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'Rate limit exceeded;' Twitter down for thousands of users worldwide (www.cbsnews.com)
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Thousands of Twitter users across several countries were unable to access the social media site or faced difficulty and delays Saturday.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Elon buying Twitter was pushed for by Peter Theil, who is a right-wing nut job. He's the new Koch as far as funding right wing causes goes.

Musk was played like a patsy, but has accomplished the goal of turning twitter into a right wing hellscape.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thiel also put money into Reddit and Facebook. Influencing big social media spaces seems to be A Thing That He Does.