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BurtReynolds wrote:
Vitalogist wrote:I don’t use Twitter, but I’m curious to know from actual users… how has it changed since Musk took over?
It's much better.
Ain't no way you actually believe this.
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Ello Sailor wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:
Vitalogist wrote:I don’t use Twitter, but I’m curious to know from actual users… how has it changed since Musk took over?
It's much better.
Ain't no way you actually believe this.
Sure I do. Edit button, extended character limits, live talks, removal of extremely biased censorship, improved community notes, probably some other stuff if I thought about it. It's slightly more buggy and bot-filled at times, but it works fine. He has made some bone-headed decisions at times, but Twitter was always pretty buggy and bot-filled.
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This isn't new but why the fuck is Twitter the only social media site that can do polls? Polls are the best! Polls should be everywhere!
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BurtReynolds wrote:why the fuck is Twitter the only social media site that can do polls?
Pretty sure you can do polls on Boomerbook. Get amongst it, Burto.
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Ello Sailor wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:why the fuck is Twitter the only social media site that can do polls?
Pretty sure you can do polls on Boomerbook. Get amongst it, Burto.
nah I think they removed it a while ago.
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B wrote:Anyone else getting an excessive amount of bots following them lately? I've gotten, like, two a day for the past week.
It's fucking unusable anymore. Bot follows, bot tags, search is still janky AF, and the stupidest morons in the world visible over everyone else
I was offered an invite to BlueSky. What are the pros and cons of that?
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This recent onslaught of bot-follows aside, I still find it miles better than Facebook, even under Musk.
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Speaking of polls, someone should do a poll in this thread… Do you call it Twitter or X? I’d be surprised if anyone calls it X
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Monkey_Driven wrote:
Vitalogist wrote:I don’t use Twitter, but I’m curious to know from actual users… how has it changed since Musk took over?
Way more bots, crypto bros, conservative bros, skanks, and hate speech popping up in my timeline and on comments/replies. Otherwise, it's pretty similar.

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Bi_3 wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
Vitalogist wrote:I don’t use Twitter, but I’m curious to know from actual users… how has it changed since Musk took over?
Way more bots, crypto bros, conservative bros, skanks, and hate speech popping up in my timeline and on comments/replies. Otherwise, it's pretty similar.

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BurtReynolds wrote:
Ello Sailor wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:
Vitalogist wrote:I don’t use Twitter, but I’m curious to know from actual users… how has it changed since Musk took over?
It's much better.
Ain't no way you actually believe this.
Sure I do. Edit button, extended character limits, live talks, removal of extremely biased censorship, improved community notes, probably some other stuff if I thought about it. It's slightly more buggy and bot-filled at times, but it works fine. He has made some bone-headed decisions at times, but Twitter was always pretty buggy and bot-filled.
Edit button fucking terrible
Extended character limits fucking terrible, go to Facebook
It's like 25 times more buggy and the bots are everywhere, terrible experience
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Monkey_Driven wrote:
Bi_3 wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
Vitalogist wrote:I don’t use Twitter, but I’m curious to know from actual users… how has it changed since Musk took over?
Way more bots, crypto bros, conservative bros, skanks, and hate speech popping up in my timeline and on comments/replies. Otherwise, it's pretty similar.

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That was suppose to be me, not you BTW.
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B wrote:
Jorge wrote:
B wrote:Anyone else getting an excessive amount of bots following them lately? I've gotten, like, two a day for the past week.
It's fucking unusable anymore. Bot follows, bot tags, search is still janky AF, and the stupidest morons in the world visible over everyone else
I was offered an invite to BlueSky. What are the pros and cons of that?
I tried it for a grand total of an hour. There was nobody there. Very much doubt I'll return

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B wrote:Anyone else getting an excessive amount of bots following them lately? I've gotten, like, two a day for the past week.
I deleted my X account. So... no.
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Jorge wrote:
B wrote:
Jorge wrote:
B wrote:Anyone else getting an excessive amount of bots following them lately? I've gotten, like, two a day for the past week.
It's fucking unusable anymore. Bot follows, bot tags, search is still janky AF, and the stupidest morons in the world visible over everyone else
I was offered an invite to BlueSky. What are the pros and cons of that?
I tried it for a grand total of an hour. There was nobody there. Very much doubt I'll return

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Gene Hackman screaming "Ms Tessmacher" is one of my favorite things.
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Vitalogist wrote:Speaking of polls, someone should do a poll in this thread… Do you call it Twitter or X? I’d be surprised if anyone calls it X
apparently epilogue does
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spike wrote:
Vitalogist wrote:Speaking of polls, someone should do a poll in this thread… Do you call it Twitter or X? I’d be surprised if anyone calls it X
apparently epilogue does
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Where else would you find this interaction with a celebrity billionaire?

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