A New Politics Thread

[ice grillin you]

i havent been on twitter since elon took over but for some reason went to this thread and holy shtein is that place beyond disgusting...it seems like it's basically parler now

[phattymatty]

Yeah I've always hated twitter but used to check news on there every now and then.  Now every alt right racist in the world is amplified.  I tried blocking Elon and all of those republican douchebags but they are still the first people to show up in my feed. 

I follow only progressives and sports stuff so I don't think there is an algorithm anymore.

I don't think twitter will last much longer.  Imagine spending 44B and losing it all in a year.

[SD]

Yeah I've always hated twitter but used to check news on there every now and then.  Now every alt right racist in the world is amplified.  I tried blocking Elon and all of those republican douchebags but they are still the first people to show up in my feed. 

I follow only progressives and sports stuff so I don't think there is an algorithm anymore.

I don't think twitter will last much longer.  Imagine spending 44B and losing it all in a year.

I usually go on fb mid September to send invites out for my daughters bday...usually last a few months then deactivate my account. I tried Twitter a few months ago and had the same issue. Mtg/boebert were always at the top of my feed. They never show up on recommended people to follow but Musk always does...I deactivated a few months ago. I have a few sports forums open and various news sources and rely on that for my updates.

[ice grillin you]

if you are willing to pay the 2.99 a month the athletic is really all you need for sports.....god its so good

[ice grillin you]

Yeah I've always hated twitter but used to check news on there every now and then.  Now every alt right racist in the world is amplified.  I tried blocking Elon and all of those republican douchebags but they are still the first people to show up in my feed. 

I follow only progressives and sports stuff so I don't think there is an algorithm anymore.

I don't think twitter will last much longer.  Imagine spending 44B and losing it all in a year.

is there a twitter adjacent site that people are going to....obviously nowhere near as big as twitter yet but if twitter shut down tomorrow what would be the contingency plan for the "normal" everyday fans of what twitter used to be

[phattymatty]

TRUTH SOCIAL. the only place for real truth. 

[Diomedes]

I heard some people have figured out how to use something called Mastodon

Not the band.

[General_Failure]

Substack announced their own Twitter-like, which got their links banned on Twitter. Mastadon is the closest thing to a competitor right now, but that's just open source software running on a thousand unrelated servers that you have to join.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Ain't a bigger group of dumbfargs than the GOP and those who support this shtein

https://twitter.com/phil_lewis_/status/1645925612610002944 46&t=Uib2YOn6CJgx-z2RaE9o7Q

[PhillyPhreak54]

And it continues for Clarence...

https://twitter.com/jacobrubashkin/status/1646583549322035204 46&t=Uib2YOn6CJgx-z2RaE9o7Q

[MDS]

oh man they got him now!

[MDS]

just before the trial begins, after jury selection, fox settled with dominion

have to imagine its for north of a bil and includes some specific parameters of fox (hannity, tucker and their "news" operation) admitting they defamed and lied

[SD]

$787.5 million settlement

[MDS]

pocket change for rupert

pathetic

[phattymatty]

nice little pay day for dominion.  now I hope they rig the next election for us.