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Will Oremus
Antisemitic tweets have more than doubled on Twitter since Elon Musk took over, a new study finds. Asked for comment, Musk's press department auto-responded with a poop emoji. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/20/antisemitic-tweets-soared-twitter-after-musk-took-over-study-finds/ 85 comments
 
Kevin Russell
There isnt any 'cuz' in the subversion of the democracy. Trying to explain actions or excuses is a mugs game, and it induces many people to say "oh ok" as if a corporation repoinding to a charge of anti semitism with "shit" - is somehow not a sign of the apocalyptic assault on America by nazis.
Ruby Sinreich
@willoremus To be fair, the poop emoji is their default response to anything sent to press@twitter.com. I'm not kidding.
toxtethogrady
@ruby @willoremus It just means Musk has poop on his brains. Given his coloration, he strikes me as a chickenshit...  
Norman Wilson
@Litzz11 @toxtethogrady @ruby @willoremus Sometimes what it looks like is just what it is.
Neil
@ruby @willoremus That may explain the behavior but it doesn’t excuse it. Elon should be pilloried for his immature foolishness.
Rob ☘️:d20:
@willoremus I'm sure that's completely coincidental and has nothing to do with him purging the safety team. 
rootfake
@jay @willoremus yeah, I sometimes go back to warm myself by the dumpster fire, (and laugh at the complete nonsense) but it really has been so much better over here. 
EarthMomma
Saying something that includes the words George Soros is not talking about the person George Soros. The words George Soros have become synonymous with Antisemitism. So now they have a tool like using 'woke' to say those other guys that are not like us deserve to be dead. This is such a silly problem.
Renegade
@LaNaehForaday @willoremus now it means 'woke liberal' indeed, if we read some daily mail propaganda about Soros. What was synonymous to Antisemitism is Orban in Hungary, he just dislikes Soros as well     
Tan_Hana_Dharma_Mangrwa
@willoremus For Elon, what matters most is no Anti-Elonism, and perhaps anti-fascism or anti-narcissism, because he feels belonged to the last two also. 
Aral Balkan
@willoremus “Asked for comment, Musk's press department auto-responded with a poop emoji.” Wow. 
Quincy
And whoever is still on twitter now shares some responsibility for this. If those who could easily have done so would already have left in droves, that would have been a clear statement. Not doing so now means giving permission to this.
Aral Balkan
@willoremus One solution is for the press to stop covering him. Entirely. I mean I’m not sure what more he can do. He has already figuratively shat on you.
Deus
They keep going back and WANT to cover him. It’s almost as if they want him to pat them on the forehead with ‘good doggy’. Up til Dec 2022, I was seeing posts on here who for sure were journos crying/complaining about their twitter account being suspended. That’s how badly they want to be there on his site AND cover him. Unfortunate and I feel bad for them. I hope they’ll learn…one day! 
Jonah Burke-Kleinman
@willoremus don’t understand why so many people who would consider themselves to have somewhat ethical and moral behaviour think it’s appropriate to continue using that site and generating content and value for this massive dickhead
JacquesBouchard
@willoremus I would find it so valuable if someone would run a survey evaluating digital marketers willingness to continue to invest in Twitter advertising after all of this.  
Chris Lewis
@willoremus The "press department" responds to every message with a poop emoji. I expect he's fired the department.
Daniel Thomas Burosh
@willoremus Elon Musk is a piece of shit and so is anybody who puts a dime in that fucker’s pocket.  
Joel M. Benge - Nerd That Talks Good
@willoremus Can't wait for Poop to send Twitter a Cease and Desist order for making it look bad.
johnmastodon
@willoremus hopefully this year he'll finally get the visit from the three ghosts of Christmas in order to change his moronic attitude.
Dioramic Life
@willoremus The article doesn't properly cite the study at all. No link, should the reader want to learn more about the study itself. 
Mobile Suit Golem
@willoremus
Renegade
@willoremus at the same time there's GOP backing Israel despite whatever, then too many people around with name Cohen who either go to jail for election fraud or spam Russian propaganda
Logan 🏳️🌈💾🌹
@willoremus Incredible how he thought setting up that auto-response for the press email was a good idea 
Andreas K
@willoremus Don't worry, these pesky researchers doing irritating studies will stop when they see how much they are supposed to pay to get a bit of Twitter data from next month on. Problem solved. 
Catherine Russell
@willoremus And people keep saying to me, "Oh come back Catherine, just ignore him, we do." #twitter #ElonMusk
Co 🏳️🌈🌲👻🌲
@CatherineRussell2 those who chose to stay blind in their safe little bubbles... every time i pop over there and browse the trending page, it makes me sick and honestly, quite terrified.
Melanie
@CatherineRussell2 @willoremus l admire the fact, even though you have over 40 thousand followers you have taken a stand and have chosen to come here and not stay somewhere that is toxic. 
Granny Bear Josie
@willoremus This would be why I downloaded and deleted my Twitter account last week. It's just not worth plowing through the bots, trolls and Fascist Spam to find worthwhile content. 
Paul Sutton
That explains a lot, and a lot more about the level of maturity. Best way to respond is to message back and say "In other words you condone it then take a screenshot of Original post and shat that with every newspaper and media outlet you can 
gavinisdie :troll:
@willoremus I heard something similar like a DAY after Elon took control of Twitter
kfnagle
@willoremus Today B*ll O’R*lly showed up in my feed and that did it for me. No legitimate algorithm would have done that 
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unless AI character.. just caught FL gubnah ranting over and over aboout ' soros regd. trvmp arrest.. and as for pos twttir.. ha: courts dont lie.. w. the FOIA
Gramix
Whoever thought a 💩 was the professional response to this should be fired and never be in a similar position again.    
Orca🌻 | 🏴🏳️⚧️
@willoremus@mastodon.social Twitter's whole communication department is fired, "Musk's press dept." as in automatic program 🫠 
Frans Super
@willoremus Mr. Elon D. Musk clearly thinks that anyone who thinks differently is less than him… 😂 
Voron
@willoremus Billionaires don’t have to respond to peasants anymore now that government doesn’t care about peasants anymore either 
Paul Widzowski
Well Musk is easy to understand from a Christian point of view, He is a serial adulterer, with his tryst with Brin's wife being a vile and clear case. Second, I am unfascinated by the hyper wealthy, greedy and spoiled children. the society defines "net worth" so that Musk has a higher score than, say Mother Teresa. I follow God not mammon, and when it comes to "net worth" I score Mother Teresa higher than Musk. |
Gregory's Server
@willoremus Cause he fired all his press folks.