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[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Replace Threads with Mastodon.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Didn't @Jack quit Twitter right after Elon bought it?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He did quit (this is an old meme), but things haven’t gotten better.

JWZ » "I prefer to meet people where they are" says reasonable-sounding white dude holding court at a table in the back of a Nazi Bar.

It's Bluesky. The Nazi Bar is Bluesky.

"Now that Dorsey has bailed as a board member and principal funder, Bluesky's DNA is basically [TESCREAL / Effective Altruist] people. It gets worse. Blockchain Capital LLC was co-founded by Steve Bannon pal Brock Pierce, a major crypto advocate, perennial presidential candidate, and close friend of Eric Adams. Pierce has dozens of other shady MAGA/Russia ties as well."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Ugh. This should be more widely known

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What disgruntled them this time that didn't disgruntle them in the previous 2 years? It went to shit as soon as Elon bought it. Were they just ignoring the red flags for 2 years straight?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

When he started pushing his own tweets and Republican influencers to the top of my feed I quit the same day

[–] Mihies 2 points 3 days ago

Pushing even *more

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Psycho can't keep his/her thumbs away from the post button. So let's have a poll: https://strawpoll.com/7rnzV89aDnO