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Taylor Lorenz

Things seem to be going just as Musk planned over on Twitter

80 comments
Need to talk about that ride.

@taylorlorenz To get to reconnect with the people who made The Expanse, I have to get bombarded with Nazi horseshit and techbro philosophy? Love you Expanse ppl, but there's a line.

Mark Armstrong

@jprestonian @taylorlorenz I don’t understand what this has to do with The Expanse. Are the writers of the book series or the creators behind the TV series problematic now?

Need to talk about that ride.

@fabricatus @taylorlorenz
I don't think so. They just stay on "the bigs," instead of finding less fash-y places. That might change, or not.

Need to talk about that ride.

@fabricatus @taylorlorenz
So to stay current, I have to have an account on one/more of "the bigs." I can't.

Paul

@fabricatus @jprestonian @taylorlorenz I think think rather that Miller is bemoaning the fact that they can't just connect with people they like, such as the cast and crew of The Expanse, without also having Nazi propaganda firehosed into their eyes. It's a bit like having a bunch of pen friends but the only way you can receive mail is if it's bundled with a subscription to Stormfront.

Mark Armstrong

@jprestonian @taylorlorenz @paulbottomley42 oh I get it now. I’m using a plug in called blue blocker which blocks anyone with a blue tick (bar a few exceptions) which has made my feed much more pleasant any time I go there. I don’t use Twitter much anyway now as most of my friends have evaporated from there now anyway.

addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firef

Need to talk about that ride.

@fabricatus @taylorlorenz @paulbottomley42 I use a method called "don't click on links to Twitter." Works a treat!

Stu Duerson

@taylorlorenz

My God. That's not a silo. That's a gas chamber!

Admin Robin 🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇺 :verified:

@taylorlorenz That's unbelievable. Who are the people defending the Nazis? I am German, and I am grateful that my country was liberated by the Allies from the horrors of Nazism.

Diane 🕵

@robin @taylorlorenz

The Nazis turned to the US, especially the "South" for ideas on how to implement racial discrimination laws.

theatlantic.com/magazine/archi

The neo-Nazi and neo-Confederate groups are still close allies in trying to enforce white supremacy.

alm10965 on vacation 🏝️🎉

@robin but you also know, that in the so called "Sonntagsfrage" opinion poll about 20% would electing a nazi-party?
We Germans have to be aware against tendencies of establish of Nazism as normal. Permanent.
@taylorlorenz

Lonewolf85

@taylorlorenz Twitter has definitely hit rock bottom

Mark Armstrong

@Lonewolf85 @taylorlorenz I believe we are onto the blasting phase and I heard someone is getting The Boring Company involved.

Colin the Mathmo

@Lonewolf85 Beware ... just when you think it can go no lower ... it will.

@taylorlorenz

Ben Thompson

@taylorlorenz how are there any advertisers left at this stage?

John Wehrle (He, Him)

@taylorlorenz I haven't had an account there for years but, damn am I glad I don't now.

Jean-Francois Mezei

@taylorlorenz The folks at @Bellingcat created the eyes on russia map to verify social media posts of damage in Ukraine. But with Melon Husk's antics, clicking in dots on map that lead to a wtitter post no longer works. (but they do provide URL so you can access the tweet from your own account on Melon's web sit).

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@taylorlorenz it’s so satisfying to see 44 billion dollars go up in smoke. Even more satisfying to see him be exposed as a clueless hack.

Legit_Spaghetti

@taylorlorenz Huh, at this rate I wouldn't be surprised if Elrond Mumps changes his title from Chairman to Obergruppenführer.

iwein

@pieselpriemel I can't boost that joke without pissing off my friends, but 🤣

irwin

@taylorlorenz I wonder how many of those are bots. But even so, says a lot.

AURonline 🏡

@irwin @taylorlorenz I thought he did all his changes to remove all bots from the site /s

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@taylorlorenz
If you are shocked but at the same time not surprised.

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@taylorlorenz It's a poll based on a small demograph. From the 'unvacc' tag,I deduce that It's an intellectually challenged demograph.

Boswell

@rub1sc0 @taylorlorenz IC or they did it on purpose to be 'funny'. Which is why we perhaps shouldn't fight to give them a voice in regular society

Nona Rose

@rub1sc0 @taylorlorenz while the second poll is a small demographic, the first one is not. 30k people happily saying that any religious/cultural/ethnic group is a problem IS the problem.

AURonline 🏡

@rub1sc0 @taylorlorenz even if true, that post should be subject to content moderation based on reasonable community guidelines. however, in Germany the second post is illegal (and the first one probably as well).

Cleo of Topless Topics

@taylorlorenz
Twitter wouldn't be Twitter without its steady crop of edgelords.

DirtJeans

@taylorlorenz seems like a great place for advertisers and brands!

lgtm

@taylorlorenz threads maybe slightly better, but their moderation is lacking, it’s good enough for majority of the population I guess, but minorities still face harassment that goes unchecked threads.net/t/CudjMQ_NBZv/?igs

Aaron Neal Lucas

@taylorlorenz Twitter is literally a hellscape at this point.

Peter Principle

@taylorlorenz Unfortunately, I think that may be literally true.

John Glass🥛

@taylorlorenz 🤮 Twitter pivoting to just bigotry and sports 🗑️

Cyber Ken :confusedlucy:​:rebeccaangry:​

@taylorlorenz What is wrong with these peple? Why can't they live and let live. It's infuriating. Ugh.

Brian Grinter

@taylorlorenz Twitter has that Berlin 1937 vibe at the moment…

mori_au 🇦🇺

@taylorlorenz Ew. Explains why my mate said he got an image of a swastika recently “suggested for [him]” 😣

Keith :verified:

@taylorlorenz it's gotten as bad as suspected. Even Facebook isn't this bad

Santiago Lema :amiga:

@taylorlorenz @Ursalzona I remember getting into a nasty argument with a relative about how antivax propaganda was bound to push for extreme-right views. Said person found the thought offensive. Guess this “@Unvaccina…” user would agree.

Michael

@taylorlorenz Hopefully that gets Twitter banned from Germany at the very least.

mvario

@taylorlorenz Damn, that's nuts. I had seen the first one and that was bad enough, but the second... When I was a young kids were taught from the cradle that the Nazis were evil. WTF is happening?

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@taylorlorenz Fuck twitter. Who are the shit heads buying Tesla EVs?

Another record month of sales, another record monthly profit. Twitter is not relevant. It's not real. Tesla buyers are making that prick millions of $ per hour. Note the type that drives a Tesla. They are pricks. They park on the wrong side of the road. they run crossings. They are fucking you over.. Ridicule them. Key their car.. Hide your face. Slash their tyres. Build a Tesla bonfire. Make them pay for making him richer.

Ilgaz Öcal

@taylorlorenz I can't decide for them however I feel pity for anyone in any minority supporting that rich spoiled fascist. Lack of education&reading and awareness.

Paul Marrow

@taylorlorenz It's a good thing I left Twitter when I saw some grossly antisemitic content

INPC

@taylorlorenz but well done for helping keep the platform relevant…

Floppy 💾

@taylorlorenz I had to read that twice. I expected a difficult distribution, but not that crazy detached from reality.

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