The ongoing X and Elon Musk Transgressions Thread

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by Cheese

Spoutible.com is up and running and looks great. Edit button makes life better. Really good job and will pull many Twitterers away.

Not to mention Bot Sentinel is built into the backend. The troll/bot containment and the community moderation is superior so far. I think the real test will be when there are far more users. The next part will be how do they manage growth and scaling appropriately, and respond to bottom-up platform feedback.

That said, Chris Bouzy is an excellent human being to lead the charge on a new platform. I have much faith in Spoutible with him at the wheel.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

Not to mention Bot Sentinel is built into the backend. The troll/bot containment and the community moderation is superior so far. I think the real test will be when there are far more users. The next part will be how do they manage growth and scaling appropriately, and respond to bottom-up platform feedback.

That said, Chris Bouzy is an excellent human being to lead the charge on a new platform. I have much faith in Spoutible with him at the wheel.

Yeah, I'm a big fan of Bouzy. Guy seems to really know his stuff. I've been following the Spoutible development process and just signed up today.

[TorqueDog]

I feel like the thread UPDATE: should be changed to "Is now a raging dumpster fire".

[MoneyGuy]

Originally Posted by The Fonz

It can be extremely informational, or it can be a toxic waste of time. It's entirely up to how each account chooses to operate.

I have about 500 followers and they consist mostly of industry professionals, researchers, developers, etc, across the world. My list of blocked words are 'liberals, trudeau, conservatives, harper, covid, vaccine, vaccinated, vax, BellLetsTalk'.

Keep seeing people calling it a cesspool. It's the choice of those people though to go swimming in that pool.

This. Twitter can be a cesspool, or an excellent source of information. It depends who you follow. Follow reporters who cover your favourite team and people who share your interests.

[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by MoneyGuy

Follow reporters who cover your favourite team and people who share your interests.

Which is living in your own bubble. Explains why American politics are a raging #### storm and why Canadians have no idea about American politics.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald

Which is living in your own bubble. Explains why American politics are a raging #### storm and why Canadians have no idea about American politics.

There is no mental stimulation to be gotten from “f trudeau” and “trump 2024” content.

[peter12]

Two great posts explaining why no one needs Twitter.

[PeteMoss]

Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald

Which is living in your own bubble. Explains why American politics are a raging #### storm and why Canadians have no idea about American politics.

Its a website people choose to visit. Not a public service. If I came to CalgaryPuck and had to read a bunch of Edmonton Oiler fan posts so I'd be out of my bubble - I just wouldn't come back.

[photon]

Musk found not liable for shareholder losses from his "funding secured" tweet.

[FormerPresJamesTaylor]

Originally Posted by peter12

Two great posts explaining why no one needs Twitter.

[FormerPresJamesTaylor]

Originally Posted by MoneyGuy

This. Twitter can be a cesspool, or an excellent source of information. It depends who you follow. Follow reporters who cover your favourite team and people who share your interests.

Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald

Which is living in your own bubble. Explains why American politics are a raging #### storm and why Canadians have no idea about American politics.

MoneyGuy's post had literally nothing to do with politics.

[Mr.Coffee]

Originally Posted by FormerPresJamesTaylor

That’s not true, I care about his post because it was the second best post in this thread (next to Slivers). The only reason I come into this thread is to entertain myself watching people rip on Twitter because of how much it and social media like it suck balls.

You still haven’t been able to generate an answer yet as to what social media is good for. Like- literally one reason. I’m sure there is one but it’s yet to be explained.

Net negative to society (massively, actually).

[PepsiFree]

Entertainment

[calculoso]

Breaking Sports News

[FormerPresJamesTaylor]

There are a lot of things we do that aren't "good", it's a nonsense point.

Have you ever had any sort of hobby, project, little problem task that you can't solve? YouTube is insanely valuable in that regard.

[PepsiFree]

That’s a great point. I’m pretty self-sufficient when it comes to home repairs and minor renovations, and it is 100% thanks to YouTube.

[photon]

YouTube has enormous value.. the negative of it might offset the positive if viewed overall if such a thing could even be measured, but personally outside of the entertainment the pure value of how to do stuff is enormous. There's stuff I've done and felt comfortable with only because I've already seen someone do it.

Heck I've even used unboxing videos to see how to re-box something to send back as a return to make sure I get my refund.

[Ozy_Flame]

YouTube gave me the skills to get into gardening and managing a permaculture backyard. I think it's the most useful online tool on the planet - and it's free. You can build skills and get help on just about everything.

[Maritime Q-Scout]

Just this week I used YouTube to see how to replace a hose in my vacuum.

$19 repair, versus new vacuum.

I've replaced the side view mirror of my car & headlights.

Lots of great videos to show idiots like us how to do basic stuff.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Skeptical of the closed platforms such Spoutible. The federated ActivityPub protocol seems to be developing a following, with Post.News, Tumblr, WordPress, Mozilla and others building add-ons. Mastodon is only part of the transition.