Twitter Blue is coming back—with more colors and assurances from Musk
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We are just waiting until he breaks something important. Something that Twitter can't operate without. Maybe some critical system on a server, maybe some law that lets someone bring the hammer down on Twitter.
When Twitter dies.
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Of course that's what Musk wanted Twitter for. I thought he was pretty transparent about that from the outset.
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Twitter is working on a new AI system that will verify this automatically. It will be ready in 2024. We will eliminate all stupid filthy error making humans from our magnificent product and will make it great again. (/s)
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You mean like how Twitler broke the tool that ad buyers use to buy more ads, such that they got charged for really old campaigns, without proper authorization, and couldn't even stop them? The same tool that AFAIK is still broken to a certain degree making it harder for the few remaining advertisers to buy more ad campaigns?
You know, those very same advertisers that Chief
Because it sure seems to me that tool breaking was kinda fuckin' important, and Twitler certainly cannot live without advertisers, LOL
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/manical_laughing.flac
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Yes, that was an important tool. But it's failure only causes a slow death due to bankruptcy. There are systems that will cause a quicker death if they fail.
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Oh sure! Totes agree. I just couldn't resist being snarky =]
But some of those more critical systems are already buckling too, as I understand it, according to reports slash rumors I'm seeing here and there across the Intarwebz Tubez. They've had recurring issues with the login auth and 2FA stuff recently, and are down to below skeleton crew levels for on-site server techs/engineers that can respond to "oh shit reboot that fast!!" emergencies too, heh. Here's hoping, right?
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Most people can go back to ignoring it whenever they feel like it. Just skip the Twitter articles.
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And in other news, January 6th rioter “Baked Alaska” has been reinstated to Twitter.
https://twitter.com/bakedalaska
https://twitter.com/bakedalaska
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While at first glance, this is disturbing, his January 6th live streams were a major source of information for the FBI when they started tracking down the seditionists. Maybe being back on Twitter will lead to a few more convictions.
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We're going to need some more time to digest the implications of The Twitter Files.
How a crazy right-wing nutjob can cherry-pick some churnalists to go through a company's internal documents, fire lawyers who try to shield the company from liability in the process, and "reveal" things that were already public information five years ago. And yet somehow people act like there are damning revelations in all of that other than "Elon Musk is maliciously stupid." That deserves its own write-up, but we're not at a point where the full story is available yet.
So please, Twitter Files-philes, be patient. Good journalism takes time.
How a crazy right-wing nutjob can cherry-pick some churnalists to go through a company's internal documents, fire lawyers who try to shield the company from liability in the process, and "reveal" things that were already public information five years ago. And yet somehow people act like there are damning revelations in all of that other than "Elon Musk is maliciously stupid." That deserves its own write-up, but we're not at a point where the full story is available yet.
So please, Twitter Files-philes, be patient. Good journalism takes time.
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Yes they'll change exponentially... But the exponent will be less than one.
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Go ahead. Tell us what you think is so interesting about them.
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However in that case providing your personal information is part of a (theoretically) validated process and HR generally understands privacy and may even be subject to laws and regulations. For getting a blue checkmark, you're sending your personal information to some internet rando who may, nor may not, have a clue what they're doing other than being hardcore on the 10th floor. And they'll be storing it all in a system that has little engineering support (since they were all fired) and dubious security practices (since they were all fired as well).
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There is an efficient system for turning nothingburgers into maga-rage-feed.
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I'm holding out for the rainbow, trans and enby flag checkmarks. With the rate of rapid development Twitter is undergoing right now those have gotta be what, like a week away?
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In Musks world there are no Fridays, that would imply people getting a weekend off.
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Chemical Tribe
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At this point Musk knows he blown through $30 or 43 or whatever billion dollars. Now he's doing another Trumpian tactic: abusing his power as ceo and releasing confidential info (just like trump abused intel docs and such).
Since he knows it's only a matter of time, might as well milk all the rage and enjoyment of burning it to the ground.
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Twitter blue shouldn't give you any checkmark at all.
No, no need to call me a genius. And, Mr. Musk, I'll even give you that idea for free. No need to thank me
No, no need to call me a genius. And, Mr. Musk, I'll even give you that idea for free. No need to thank me
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robert.walter
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At this point, who cares?
13 years of dedicated twitter use and I can’t wait for a good alternative. Then it will be brushing the dust off my sandals time.
13 years of dedicated twitter use and I can’t wait for a good alternative. Then it will be brushing the dust off my sandals time.
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robert.walter
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Why do the alpha incels blathering about coping always come off as bit daft?
Twitter pretty much made its name with the people you are inviting to leave. When that happens it will be a ghost town populated by hate-filled mental defectives like Truth Social.
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There we have it: “the important thing is that we ruined Twitter for everyone else after it rejected us!”
And now? The discourse is focused on how a) Elon is an idiot for wasting his money to pander to trolls that Twitter’s paying customers want nothing to do with and b) is a embarrassingly ignorant about running a business, tech, and running a tech business. So, mission accomplished?
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You seem the type that is happy when gay people are murdered and women are raped and black people are hung from trees.
It always comes back to the same thing for you people. If you cannot harass women and non whites with death threats then your voices are being silenced.
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I know
It's just such a pointlessly, hilariously mean spirited thing it cracks me up, doubly so because the joke is on me.
Twitter related, not that it is remotely on anybody's mind, but this trifurcated color system is dumb and will absolutely not be tested for accessibility. Or at all, most likely. That said, I look forward to lording my ecru checkmark over the eggshell plebes.
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I miss being able to thumbs up something for being interesting or funny on Ars. There's comments I want to thumbs up as "thanks for noting that!", or because someone said something hilarious, but also I don't want to be seen as supporting the thing being noted.
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