I encourage you to consider doing th
same...
Digital Man wrote to All <=-
I just couldn't stand the thought that my account was somehow adding to the numbers that supported Elon Musk and own private BBS/platform. Fuck that guy. I encourage you to consider doing the same...
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digital man (rob)
Digital Man wrote to All <=-
I guess this could be arguably politics/debate, but I just wanted to mention *somewhere* that I deactivated my Twitter/X account
(@digitlman) last night. No big loss. I would occassionally post new YT video notices or software release announcements there, but that's about it.
I just couldn't stand the thought that my account was somehow adding to the numbers that supported Elon Musk and own private BBS/platform. Fuck that guy. I encourage you to consider doing the same...
I guess this could be arguably politics/debate, but I just wanted to mention *somewhere* that I deactivated my Twitter/X account (@digitlman) last night.
big loss. I would occassionally post new YT video notices or software release announcements there, but that's about it.
I just couldn't stand the thought that my account was somehow adding to the numbers that supported Elon Musk and own private BBS/platform. Fuck that guy. I encourage you to consider doing the same...
CJ wrote to Digital Man <=-
I deleted mine within a week of him purchasing it. Seriously
considering doing the same to Facebook (again). Took a three year
hiatus from it a few years ago...created another account about the time that I shut down Twitter. Should have left well enough alone. The
break was the best thing for me. :)
I guess this could be arguably politics/debate, but I just wanted to mention *somewhere* that I deactivated my Twitter/X account (@digitlman) last night. No big loss. I would occassionally post new YT video notices or software release announcements there, but that's about it.
I just couldn't stand the thought that my account was somehow adding to the numbers that supported Elon Musk and own private BBS/platform. Fuck that guy. I encourage you to consider doing the same...
doing the same to Facebook (again). Took a three year hiatus from it a few years ago...created another account about the time that I shut down Twitter. Should have left well enough alone. The break was the best thing for me. :)
I guess this could be arguably politics/debate, but I just wanted to mention *somewhere* that I deactivated my Twitter/X account (@digitlman) last night. No big loss. I would occassionally post new YT video notices or software release announcements there, but that's about it.
I just couldn't stand the thought that my account was somehow adding to the numbers that supported Elon Musk and own private BBS/platform. Fuck that guy.
I encourage you to consider doing the same...
I deleted mine within a week of him purchasing it. Seriously considering doing the same to Facebook (again). Took a three year hiatus from it a few years ago...created another account about the time that I shut down Twitter. Should have left well enough alone. The break was the best thing for me. :)
I just couldn't stand the thought that my account was somehow adding to the numbers that supported Elon Musk and own private BBS/platform. Fuck that guy. I encourage you to consider doing the same...
His buying it didn't bother me at all, and I admit somewhat enjoying the exposure of "shadow banning" and the outing of the antifa kiddie porn rings that soon followed. I have never really cared for him as a person, though, and the idea of him being involved in government is not to my liking.
There is a newish, Twitter-like platform called BlueSky. Most of the accounts I was following on X either cross-post to BlueSky or have moved over all together. https://bsky.app
Re: Deactivated my Twitter/X account
By: Digital Man to All on Wed Feb 05 2025 18:15:57
I partially agree with you and even though I rairly post anything on X, I use it to see the 'real' news via videos that don't seem to appear anywhere else.
Re: Deactivated my Twitter/X account
By: Digital Man to All on Wed Feb 05 2025 06:15 pm
I guess this could be arguably politics/debate, but I just wanted to mention *somewhere* that I deactivated my Twitter/X account (@digitlman) last night. No big loss. I would occassionally post new YT video notices or software release announcements there, but that's about it.
I just couldn't stand the thought that my account was somehow adding to the numbers that supported Elon Musk and own private BBS/platform. Fuck that guy.
I encourage you to consider doing the same...
but you were fine with twitter when it was manipulating people and politics?
and it blocked people because they had an opinion on the covid vaccine but let global terrorists use twitter.
you shouldn't encourage anybody to do anything. they can make their own decisions. why do they need encouragement?
to the numbers that supported Elon Musk and own private BBS/platform. Fuck that guy.
I encourage you to consider doing the same...
but you were fine with twitter when it was manipulating people and politics?
Yeah, I guess so. I'm actually fine with Twitter, it's X/Elon that I can't stand.
and it blocked people because they had an opinion on the covid vaccine but let global terrorists use twitter.
No moderation is perfect, but I really didn't investigate it.
They don't. I guess what I meant to say was: reconsider your Twitter/X account - if you don't really need/want and would like to see Elon eat shit sooner than later, consider deactivating your account. That's all.
so why do you want to boycott this guy but say nothing about companies like blackrock who are truly evil and people like bill gates who are sick pedophiles who want to destroy the world for your children and children's children.
i'm not even a conspiracy nut.
like blackrock who are truly evil
Re: Re: Deactivated my Twitter/X account By: CJ to Digital Man on Wed Feb 05 2025 10:25 pm
I deleted mine within a week of him purchasing it. Seriously considering
doing the same to Facebook (again). Took a three year hiatus from it a few
years ago...created another account about the time that I shut down
Twitter. Should have left well enough alone. The break was the best thing
for me. :)
so i will ask YOU. were you fine with how twitter operated before? and you don't like facebook but you liked twitter before musk? that's really misinformed.
but do any of us who don't like x/twitter really WANT to use another micro blogging platform?
dont all the social media networks essentially do what
micro blogging does?
so i will ask YOU. were you fine with how twitter operated before? and you don't like facebook but you liked twitter before musk? that's really misinformed.
In your opinion. In mine however, it's not misinformed. Musk is an
twitter and facebook were both doing dirty deeds. that's a fact.
so you liked twitter before which was a propaganda machine?
so you liked twitter before which was a propaganda machine?
I'm sure that it was better than it is today. But, I guess I'll never know because I'm not on there. And as far as Facebook is concerned...eh. I could always do what we did before 'social' media...pick up the phone and
I just couldn't stand the thought that my account was somehow adding to the numbers that supported Elon Musk and own private BBS/platform. Fuck that guy. I encourage you to consider doing the same...
Re: Re: Deactivated my Twitter/X account By: CJ to MRO on Fri Feb 07 2025 08:43 pm
so you liked twitter before which was a propaganda machine?
I'm sure that it was better than it is today. But, I guess I'll never know
because I'm not on there. And as far as Facebook is concerned...eh. I
could always do what we did before 'social' media...pick up the phone and
why are you sure it was better than it is today? it was overrun with bots and bullshit.
now it just exists.
i just find it strange how people pick a side or go against some guy they don't know. and then announce they are leaving. it's not an airport, you don't have to announce your departure.
I'm sure that it was better than it is today. But, I guess I'll never know because I'm not on there. And as far as Facebook is concerned...eh. I could always do what we did before 'social' media...pick up the phone and call my family and friends.
poindexter FORTRAN wrote to CJ <=-
I'm really enjoying the fediverse - specifically, mastodon. It reminds
me of the old identi.ca days (the authors of it and one of the authors
of ActivityPub were old BBS callers/sysop friends of mine, Ratsnatcher
and Mr. Bad... ) Right now, it's mostly political-free, ad-free, mostly techie people, artists and writers in my feed. You can start your own server or find a server with a shared interest as a basis.
I'm sure that it was better than it is today. But, I guess I'll never know
because I'm not on there. And as far as Facebook is concerned...eh. I
could always do what we did before 'social' media...pick up the phone and
call my family and friends.
The other day in another echo I was discussing this with someone. If I miss logging on to social media like FB for multiple days, I don't feel like I have missed anything. If I miss logging onto the BBS for a day or two, I do feel like I have missed something.
I just couldn't stand the thought that my account was somehow adding to the numbers that supported Elon Musk and own private BBS/platform. Fuck that guy. I encourage you to consider doing the same...
Hard pass - he's doing great w0rk for the American people. Why WOULDN'T we want to audit government spending???
Mastodon is where I've been spending a lot of time, too. I've really, really been enjoying it and the concept. I'm on a couple of focus-specific servers with a few different logins, and then see the general feed when I want it.
I'm also on Facebook, but the problem I'm having lately is that my feed is 100% politics right now from both sides of the political spectrum. I've snoozed almost 75% of my friends for a month, and it's still politics-heavy.
So... mastodon it is for now...
I really didn't intend to make this a debate. Just remind folks: if you have a Twitter/X account, you're helping Elon's empire (even minutely), and if you don't want to do that, consider deactivating the account. That's all.
Black Rock, the coffee company?
and people tell other people to leave. i think these people have been brainwashed.
always do what we did before 'social' media...pick up the phone and call my family and friends.
Re: Deactivated my Twitter/X account
By: Digital Man to MRO on Thu Feb 06 2025 09:49 pm
I really didn't intend to make this a debate. Just remind folks: if you have a Twitter/X account, you're helping Elon's empire (even minutely), and if you don't want to do that, consider deactivating the account. That's all.
Then you made a bad move.
Nowadays, leaving X is a political declaration and it will be recognized as such. You may as well place a Yes we Can sticker on the back of your truck. Calling a Deer a Horse and all that, if somebody bothers to remember.
Hard pass - he's doing great w0rk for the American people. Why WOULDN'T we want to audit government spending???
Sure: appointed, vetted and confirmed experts in the fields of the relevant agencies should do that with careful thoughtful precision. Not a loud-mouthed lying xenophobic tech bro billionaire who's a demonstrated expert at using government funds to prop up his businesses, going in with a sledge hammer to agencies he knows nothing about.
Abortretryfail wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
I'm also on Facebook, but the problem I'm having lately is that my feed
is 100% politics right now from both sides of the political spectrum.
I've snoozed almost 75% of my friends for a month, and it's still politics-heavy.
ran on stopping "waste, fraud, and abuse" and appointing "businesspeople"
to run the government more efficiently. He won. Most of the people appointed had no clue how government works. Some waste was identified and eliminated but, for the most part, all they did was change the party that
Black Rock, the coffee company?
I think he means Blackrock, the financial company that likes shorting on Telefonica stocks so the market value of the firm is bellow 80% of its actual book value. Which is a sure means to flag them as motherfuckers.
My Facebook feed is mostly high-school friends who got in early and didn't experiment with other social networks. I suppose I'm the edge case, approaching 60 and still experimenting with social networks...
There were a couple others I had used before Facebook - MySpace was one of them. I also used LiveJournal. My friends I had on both of those all move to Facebook though.
There were a couple others I had used before Facebook - MySpace was one of
them. I also used LiveJournal. My friends I had on both of those all
move to Facebook though.
Don't forget one of the 1st ones ... yearbook.com .... God that was awful. MySpace was a dream come true after that. ;)
There were a couple others I had used before Facebook - MySpace was one of them. I also used LiveJournal. My friends I had on both of those all moved to Facebook though.
I used all those, along with Orkut, Tribe.net, Friendster, and others that I've forgotten about. The rest of my high school friends weren't as techy and didn't go anywhere except Facebook.
ran on stopping "waste, fraud, and abuse" and appointing "businesspeople" to run the government more efficiently. He won. Most of the people appointed had no clue how government works. Some waste was identified and eliminated but, for the most part, all they did was change the party that
most of the people in the government have no idea how government works.
you can't say that there's no waste fraud or abuse in our govt.
there's TONS. You don't have to be a genius to see most of this stuff.
Don't forget one of the 1st ones ... yearbook.com .... God that was
awful. MySpace was a dream come true after that. ;)
I hadn't heard of yearbook.com.
I remember Classmates.com which was kinda the same thing. It was free to join (maybe you still can), and post your photos of yesteryear and then today. If anyone wanted to contact you or comment they had to pay. Almost as good as MySpace.
I hadn't heard of yearbook.com.
I remember Classmates.com which was kinda the same thing. It was free to jo
I hadn't heard of yearbook.com.
I remember Classmates.com which was kinda the same thing. It was free to jo
Yeah, my bad, it was classmates.com
Hard pass - he's doing great w0rk for the American people. Why WOULDN'T want to audit government spending???
Sure: appointed, vetted and confirmed experts in the fields of the relevant agencies should do that with careful thoughtful precision. Not
a loud-mouthed lying xenophobic tech bro billionaire who's a
demonstrated expert at using government funds to prop up his businesses, going in with a sledge hammer to agencies he knows nothing about.
He's just Trump axe-man for now and when this shit show starts to smell bad, it's Elon that'll take the fall. The sooner the better.
He's just Trump axe-man for now and when this shit show starts to smell
bad, it's Elon that'll take the fall. The sooner the better.
And we love it. And we voted for it.
And we love it. And we voted for it.
Not everyone voted for it.
Recently I've heard South Africa is considering banning all US-based companies from their country due to USAID funding being pulled, and
Canada is considering making stronger ties to other countries for trade; I've even heard some tongue-in-cheek discussion about Canda possibly wanting to join the EU after being threatened with tarriffs from the US.
I'm worried that the US will end up with a poorer economy and a weaker position in the world due to what Trump and Musk are doing.
Not everyone voted for it.
Understood. We live in Oregon, where the majority of folks here didn't vote Trump... but the majority did. Areas with these hot pockets of left leaning communities; Oregon, New York, Chicago, etc - are going to press back against this POTUS, only to appeal and get every single thing through... the majority voted for change and its coming.
I still think we can come together - but this not compromising, not admitting that the divide is killing us is just going to keep this going. Lets come back to the dinner table - no time for whining about what can be, unburdened by what has been... :P
just by foreign aid alone, we are wasting tons of money and resources.
poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Abortretryfail <=-
My Facebook feed is mostly high-school friends who got in early and
didn't experiment with other social networks. I suppose I'm the edge
case, approaching 60 and still experimenting with social networks...
Nightfox wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
I forgot about Friendster, but I hadn't heard of Tribe.net. I knew
Orkut was fairly popular in Brazil (I had an ex from Brazil), but I
don't remember if I had heard about Orkut before I met my ex from
Brazil.
A Spanish journalist was complaining a couple of weeks ago that lots of South American news outlets were going to sack people because they could not pay the employees. The reason was that the US federal cuts to a
number of non-profits meant those non-profits would have to cease
funding South American news outlets.
In case you need this to be explained more clear, the journalist was complaining because the USA was paying South American journalist to say the USA is a fascist colonialist nation that sucks, the new
administration was closing the tap, and without those funds thouse journalists could not function.
That's where I'm at too (although a little bit younger). Most of my friends hopped on Facebook not long after MySpace started falling apart. Honestly, I just don't have the energy to cut them out, even though I live 1500 miles away. I also haven't seen any of them in over 30 years.
Right now, it's just easier to snooze them or unfollow them (without unfriending) just to keep my feed clean. I don't need to see them all trying to dunk on the other political party. It gets old. So, I seek out cute dog photos. :)
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