Microsoft can afford all the lawyers they need to tie Twitter in knots for as long as they want.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 23:35 (one year ago) link
do I dare ask what "trained illegally" means?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 23:41 (one year ago) link
he must be talking about microsoft using twitter data to train an ai which idk if they did that or if it violated twitters terms of use def not illegal tho lol
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 19 April 2023 23:45 (one year ago) link
xp - He seems to be implying there's some kind of data proprietary to Twitter that MS used without permission. He's probably full of shit and he can afford the best shit, too.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 23:49 (one year ago) link
he's playing 7D Chutes and Ladders now
― Cthulhu Diamond Phillips (Neanderthal), Thursday, 20 April 2023 00:00 (one year ago) link
except his version is all Chutes
elon really thought all these pro social media management apps were just going to give them half a million dollars a year
― lag∞n, Thursday, 20 April 2023 00:03 (one year ago) link
There probably would’ve been a way to get those customers to swallow that pill…like a decade ago…if Elon weren’t involved…
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Thursday, 20 April 2023 02:48 (one year ago) link
Shites and Losers
― dicbo=v2-ubswizzb&hrt (stevie), Thursday, 20 April 2023 07:54 (one year ago) link
He just consistently overestimates how important Twitter is to its power users, media companies in particular — when the power users are actually the ones who are important to Twitter.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 20 April 2023 11:46 (one year ago) link
Musk really missed an opportunity to charge money to watch him repeatedly hit himself in the balls. You won't buy the cow if you can get the milk for free.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 April 2023 12:09 (one year ago) link
so far, blue checks are still there today
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 20 April 2023 13:14 (one year ago) link
they have to go through and remove each one individually from the spreadsheet
― lag∞n, Thursday, 20 April 2023 13:24 (one year ago) link
and then he fires that guy doing that mid-day and asks one of his staffers why the blue check removal isn't done and the dude responds "you fired the guy working on it" so he fires that guy for mouthing off and then
― Cthulhu Diamond Phillips (Neanderthal), Thursday, 20 April 2023 13:25 (one year ago) link
Normally I'd predict blue checks will still be there by the end of the day, but 4/20 is a sacred date for Musk. Even more so than 6/9.
― Chris L, Thursday, 20 April 2023 13:34 (one year ago) link
Seems appropriate that today is also the news this breaks:
NEWS: BuzzFeed News is being shut down.— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) April 20, 2023
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 20 April 2023 15:45 (one year ago) link
the checks are gone
― lag∞n, Thursday, 20 April 2023 18:23 (one year ago) link
ok now everybody impersonate all of the celebs who aren't blue checks
― Cthulhu Diamond Phillips (Neanderthal), Thursday, 20 April 2023 18:27 (one year ago) link
so ridiculous
― treeship., Thursday, 20 April 2023 18:27 (one year ago) link
Musk's management approach to Twitter:
http://booksellersnz.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/jenga.jpg
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 20 April 2023 18:37 (one year ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuLbmqfWAA4aX4B?format=jpg&name=small
― lag∞n, Thursday, 20 April 2023 18:47 (one year ago) link
legacy verified blue checks are gone 'Verified' notifications are now a spam filter! feel free to block everyone in there pic.twitter.com/WpWiKCNXLw— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) April 20, 2023
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Thursday, 20 April 2023 18:53 (one year ago) link
The only users I’m seeing with blue checks are Glenn Greenwald, BJG, Nina Turner and…Jeff Weiss
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Thursday, 20 April 2023 19:00 (one year ago) link
uh oh
I’m Tony LaRussa— Tony LaRussa (@chknpuppetmk5) April 20, 2023
― frogbs, Thursday, 20 April 2023 19:02 (one year ago) link
Anybody checked in on the insulin prices today?
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 20 April 2023 19:04 (one year ago) link
So who is paying?Some of the biggest celebrities to cough up the $8 include musical artists like Rihanna, Taylor Swift, and Miley Cyrus. In fact, of the few celebs that have signed up, singers and artists probably make up the bulk of it. Britney Spears, The Weeknd, Joe and Nick Jonas, Cardi B, Chance the Rapper, Coldplay, David Guetta, Shawn Mendes, and Snoop Dogg are among the other big names in music who have subscribed.Over in Hollywood, actors Ryan Reynolds, Chris Hemsworth, Hugh Jackman, and Neil Patrick Harris are keeping their blue checkmarks for a monthly fee.
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Thursday, 20 April 2023 19:21 (one year ago) link
hi everyone. i want to apologize for my past behavior. I am no longer Christian nor Conservative. Also I recognize my performance on Saturday Night Live was not very good and that I should shut up more.Please forgive me.— Victoria Jackson (@HornsPanda) April 20, 2023
― Cthulhu Diamond Phillips (Neanderthal), Thursday, 20 April 2023 19:22 (one year ago) link
Very UK pol this: let's shame the people who paid.
The OBR is the ticking time-bomb for Labour's growth strategy - and for urgent defence investment ... it just cannot model investment led growth 👇🏽 https://t.co/3FmL1g75U4— Paul Mason (@paulmasonnews) April 20, 2023
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 20 April 2023 19:23 (one year ago) link
So ... Donald Trump has no check but Don Jr. does?
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Thursday, 20 April 2023 19:42 (one year ago) link
I agree with this, I think he's keeping some on there so it looks like they are subscribed
LeBron and Stephen King still having checks makes me think they didn't pay and that Elon specifically preserved theirs because they publicly embarrassed him.— Barry Petchesky (@barry) April 20, 2023
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 20 April 2023 19:46 (one year ago) link
I remember sth about the top 1000 accounts keeping their blue ticks
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 20 April 2023 20:01 (one year ago) link
I signed up for Twitter blue back in 2021, long before Elon bought the site, bc as a content creator, the ability to post long videos was invaluable. It still is. I respect alternative choices, but someone of us are actually paying for a useful professional service.I have zero… https://t.co/Cuvym9ovTR— Briahna Joy Gray (@briebriejoy) April 20, 2023
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Thursday, 20 April 2023 20:13 (one year ago) link
pic.twitter.com/v8KT8mJ02k— da jjar (@da_jjar) April 20, 2023
kind of lame to drag her for that IMO
― Cthulhu Diamond Phillips (Neanderthal), Thursday, 20 April 2023 20:22 (one year ago) link
Lol this is hilarious
It's over pic.twitter.com/wWmv86yJdM— Mr. Bedtime (@InternetHippo) April 20, 2023
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 20 April 2023 20:42 (one year ago) link
Agreed. She's already demonstrated that she's vacuous human garbage in like 8000 other ways...
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 20 April 2023 20:45 (one year ago) link
My Twitter account says I’ve subscribed to Twitter Blue. I haven’t.My Twitter account says I’ve given a phone number. I haven’t.— Stephen King (@StephenKing) April 20, 2023
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 20 April 2023 21:03 (one year ago) link
the 'this mo'fo paid for Twitter' burn was actually pretty hilarious the first month or so but I've gotten tired of it.
which isn't to say the move to paid only blue checks isn't completely horrible, because it defeats the purpose of the checks to begin with, and it's just going to increase the amount of fake news and imposters and detritus on that platform.
― Cthulhu Diamond Phillips (Neanderthal), Thursday, 20 April 2023 21:04 (one year ago) link
NEW: Have confirmed that LeBron, who has 52 million followers and has said he won’t pay for verification, was emailed by a Twitter employee with the offer to have his sub comped “on behalf of Elon Musk.” James did not accept but his account is showing that he paid anyway.— Alex Heath (@alexeheath) April 20, 2023
I’m paying for a few personally— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 20, 2023
― lag∞n, Thursday, 20 April 2023 22:18 (one year ago) link
― Cthulhu Diamond Phillips (Neanderthal), Thursday, 20 April 2023 bookmarkflaglink
There are like ten pope Francis imposters on my timeline rn how is this is not great?!
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 20 April 2023 22:29 (one year ago) link
That shit is kinda funny tbh
― Cthulhu Diamond Phillips (Neanderthal), Thursday, 20 April 2023 22:30 (one year ago) link
theyre gonna get sued which is how the blue checks started in the first place
― lag∞n, Thursday, 20 April 2023 22:35 (one year ago) link
The grifters are crying.
New genre of post: twitter blue subscribers complaining that they aren’t famous enough to get verified for free pic.twitter.com/q5I54nLHdl— Ed Zitron (@edzitron) April 20, 2023
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 20 April 2023 22:38 (one year ago) link
What Elon doesn't understand about his "$8/month for herpes" offer is that nobody's hung up on the cost, the big issue is the herpes pic.twitter.com/VhoINbh2kc— Krister Johnson (@KristerJohnson) April 20, 2023
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 20 April 2023 23:05 (one year ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuMiTbHWIAAtcbb?format=jpg&name=large
― lag∞n, Friday, 21 April 2023 00:08 (one year ago) link
proper lol
― meat and two vdgg (emsworth), Friday, 21 April 2023 00:25 (one year ago) link
It's all been worth it.
― This machine bores fascism (PBKR), Friday, 21 April 2023 01:03 (one year ago) link
Omg cry laughing
― Cthulhu Diamond Phillips (Neanderthal), Friday, 21 April 2023 01:15 (one year ago) link
they fired so many backend people they just shipped this as a frontend change lmao
Ah, yeah... looks like people who were verified still are verified. He literally just hid it.https://t.co/dXwR8yfsZG— Alexandra Erin | alexandrae✧✧✧@peoplemak✧✧✧.ga✧✧✧ (@AlexandraErin) April 20, 2023
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 21 April 2023 02:46 (one year ago) link
beautiful
― lag∞n, Friday, 21 April 2023 02:48 (one year ago) link