i will give it another shot when and if search becomes even a little easier.
― ๊ฎ (map), Monday, 22 May 2023 16:23 (one year ago) link
didn't mean that to sound so aggro, it's just that i wanted it to work but can't deal with another steep learning curve in my life atm. also to be very real i have been net happier since being locked out of twitter, so like, do i really need a twitter alternative?
― ๊ฎ (map), Monday, 22 May 2023 16:31 (one year ago) link
Ha, well, not needing any twitter alternative is the healthiest attitude, I think.
Following people on other instances has got a tiny bit better, I think, but still a bit of a faff sometimes. I've found myself actually using hashtags for the first time in my life, as joining in a general conversation on a theme seems less scary there than it ever did on twitter or similar platforms (this will probably change as Mastodon grows, but for now it's a pleasant thing). I also follow a couple of hashtags that put all posts about that topic directly into my main feed, and that's worked well for hearing about niche things and finding people I might want to follow.
― emil.y, Monday, 22 May 2023 16:45 (one year ago) link
thanks for sharing that info - i may try again with that strategy
― ๊ฎ (map), Monday, 22 May 2023 16:49 (one year ago) link
i found the mastodon ux a pain in the ass, and i don't think i ever once laughed at a post.
bluesky seems to have settled down a bit, not as funny as it was. there are now a few journalists so it's starting to fulfil the "free bloomberg terminal" twitter use case. they're about to launch the custom algorithms thing, which is like twitter lists or following a hashtag, but much more general. e.g. you can define (or follow) a feed of "all new account first posts" or "all friends of friends".
i guess instagram's twitter clone is launching soon too https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/19/everything-we-know-about-instagrams-twitter-clone-due-this-summer/
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Monday, 22 May 2023 17:12 (one year ago) link
custom algorithms thing seems promising
― z_tbd, Monday, 22 May 2023 17:13 (one year ago) link
looking into it
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/us/politics/desantis-elon-musk-twitter.html
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Tuesday, 23 May 2023 18:54 (one year ago) link
The event on Twitter Spaces is planned for 6 p.m. Eastern.
We officially live in the future now
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Tuesday, 23 May 2023 18:57 (one year ago) link
his politics are so mysterious
― frogbs, Tuesday, 23 May 2023 19:12 (one year ago) link
That piece contained no exclusive quotes and no new information (as they admit, NBC News had the announcement first). But somehow it required four reporters to assemble.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 23 May 2023 19:13 (one year ago) link
So what? The NYT employs 2,600 journalists, and I bet a lot of their stories involve more collaboration than is indicated by a typical byline.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 23 May 2023 19:33 (one year ago) link
What's sad is that it's the only story those four reporters have broken all year
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Tuesday, 23 May 2023 19:40 (one year ago) link
"discover more" random tweets showing up after replies might be what finally breaks me
― symsymsym, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 04:40 (one year ago) link
seems like search is favoring blue checks now too, smart to show more of the worst posts
― lagโn, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 15:18 (one year ago) link
30 mins of technical difficulties, then "looks like we're ready to go here", then it cut out.
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 22:18 (one year ago) link
So far (5 minutes) on this twitter space, the app has crashed 4 times, DeSantis has been demoted from speaker to listener 3 times, and Elon and David seem to have their mics in the same room pointing at each other so there's constantly feedback. https://t.co/N9jOSzrg1I— Paul E Williams (@PEWilliams_) May 24, 2023
― lagโn, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 22:48 (one year ago) link
they're going to say "he broke the internet", but streaming low bitrate audio to ~1m people is, well, it's probably not what spaces is designed for, but it's not a insolubly hard problem either. twitch and youtube both regularly have streams to 5m+ with full video and comments.
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 22:51 (one year ago) link
I tried to listen but just got the message โSpaces isnโt available for ipad yet.โ Ok
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 22:58 (one year ago) link
this is probably a fitting launch to a doomed campaign
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 23:02 (one year ago) link
Nobody is happier than Fox News, which is going to make sure every Republican primary voter sees this one pic.twitter.com/3xti2wVg8c— Ben Smith (@semaforben) May 24, 2023
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 23:08 (one year ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fw7UnbGaQAIbDyd?format=jpg&name=small
― lagโn, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 23:20 (one year ago) link
From the Guardian lol:
โPart of what Twitter is standing for is people should be exposed to different viewpoints,โ said DeSantis, who has been working to ban viewpoints in classrooms across his state...
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 23:23 (one year ago) link
elon just said "i'd like to introduce ron" and then THERE WAS AN ECHO LIKE IT WAS MOCKING HIM "i'd like to introduce ron" and then he said "i've never seen anything like this before" and the echo said "i've never seen anything like this before" and then my app crashed again ahaha— Best of Dying Twiter (@bestofdyingtwit) May 24, 2023
― lagโn, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 23:55 (one year ago) link
Lol Tuckerโs show is going to be a disaster
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Thursday, 25 May 2023 00:05 (one year ago) link
Is there a conspiracy theory yet that it was hack by Chinese/Biden saboteurs?
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 25 May 2023 00:18 (one year ago) link
nope - just the overwhelming excitement about his run, there's no server in the world that can contain that enthusiasm, he's a juggernaut rolling over wokeness, this was totally anticipated
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 25 May 2023 00:32 (one year ago) link
I guess Musky should have updated his Real Audio plugin.
― earlnash, Thursday, 25 May 2023 02:00 (one year ago) link
much to unpack here https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/110426610517273124
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Thursday, 25 May 2023 02:05 (one year ago) link
might actually watch this tonight
fuck it, full john wick 4 movie on the tl pic.twitter.com/0pe7nqimx7— john wickโs dead wife (@ghoulhag) May 24, 2023
― frogbs, Thursday, 25 May 2023 02:59 (one year ago) link
"I just know instinctively kind of what, like, normal people think about all this stuff" said Fascist Ron DeSantis on Twitter.
― BrianB, Thursday, 25 May 2023 04:35 (one year ago) link
I know it's crashed for other people but I'm in the DeSantis campaign launch Twitter Space and it's working fine for me. DeSantis is saying something about "woke yogurts" and he seems near tears. Musk is in another window, gaming with the sound way up.— David Roth (@david_j_roth) May 24, 2023
― Every post of mine is an expression of eternity (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 25 May 2023 13:00 (one year ago) link
Culture-al marxism
― Toploader on the road, unite and take over (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 25 May 2023 13:39 (one year ago) link
i didn't see any of the desantis thing, but wtf at this video
Governor โโ@RonDeSantis is running for president to lead our Great American Comeback. "We can and we must deliver big results for America." pic.twitter.com/YE6b8sGraL— DeSantis War Room ๐ (@DeSantisWarRoom) May 24, 2023
why is elon musk in the video so, so, so much? it's bizarre
― z_tbd, Thursday, 25 May 2023 13:56 (one year ago) link
...does desantis and his team think elon musk is...cool?
i'm not ready to confront these kinds of questions before i've had my coffee
― z_tbd, Thursday, 25 May 2023 13:57 (one year ago) link
that is truly pathetic
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Thursday, 25 May 2023 14:02 (one year ago) link
why is elon musk in the video so, so, so much? it's bizarrebecause he'll be the one calling it for Wisconsin
― nashwan, Thursday, 25 May 2023 14:08 (one year ago) link
As much as we all know that Elon sucks, I have to imagine that the DeSantis team sees an opportunity to align their candidate with someone who is in fact popular with a lot of people, many of whom are probably up for grabs politically. As artless as the video is, the play seems to be: "If you like Elon, vote for me."
― jaymc, Thursday, 25 May 2023 14:22 (one year ago) link
The gross thing is DeSantis always tying himself to some daddy--remember his ad where's he's reading Trump's book to his kids?
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Thursday, 25 May 2023 14:32 (one year ago) link
This sounds like it was recorded with a tin can and string.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Thursday, 25 May 2023 14:38 (one year ago) link
i'm not sure about musk's level of fame, name/face recognition among the average voter. but i think quite a few people would, upon watching that video, think that elon musk is the candidate. or, if they don't know his name, the guy stepping in and out of vehicles on stage and pointing at things and trying to be cool. the video looks like musk is the candidate and they hired some horrible 3rd rate actor to narrate the video
― z_tbd, Thursday, 25 May 2023 14:45 (one year ago) link
Does the term "woke mind virus" really resonate with people outside the cult? It's like a Democrat running and talking about "the former guy" or something.
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Thursday, 25 May 2023 14:50 (one year ago) link
Elon and DeSantis both seem like guys who are somewhat popular until people actually have to hear them speak, they're so much better off letting the media launder their reputation
― frogbs, Thursday, 25 May 2023 14:56 (one year ago) link
โ INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Thursday, May 25, 2023 10:50 AM (ten minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
gop needs to touch grass lol
― lagโn, Thursday, 25 May 2023 15:02 (one year ago) link
Does the term "woke mind virus" really resonate with people outside the cult?
No. And it's worse than "the former guy" etc. - this is the Republican equivalent of a Democratic candidate using "problematic" and "intersectionality" every other sentence.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 25 May 2023 15:02 (one year ago) link
Musk was at one point the richest person in the world and was Time magazine person of the year a couple of years ago, so I do think a lot of people are aware of him, even if they don't know the extent of his whole deal.
― jaymc, Thursday, 25 May 2023 15:04 (one year ago) link
holy cow that DeSantis War Room video is weird
― frogbs, Thursday, 25 May 2023 15:10 (one year ago) link
i'm into weird videos and i can't even get through it, it's too weird
― z_tbd, Thursday, 25 May 2023 15:11 (one year ago) link
the images start repeating about a minute in
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Thursday, 25 May 2023 15:12 (one year ago) link
maybe the whole presidential campaign is a The Producers-esque tax loss scam?
― serving aunt (stevie), Thursday, 25 May 2023 15:14 (one year ago) link
tho we said that about Trump too