RIP Twitter

[BreatheUT]

Is this thread still a thing?

 

[McDad]

Is this thread still a thing?

No. It was removed. Delete your cookies and clear your cache. That should help you.

 

[Majors]

This sounds out of touch. You believe the leftists on here or online are some upper middle class or rich people?

Most on social media are either broke college kid types with no future and are jealous of successful people and hate traditional institutions because of parental issues , the “normal liberals” who work and believe that their feelings and “empathy” means life should and can be fair and most of what they say is for virtue signaling, the ex military type who have some form of ptsd that hates authority or the true mentally pink hair type who is just over the top crazy

There are just as many biden voters at Walmart as trump and at Turkey creek. It’s not as different as you pretend it is.

And they wonder why they are about to lose. Out of touch with reality while making pontifical remarks amongst each other. A hypocrite is a rich liberal believing they are in touch with their base.

 

[volinbham]

So if it is a cesspool of degenerates, you are seeing the cesspool you want to see? And you have ability to get out of the pool, dry off, and find better content.

Doesn't that also mean (for those bemoaning what Twitter will become under Musk) that devolving into unmoderated content, or 4 chan lite, is a choice by the user? I can selectively avoid the content I do not like. If that's true, the what the hell is the big deal beyond some libertarian-ish type person owning a platform which is predominately a liberal enclave of echos?

the common thread I hear in the criticisms is that they think some voices are dangerous. I think others realize they did have a communication platform that favored one viewpoint and this could be the loss of that advantage.

but you are correct, you can ignore comments on your posts or the posts of others you follow. I confine my political discussion to this forum since it's possible to go long form and provide supporting documents. On Facebook I unfollowed people who mostly posted political comments on either side of the aisle - not what I want to deal with when I'm on that platform. Easy enough to do on Twitter as well.

 

[zeppelin128]

So if it is a cesspool of degenerates, you are seeing the cesspool you want to see? And you have ability to get out of the pool, dry off, and find better content.

Doesn't that also mean (for those bemoaning what Twitter will become under Musk) that devolving into unmoderated content, or 4 chan lite, is a choice by the user? I can selectively avoid the content I do not like. If that's true, the what the hell is the big deal beyond some libertarian-ish type person owning a platform which is predominately a liberal enclave of echos?

I don't like the rampant homophobia on this board, but I don't report every stupid ass person that thinks they are clever or smart by being ****ing stupid.

I don't care about Twitter. Post what ever, it will not affect me at all.

 

[C-south]

I don't like the rampant homophobia on this board, but I don't report every stupid ass person that thinks they are clever or smart by being ****ing stupid.

I don't care about Twitter. Post what ever, it will not affect me at all.

Nobody is scared of homosexuals.

 

[McDad]

the common thread I hear in the criticisms is that they think some voices are dangerous. I think others realize they did have a communication platform that favored one viewpoint and this could be the loss of that advantage.

but you are correct, you can ignore comments on your posts or the posts of others you follow. I confine my political discussion to this forum since it's possible to go long form and provide supporting documents. On Facebook I unfollowed people who mostly posted political comments on either side of the aisle - not what I want to deal with when I'm on that platform. Easy enough to do on Twitter as well.

To further your reply (thanks, btw), if I am concerned about dangerous voices I can delete or limit my exposure to those voices. The more I analyze the hub bub, the more I am convinced lefties are just salty they are potentially at risk of losing their administrative moderation power over content.

 

[zeppelin128]

Nobody is scared of homosexuals.

You should probably check the definition of that. Not that it will make a difference for you.

 

[volinbham]

To further your reply (thanks, btw), if I am concerned about dangerous voices I can delete or limit my exposure to those voices. The more I analyze the hub bub, the more I am convinced lefties are just salty they are potentially at risk of losing their administrative moderation power over content.

yep and yep

 

[McDad]

I don't like the rampant homophobia on this board, but I don't report every stupid ass person that thinks they are clever or smart by being ****ing stupid.

I don't care about Twitter. Post what ever, it will not affect me at all.

I think you do care. But I also think you are smart enough and self aware enough to know the power over the cesspit is completely in your control. Musk is not a factor in your control of content.

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

Too bad for the people rushing to deactivate that their history won’t be scrubbed. It’ll be interesting to see what washes up.

 

[C-south]

You should probably check the definition of that. Not that it will make a difference for you.

Did it change? Libs are always making up new definitions.

 

[zeppelin128]

Did it change? Libs are always making up new definitions.

Nope, nothing changed. You are just as bigoted and hateful as before, so carry on.

 

[C-south]

Nope, nothing changed. You are just as bigoted and hateful as before, so carry on.

Lol. You redefined even more words.

 

[0nelilreb]

So if it is a cesspool of degenerates, you are seeing the cesspool you want to see? And you have ability to get out of the pool, dry off, and find better content.

Doesn't that also mean (for those bemoaning what Twitter will become under Musk) that devolving into unmoderated content, or 4 chan lite, is a choice by the user? I can selectively avoid the content I do not like. If that's true, the what the hell is the big deal beyond some libertarian-ish type person owning a platform which is predominately a liberal enclave of echos?

You are killing the selective outrage agenda .

 

[NurseGoodVol]

What about his laptop?

That it was Russian disinformation.

 

[volinbham]

To McDad's point about the reason for saltiness

Elon Conquers The Twitterverse

somehow I missed this media hot take - Musk talking about colonizing Mars makes him an Imperialist.

"I think of Muskism and its vision for, you know, colonizing Mars as dating from the age of imperialism, when British imperialists were colonizing countries around the world and science fiction writers like H.G. Wells were indicting British imperialism by telling stories about space colonies and how wrong that would be to take other people's land and enslave the people there. And for Musk, somehow you can resurrect those stories in order to justify colonization. So Muskism always has within it - this extreme capitalism always has within it almost a kind of ironic twist. Like, you think this is bad. We're going to go back to when things were worse."

 

[McDad]

You are killing the selective outrage agenda .

 

[Velo Vol]

So if it is a cesspool of degenerates, you are seeing the cesspool you want to see? And you have ability to get out of the pool, dry off, and find better content.

Not a perfect analogy, but say you want to go to the football forum after a bad UT loss. Is it better to (1) have some moderation of what gets posted there? or (2) have the policy that anything goes, it's up to the user to mute all the posters who are trolling?

Which do you think makes for a more readable board?

 

[zeppelin128]

I think you do care. But I also think you are smart enough and self aware enough to know the power over the cesspit is completely in your control. Musk is not a factor in your control of content.

I have never said Elon is a factor in anything. Not once. I do not care. I also think it is pretty ****** that blatant homophobia is allowed to run rampant on this forum, but I have only once reported somebody for using a blatant slur. I read it and take it. Elon is't going to change that hatred.

 

[McDad]

Not a perfect analogy, but say you want to go to the football forum after a bad UT loss. Is it better to (1) have some moderation of what gets posted there? or (2) have the policy that anything goes, it's up to the user to mute all the posters who are trolling?

I have an issue with the start point of your premise. Why would I want to go to the FF after a bad loss?

I want to understand how others think. I try to gain insight on how they arrive at their ideas. There isn't anything of value to me in the FF after a bad loss...unless I am going to be entertained by the spectacle of it all. If I am going for the spectacle, it will be more entertaining with less moderation.

 

[luthervol]

That it was Russian disinformation.

His laptop was Russian disinformation? The existence?

 

[McDad]

I have never said Elon is a factor in anything. Not once. I do not care. I also think it is pretty ****** that blatant homophobia is allowed to run rampant on this forum, but I have only once reported somebody for using a blatant slur. I read it and take it. Elon is't going to change that hatred.

I thought I was gaining an understanding of what your processing but now I feel like I am at a loss again.

Homophobia, bigotry, racism, prejudice, bias (even towards vocation and church affiliation) is everywhere here. As it is IRL. What somebody posts doesn't change who or what I am. It defines them. It doesn't define me. I've been called some really unpleasant things, IRL. What do I care? Perhaps my attitude would be different as a gay man seeing homophobia or as a black man seeing racism. If those exist on social media and I don't like them, I can limit my exposure to that content via my user control. In that way, this hullabaloo over Twitter is a nothing burger.

 

[05_never_again]

Not a perfect analogy, but say you want to go to the football forum after a bad UT loss. Is it better to (1) have some moderation of what gets posted there? or (2) have the policy that anything goes, it's up to the user to mute all the posters who are trolling?

Which do you think makes for a more readable board?

Provided that nobody is in there purely spamming the board, or threatening to kill or maim someone, I actually don't want the board moderated.

I sure as hell wouldn't want the board moderated to remove "controversial" material, like someone coming in after the Purdue game and saying "I think forward progress actually was stopped and the officials made the right call."

 

[Velo Vol]

I have an issue with the start point of your premise. Why would I want to go to the FF after a bad loss?

You get the idea. At some point there can be so much garbage spewing out of the pipe that you filtering out the nuggets of interest becomes a chore.