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Nik 🍉

@ERDonnachie It still has millions of users in the EU though

Ewan Donnachie

@nelsonakis
Yes, though it's always annoyed me how people (mainly journalists) go on as if Twitter is some type of irreplaceable infrastructure, and not a tool that is used by fairly few people. So I'm quite happy it's not up there with Meta, Google and Apple, who have much more power over our lives.

Nik 🍉

@ERDonnachie Oh I totally agree that Meta, Google and Apple are more powerful and that they should be on this list. But I would also like Twitter to be included, given the direction its policies are taking since Musk took over.

Ewan Donnachie

@nelsonakis Yes, though hopefully the usual rules will keep them slightly in check. And perhaps journalists and politicians will even walk away from X and spend their time with something less toxic.

Telegram sigue siendo mejor.

@ERDonnachie @nelsonakis Y dale perico al torno con que tuiter es tóxico.

Es un reflejo de la sociedad. Si hubiese aquí la misma cantidad de usuarios que allí este sitio sería igual de tóxico

Mira a youtubers (grandes y pequeños) diciendo que les cae 'hate' siempre. No es culpa de las plataformas, es culpa de la humanidad.

Johnny Muu

@SrPICHAku @ERDonnachie @nelsonakis Si es verdad. Las plataformas no inventan a las personas. Ellos existen. Pero si eres aficionado a los deportes vas a un estadio, si eres religioso vas a un templo, si eres racista/fascista/etc vas a X

Telegram sigue siendo mejor.

@ramtamplam @ERDonnachie @nelsonakis

¿Estás diciendo que en Mastodon NO HAY instancias llenas de nazis o tránsfobos de las que el resto se desengancha?

En todos los pucheros cuecen habas. Siempre.

He conocido a mucha más gente MARAVILLOSA en Tuiter de la crees. Dejad de demonizar los sitios, estáis "engettizando" internet y parecéis unos sobrados.

Johnny Muu

@SrPICHAku @ERDonnachie @nelsonakis No. i didn't say nothing that you say I did.
Sorry. No fight here

Johnny Muu

@SrPICHAku @ERDonnachie @nelsonakis Yes it is true. Platforms don't invent people. They exist. But if you're a sports fan you go to a stadium, if you're religious you go to a temple, if you're a racist/fascist/etc you go to X

Gerbrand van Dieyen

@ERDonnachie @nelsonakis Then you might as well include snapchat or discord, which are big outside our demographic. #eu has to start somewhere.

smol, desu ne?

@nelsonakis @ERDonnachie the Digital Markets App isn't written in a way that would benefit Twitter anyways. you're describing a different type of legislature altogether

Rich Felker

@ERDonnachie @nelsonakis It was used directly only by relatively few, but indirectly via almost everyone.

Michael T Babcock

@ERDonnachie @nelsonakis have you looked up that number? Twitter had a massive following before a recent purchase.

gkrnours

@mikebabcock @ERDonnachie @nelsonakis things got so bad after the purchase, the european commission is on mastodon.

Also, I've never heard "add reddit to your search query for better results". Adding twitter used to be nice for tims sensitive issue like is there an earthquake or is a service down but they killed that.

Twittee boarded the express to bankrupt city and it threatening the conductor so they go faster

chrysn

@ERDonnachie @nelsonakis Maybe that was the plan behind the recent changes – get rid of enough people to not fall under new legislation? ;-)

F4GRX Sébastien

@nelsonakis @EU_Commission so much stuff to do on twitter that they cant do everyone at once?

Nik 🍉

@f4grx Maybe. Them saying that these are the first 6 companies keeps me hopeful they will add it eventually.

Daniel

@nelsonakis @f4grx while I hate Elmo and what he's done to Twitter, I think it would be a pretty hard sell to define Twitter as part of these gatekeeping infrastructures.
I mean all this has to be able to hold up in court

Osma A

@nelsonakis
Twitter was not a marketplace - and X isn't one (yet, anyway) either, so it's not gatekeeping access to other products. It's regulated by the sister legislation, DSA, though, and is categorized as a Very Large Online Platform (VLOP), which is DSA's version of the gatekeeper.
@EU_Commission

Nik 🍉

@osma @EU_Commission Oh okay got it, thanks for the clarification!

Rui Malheiro

@nelsonakis

> These are the *first* 6 companies designated as ‘gatekeepers' under the Digital Markets Act.

@EU_Commission

Teancom459

@nelsonakis @EU_Commission

Twitter isn’t on here because it isn’t a digital gatekeeper. That definition refers to companies who sell software and have app stores; there isn’t a twitterOS or a twapp store.

Phil Rees

@nelsonakis @EU_Commission Maybe they don't think there'll be an X in 6 months.

recon

@nelsonakis @EU_Commission Musk is taking care of shutting it down. Be patient.

Dieu

@nelsonakis @EU_Commission Twitter is a cursed graveyard where monkey ghouls shit each other on the heads. Wouldn't bother.

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