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TomC said:
Jason Harvestdancer said:
Those complaining about this are finding out "when you've been in a dominant position, equality feels like oppression".
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Do you realize how stupid this sounds?

Who do you think is this group "in a dominant position" at Twitter?
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Please note the use of the past tense with regards to those I was talking about.

Jimmy Higgins said:
Jason Harvestdancer said:
Twitter (which means Elon Musk) has now decided that "cis" is considered a slur.

On the one hand, I don't like banning words. On the other hand, this is funny.
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Those two statements really aren't compatible. Also this isn't about banning a word, but banning expression. His decisions on Twitter have seemed a lot less about principles and more about contraryism and this odd alt-right shift he has decided to make a hobby of his.
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How are "I disagree with this" and "I find it funny" incompatible?

Jimmy Higgins said:
Jason Harvestdancer said:
Those complaining about this are finding out "when you've been in a dominant position, equality feels like oppression".

Remember, a few years ago "they were a private company and could do what they want."
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Within regulatory limits, of course (see EU). And generally that is the alt-right argument whenever discussing a companies right to violate the rights of the kinds of people they don't like.
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Back when that was the mantra around here, the company was under its prior owners. They weren't exactly "alt right".
 
Jason Harvestdancer said:
Twitter (which means Elon Musk) has now decided that "cis" is considered a slur.

On the one hand, I don't like banning words. On the other hand, this is funny. Those complaining about this are finding out "when you've been in a dominant position, equality feels like oppression".

Remember, a few years ago "they were a private company and could do what they want."
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I very much think this is an anti-woke move rather than an attempt to enforce equality.
 
Shadowy Man said:
Please give citation for a different nomenclature used in orbital dynamics for cislunar space, please. As far as I know that is a correctly used term for its context.
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Are we talking sp2 orbitals?

It was obviously a joke. As I assumed your reference to the Moon was as well.
 
Derec said:
Shadowy Man said:
Please give citation for a different nomenclature used in orbital dynamics for cislunar space, please. As far as I know that is a correctly used term for its context.
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Are we talking sp2 orbitals?

It was obviously a joke. As I assumed your reference to the Moon was as well.
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Sorry. I don’t always recognize the humor as easily as I dole it out.
 
Meta has set up Threads, a Twitter clone. In its first two hours, 2 million people have signed up. Not good news for twitter. Can Musk kill Twitter?
 
ZiprHead said:
I've heard it's up to 10 million now.
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It's free, new... fads happen. It could go up to 100 million. What it needs is 100 million active users.

What harms Twitter is if corporate America shifts to Threads, because people don't use Twitter as a social media site anyway, so there aren't really any people left for Twitter to lose there. Unless Threads takes off, I don't see that happening. Unless they use both.
 
Jimmy Higgins said:
What harms Twitter is if corporate America shifts to Threads, because people don't use Twitter as a social media site anyway, so there aren't really any people left for Twitter to lose there.
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Harming Twitter doesn't seem to bother its owner. In fact that seems to be his favorite pastime.
 
Instagram Announces New Text App | Instagram Blog -- Threads
I'm seeing claims like over 30 million people have signed up for it. I've signed up for it on my iPad, and it's available for both iOS and Android -- not on the web, at least not yet.

AOC is there, and her bio blurb states "Together we can win a better world". Like on Twitter, she states that she is entirely grassroots-funded with no lobbyist money.
Alright, let's do this thing!

May this platform have good vibes, strong community, excellent humor, and less harassment.

Is there an unspoken limit to the number of videos/photos you can put in one post because I've tried to do a post with Queens food recs w/ video like 5 times and it keeps breaking on me. :(
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "I was on threads for 5 minutes but now I think my app is bricked 😭 it was just as I hit send on a long post of Queens food recommendations" / Twitter
So Threads has some problems.

Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino Subtweets New Rival Threads, Saying Elon Musk’s Platform Is “Often Imitated” But “Can Never Be Duplicated” – Deadline
“We’re often imitated — but the Twitter community can never be duplicated,” Yaccarino tweeted, without naming any specific imitators. Unlike her occasionally sharp-elbowed digs delivered on the stage of Radio City Music Hall, however, the exec’s message was more a bouquet-toss to users than a poke at rivals. “On Twitter, everyone’s voice matters,” she wrote. “Whether you’re here to watch history unfold, discover REAL-TIME information all over the world, share your opinions, or learn about others — on Twitter YOU can be real. YOU built the Twitter community. And that’s irreplaceable.”
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Bluesky still needs an invite to join, and its content is still not public.

Bluesky temporarily halts sign-ups because so many people are joining from Twitter - The Verge - ‘We will temporarily be pausing Bluesky sign-ups while our team continues to resolve the existing performance issues.’

Post - post.news has a lot of news stories in its feed.

Spoutible - another one. Its messages are "spouts".

I'm still trying to decide which Mastodon instance to join.

Mastodon's 'Toot' Retired, Its Version of Twitter's Tweet - 'Not everyone is pleased with the decision to change "toot" to "publish," but many third-party apps are continuing to use the original term for posts anyway.'
 
Twitter threatens legal action against Meta over its new rival app Threads | AP News
In a letter Wednesday to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alex Spiro, an attorney representing Twitter, accused Meta of unlawfully using Twitter’s trade secrets and other intellectual property by hiring former Twitter employees to create a “copycat” app.
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What a sore loser.

Threads currently has read-only access on the web. You need to get the iOS or Android app to post to it or do likes.

Mark Zuckerberg (@zuck) on Threads
Elon Musk must be running scared.
 
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@aoc) on Threads - she's active there.

She succeeded:
@aoc • Need some NYC food recs? Here are some of the best things I ate in Queens this week: ...• Threads
Need some NYC food recs? Here are some of the best things I ate in Queens this week:

- Astoria Bakery & Cafe for croissants + Italian cookies
- Tacos Veloz in Corona
- Joju in Tangram for Korean snacks
- Little Pepper in College Point for incredible Szechuan/Sichuan
- Mahmoud’s Corner in Astoria for wonderful halal on 34th
- Oliver’s in Astoria for cocktails
- Fuchka trucks in Jackson Heights (on 73rd & 37th) for Bangladeshi snacks + Chai
- La Mira Gelateria in Flushing for the cutest gelato 🐷
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With 9 inlined pictures and videos of those goodies.

She also posted on her activism and legislation efforts.
 
Which Mastodon server? I've found these sites with lists and hints.
Many servers cater to people with specific interests, but some are general-interest servers.

From astrodon.social
Gargron@mastodon.social
Eugen Rochko @Gargron@mastodon.social

Mastodon went from 1.2M active users last week to 1.8M active users this week. That's not 70M users overnight, but it's something! 🙂
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In the Twitter and Threads rivalry, TikTok is the real winner - The Washington Post
Noting someone who used TikTok to do updates of the collapsed I-95 bridge near Philadelphia PA.
Since taking the helm last fall promising to champion “free speech,” Musk has alienated users with a relentless stream of updates that are hostile to the app’s heaviest users. He removed all legacy check marks — Twitter’s years-old way to assure users that posters are really who they say they are — sowing distrust and leading to significant financial consequences for major brands that were easily impersonated under the new system. He then sold blue check marks, which ensured amplification to anyone willing to pay $8 a month, allowing scammers and grifters to crowd out the replies to popular tweets. Interesting content has been down-ranked in favor of pay-to-play blue check mark replies, some of which push crypto scams and pornography.

Musk also flooded the “for you” timeline with his own tweets, driving away users who came to the service to follow friends and interests outside of the platform’s billionaire owner.

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Musk also fired Twitter’s trust and safety team, allowing harassment and abuse to explode across the platform unchecked. He’s banned prominent journalists and liberal activists. He’s railed against LGTBQ people and declared the word “cisgender” a slur. If that wasn’t enough to drive the most dedicated Twitter users to greener pastures, last week he began limiting the number of tweets users could read, blocking nonpaying users from being served more than 600 tweets per day.
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Mark Zuckerberg is MUCH more level-headed than Elon Musk.
 
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