Twitter C/D

Related, from Ed Zitron
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Where’s your fucking expose on this, Taibbi? (Are they still doing those? I got bored after the first thread.)

At House hearing now, Twitter attorney testified that they were told the Trump WH demanded Twitter take down this tweet from @chrissyteigen in 2019. Twitter didn't.

(She responded to a Trump tweet calling her "filthy- mouthed".) https://t.co/c0ivCEo0Oy

— Lisa Desjardins (@LisaDNews) February 8, 2023

i think they are still doing them lol

The only thing they really uncovered was that the FBI was spending a lot of its time reporting satirical tweets to Twitter. But that stuff was buried under so much other junk it never made any impact.

"The hearing is temporarily in recess after the lights went out and WiFi stopped working, delaying a line of questioning about Twitter’s handling of content related to Iran."

LOL pic.twitter.com/nFZKlDvpzI

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 8, 2023

"To your point that we are not allowed to round up and shoot people who vote for Democrats because of the 'Constitution' OK, maybe so ..."

“you are over the daily limit for sending tweets”

dude ive sent six and that was nine hours ago, let me tweet abt POLTERGEIST (1982)

Oh man I just came here to say I just got that message too

(I was retweeting a thing about John Williams)

Getting the same message: exciting new software failure, or exciting new Elon-implemented feature whereby only Blue subscribers can tweet more than 5 times a day?

Chilling anti Spielberg agenda looks like

just did a test and got it too gotta be a bug

Concerning

You are over the daily limit for sending Tweets.

i have not tweeted since late january

your tweets suck its time to be quiet now

This new "if you pay, you can post 4000-character tweets" thing is just mind-bogglingly stupid. Like, how much would you be willing to pay to demonstrate your fundamental misunderstanding of the platform you're on?

Can't even like things now. Fucken useless website.

things don't need to be liked

I Like Everything

they post if you schedule them

sheesh what do you know "The Twitter Files" apparently omitted the fact that Trump was constantly asking them to take things down and that Twitter themselves kept changing their own policies so Trump wouldn't be found in violation. where's Taibbi on this????

they have given the twitter files over to Michael Shellenberger who continues to try to be someone of importance

Saw a rumor that Twitter had cut off its own API access, which would be fantastic.

The fact that scheduled tweets *do* work supports the rumor.

i told them not to disconnect that mac mini labeled "API" in the closet

how much would you be willing to pay to demonstrate your fundamental misunderstanding of the platform you're on?

So far Musk has paid most of his money and all of his dignity, so...

and we're back

please tape everything down

SCOOP: Elon has emailed staff following the Twitter outage.

“Please pause for now on new feature development in favor of maximizing system stability and robustness, especially with the Super Bowl coming up.”

— Kylie Robison (@kyliebytes) February 8, 2023

i have emailed them to carry on fucking stuff up

He sent a follow up email. “We should also pause on transitioning away from Sacramento, consolidating Atlanta and reducing GCP usage until at least next week.”

— Kylie Robison (@kyliebytes) February 8, 2023

Lmao I’m not allowed to follow any more people, I’ve reached my limit of 323 accounts.

Aaaaand it's now fucked again. Won't even load tweets.

lol twitter turned off the API and didn't realize that the website and apps are all connected and now, they are probably finding they can't turn it back on

— Rev. Poppy Haze (@poppy_haze) February 8, 2023

I’m not allowed to follow any more people, I’ve reached my limit of 323 accounts.

Lol just came here to post same. Site is pretty fucked, I guess...

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I can’t like a tweet anymore, is that normal? Not joking, I’ve been trying all day and I can no longer like.

I had a bit where I couldn't post where it said I couldn't post because I reached my limit but I hadn't been tweeting that much

stopping likes and follows is good policy tbf

I'm elonpilled now

Welcome back, Lin Wood.

All going great over there!

The San Francisco headquarters, whose landlord has sued Twitter for nonpayment of rent, has a melancholy air. When people pass each other in the halls, we’re told that the standard greeting is “where are you interviewing?” and “where do you have offers?” The eighth floor is still stocked with beds, and employees have to reserve them in advance.

“Most weeknights, they are fully booked,” another current employee said.

The perks that made Twitter an attractive place to work pre-Musk have been eradicated. Food at the office? “Sucks — and now we have to pay for it. And, I know this sounds petty, but they appear to have obtained the absolute worst coffee vendors on earth.”

I maybe mentioned way upthread but I was in the headquarters once pre-pandemic for a small gathering (perhaps an awards ceremony?) of local tech groups working in outreach to those without access and the like -- met and chatted with Brewster Kahle for a bit, that was kinda fun -- and it was a pretty cozy setup in the meeting area we were at some floors up: well stocked bar, comfy seats inside and out, good vibes. My guess is the place is completely rotted and dusty at best now.

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love this tidbit

In case you need proof that view counts on Twitter aren’t accurate:

I have a locked, private account with ZERO followers for reporting purposes. I just posted these two tweets. Check the view counts. One tweet I posted on my private acct less than 1 min ago already has 59 views pic.twitter.com/cNVrRWCZ4u

— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) February 9, 2023

at my job I have to generate graphs which use specific queries that hit several tables which are filled by very different events, guess what those charts were wildly inaccurate, good luck Elon

Rolling Stone thinks we should feel sympathy for catturd.

I don’t get that from the article, I think it makes its point about what happens to radicalised people fairly well.

Well it tells you about his life and it ends on a sad note. Not that I feel anything.

Musk acting as catturd's tech support is one of the most bizarre things I've seen on twitter.