388610

[Tuckers Law]

Say what you will about the actual substance of his shitposts, but seeing Elon tweet is certainly entertaining.

[HaughtyFrank]

The reaction from CBS has been kind of weird

https://twitter.com/CBSNewsPress/status/1594338983785291777

Like you're talking about twitter here, not a warzone

[Tasty]

What is it with the mainstream media and treating Twitter uber fucking seriously

[benjipwns]

What is it with the mainstream media and treating Twitter uber fucking seriously

My independently established theory is that they think their Twitter feed is literally reality, voice of the people or something. The number of stories they write based on something they saw on Twitter and sourced only from Twitter people (qualified or not) is too high for me to dismiss this theory.

[james]

they think their Twitter feed is literally reality, voice of the people or something.

Like this?

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1593769469741932544

[benjipwns]

Well, no, I think polling people on Twitter about Twitter is perhaps subtly different.

[benjipwns]

I'm going to spend my social media energy towards more productive things, starting with doing more Speedrunning on Twitch.

newsfeed

Just gonna say it, people who chase world-records are some of the saddest sad sacks I can only barely comprehend. Especially non-athletic records.

Human excellence should be celebrated. Speedrunning as a career should be lightly mocked.

Brianna Wu finally streamed speedrunning on Twitch for the first time ever:
https://twitter.com/BriannaWu/status/1595039467668226049
https://twitter.com/BriannaWu/status/1595064382911922178

Then went back to tweeting multiple times like every single day since previously announcing giving up Twitter.

edit: The above claim is true, Wu is indeed the second fastest Peach speedrunner in Super Mario Advance. Second place of the two people who have posted times: https://www.speedrun.com/sma?h=Peach_Only-Any&x=9d8n35wd-9l75y1p8.z19wz9kq

[HardcoreRetro]

Clicks on the Luigi only tab. Sees he is like 90 seconds faster. Even videogame women can't compete with the men.

[Maiden Voyage]

I'm going to spend my social media energy towards more productive things, starting with doing more Speedrunning on Twitch.

newsfeed

Just gonna say it, people who chase world-records are some of the saddest sad sacks I can only barely comprehend. Especially non-athletic records.

Human excellence should be celebrated. Speedrunning as a career should be lightly mocked.

Brianna Wu finally streamed speedrunning on Twitch for the first time ever:
https://twitter.com/BriannaWu/status/1595039467668226049
https://twitter.com/BriannaWu/status/1595064382911922178

Then went back to tweeting multiple times like every single day since previously announcing giving up Twitter.

edit: The above claim is true, Wu is indeed the second fastest Peach speedrunner in Super Mario Advance. Second place of the two people who have posted times: https://www.speedrun.com/sma?h=Peach_Only-Any&x=9d8n35wd-9l75y1p8.z19wz9kq

Well now someone has to take second place from Wu.

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1595207476936413187

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1595340422875856896

[Uncle]

Well now someone has to take second place from Wu.

the only thing better than that would be if no one actually cares about the peach record from mario advance and wu just languishes at #2 forever without any other competition

[Cauliflower Of Love]

wasn't wu running for congress or something?

[Uncle]

wasn't wu running for congress or something?

yeah second place in that too

[james]

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1595413143034920960

[james]

MORE ENGAGEMENT TIME

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1595473875847942146

[Pissy F Benny]

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1595413143034920960

i know he's the saddo who posts ALL of the trump clips, but has he also appointed himself internet hall monitor?

[Nintex]

Aaron watches all the Trump rallies and posts the highlights so we don't have to


Aaron: "Can't believe Trump ran clips of Joe Biden stuttering on the jumbotron and he insulted Angela Merkel" 

Tweeps: "Trump did what now?" 

[benjipwns]

twitter.com/atrupar/status/1595413143034920960

i know he's the saddo who posts ALL of the trump clips, but has he also appointed himself internet hall monitor?

Suffice it to say, yikes.

[who is ted danson?]

MORE ENGAGEMENT TIME

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1595473875847942146

i voted yes because this will cause more advertisers to leave

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/DelusionPosting/status/1595436075912024069