Twitter C/D

apparently users with large block lists do use a lot of resources

could easily be true; the crazy bullshit part is responding to an internal management issue by making a public plea for users to help out the poor multi-billionaire save a few million in annual costs

users with large block lists are basically killing the planet is what I hear

I mean I'm a web dev myself and can think of some similar issues in our system, not uncommon for large lists of things to have to be iterated over and potentially have to make a database call. and yes refactoring this shit can take forever. that is why you don't mind being overstaffed as a software company, because this shit can easily cascade and one bad process can fuck with so much on the other end, in fact you can see this happening right now with Twitter in real time

Perhaps he'll discover that people who post are using too many resources, and shut down posting altogether.

Bro when u block ppl it costs Elon money please bro think of the Elon money, it's so sad sitting there blocking people when it could be sending rich people to Mars

Guys, shame on u, my man can't even afford to pay his rent

(for his apartment on Mars)

elon always seems to choose the worst, most unnecessary solution to any issue that gets brought to his attention

"Elon, we're almost out of coffee..."

"Interesting. Perhaps we can ban employees from desiring coffee in the first place. Put the engineers on designing shock collars to zap our coders whenever their energy sags!"

"Or we could just make more..."

"Disrupting means creating new solutions, not relying on old ideas."

"But those shock collars will cost us millions!"

"Ah, yes, but think of the thousands we will save on coffee!"

Incredible logic pic.twitter.com/9r2eGSQkSZ

— coolpinp (@coolp1np) August 18, 2023

My block list was a gigantic behemoth of arseholes, so I'm kinda glad that (before I bailed) i was costing that dick head more wonga.

Whichever Chrome extension one of you recommended months ago still works for me. I exclusively view Twitter on my laptop, and it remains only people I follow and posts I want to see, no ads, no suggested garbage or anything. I don't post, but the second that changes is the second I stop even lurking.

wonga

this may be what finally gets me to start a twitter account, just so i can block every other user

definitely one of the top three features

I don't block. I use all my argumentative juices on people in this place.

Very funny.

X will begin to have users verify their identity by having them submit a selfie alongside a government issued ID. The process requires users to consent to X storing their information for 30 days and sharing it with AU10TIX, an identity verification company based in Israel. pic.twitter.com/0NrDNEguWU

— PCMag (@PCMag) August 18, 2023

Apparently, Twitter has deleted every photo posted before 2014.

Could be a bug, but it doesn't seem like it at first glance. There's a reproduction search you can try in the comments. https://t.co/fkvGSpWZEQ

— Mosquito Capital (@MosquitoCapital) August 19, 2023

“Guaranteed this is to save on storage costs.” - former Tweep https://t.co/SwkT6yRRl9

— Zoë Schiffer (@ZoeSchiffer) August 19, 2023

By the way - in 2014 Ellen Degeneres posted a selfie from the Oscars and it became the most retweeted photo of all time. That photo is now gone from Twitter. https://t.co/fbH11wzbDV

— Tom Coates (@tomcoates) August 19, 2023

whole site is fritzing right now. spinning blue rings. hilarious

jesus

love to watch business genius in action

hope this is it, the site needs to die ASAP

It should live. I want more business tips.

https://x.com/junlper/status/1693285962938261791?s=46&t=56pvpJvqL5GRtMdLh4N49g

Lol didn’t he buy the site just to impress this guy

about what you'd expect from a petulant child

I havent seen beef this petty since the auld IRC days of people taking over channels and kicking everyoen they didnt like out.

If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars

why on earth would anyone, let alone >2M people, retweet this?

it was the best photo ever

I havent seen beef this petty since the auld IRC days of people taking over channels and kicking everyoen they didnt like out.

― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Sunday, August 20, 2023 9:48 PM bookmarkflaglink

LMAO

dude paid $44B just to become sideshow bob at the rake factory pic.twitter.com/67d0wsdiHy

— danfromtheinternet on threads 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊🏾 (@danfromtheweb) August 20, 2023

It's Elon https://t.co/PnRqbTogQT

— taddy mason (@no_goblins) August 20, 2023

Scoop: X/Twitter, is planning a major change in how news articles appear on the service, stripping out the headline and other text so that tweets with links display only an article’s lead image, according to material viewed by Fortune. https://t.co/QWSA3UroEi

— Kylie Robison (@kyliebytes) August 22, 2023

3. ???????
4. Profit!

(I like that I had to search for this thread rather than just see it glaring at me on my SNA)

I also love that NYT is resolutely referring to X as The Service Formerly Known As Twitter. First TAFKAP, now TSFKAT

seem to be two viral posts today

* a reddit AITA with a grown man throwing a wobbly about his girlfriend making him a cake slightly different to the one he wanted for his birthday, in front of his girlfriend's kids
* a French person saying they think French food is better than American food

in each the ratio of fucking idiots to reasonable responses looks like about 50-1, even when you scroll way past the blue ticks.

it just feels like a shitty subreddit now.

the cake aita responses are really something

throwing a wobbly?

I'd never heard that phrase before, but the internet thinks it's just a normal bit of Brit slang.

the cake aita responses are really something

deeply depressing

interesting variance though -- the reddit thread is pretty clearly in the "you're a fucking grownup" camp, all the upvoted posts tell the guy he's the asshole here. on Twitter, tons of people saying "absolutely not the asshole. it was his special day and he should get what he wants." reddit is not great, but Twitter really shows itself here

One may legitimately wonder how the Twitterati of 2022 would have responded.

reddit link for the untwittered?

AITA for being honest with my girlfriend when she asked a question about the birthday cake she made me?

this js a guy on twitter telling me I'm a terrible parent for reasons I am unable to comprehend

This is ridiculous. You sound like a terrible parent. Allowing yourself joys and pleasures is absolutely allowed as a parent. He would have done it himself but SHE OFFERED. What don't you understand about this? He didn't ask her to bake him a cake, she asked him then made

— Vinyl Seller (@Vinyl_ShopSF) August 27, 2023

xxp ty!

lol do not argue with that guy. his favorite teams are in his bio. he is past help

lots of adult babies out there on the internet lately

I caught myself doing that a couple weeks ago and Logged Off if only a moment too late

xp I can't argue with him, he blocked me after posting that.

loooooool never change, bird app

daddy wants his cakey