285 Comments
User's avatar
GrannysKnitting's avatar

musk is only a free speech warrior when he approves of the speech - he really is showing his entire ass to the world, and the fan bois are loving it

Expand full comment
Kay Ducky's avatar

I stopped reading. I hope Elno's next Xs are over his eyes in a cartoonish manner and I hope no one gives him two silver coins for the ferryman.

Expand full comment
Fog of Jen's avatar

Elon Musk has long considered himself a warrior for free speech

No

He insists he is a warrior of free speech. But he has NEVER been that.

It has always been about pushing a right wing narrative of lives and forcing it to be mainstream. I believe the Incels call that "red pilling"

Expand full comment
Birb-General of the US's avatar

Tiktok, are you listening?

Expand full comment
Birb-General of the US's avatar

P.S. There's only one thing more popular than a viral video, and that a 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥 viral video.

Vote No on Issue 1.

Expand full comment
DJ Teetop's avatar

The Website Formerly Known as Relevant

Expand full comment
fakeconsultant's avatar

I kinda like Xwitter.

Might we consider that?

Expand full comment
Ill-Advised's avatar

"Shwitter." It's pronounceable and rhymes well!

Expand full comment
Mal Speranza's avatar

Time to retire the term "kiddie porn." How about "child abuse porn" or "child rape porn" instead?

Expand full comment
GrannysKnitting's avatar

yeah, that phrase really does seem trivial doesn't it -

Expand full comment
P. Von Fildo's avatar

The day they started claiming muskrat was buying Twitter, I deleted my account. I don’t miss it.

Expand full comment
PRW's avatar

If you don't call it X you can't say "Thanks to Elon there are millions of x-users", though.

Expand full comment
WomanInThePersistence's avatar

So happy I never signed up for twitter. I many have mentioned that before,

Expand full comment
Bruce's avatar

Xitter. 'X' in pinyin (roman transliteration of Chinese) is pronounced 'sh'

Expand full comment
BlueSpot's avatar

Chi in Greek.

Expand full comment
Patricia Kayden's avatar

Why are liberals/progressives remaining on a website which suborns CSAM and is actively promoting rightwing propaganda, bigotry and lies. Let it go.

Expand full comment
GrannysKnitting's avatar

because they get their news there, or 'most of twitter isn't this way' etc etc

Expand full comment
tempusfugit's avatar

Should have happened years ago. Twitter has been an open sewer of hatred forever.

I couldn't agree more with you--and disagree more about 'most of Twitter.'

Expand full comment
Enbastet's avatar

Most of Twitter isn't this - it is informative or fun for a lot of people who never touch politics or ever heard of inside-baseball influencer fights - and it has become integral to communication by governments and businesses.

Which is why Musk knows that he can get away with his hideous gaming.

The reality is that users are not cutting off their own decent use to punish his indecency and, in any case, would not do so in numbers sufficient to deter him.

Expand full comment
Fog of Jen's avatar

Not anymore.

My spawn who does not do politics is now being forced, by twitter, to see right wing political bullshit. Which they very wisely bring to me before believing.

Wow mom is this true? No, it is not true.

Twitter is legit pushing Q and the GOP into everyone's feeds.

Expand full comment
Enbastet's avatar

But here's the thing: the kid is still on Twitter. Because it is Twitter.

Twitter is currently still considered indispensible by many business and social communicators and until there is a replacement that is taken up as widely and becomes the new default it will hold that place, with users for legitimate purposes trying to step around the slime.

Expand full comment
Boscoe's avatar

Don't worry, apparently Musk is doing his level best to make that happen.

Expand full comment
Enbastet's avatar

If Enbastet Inc. is on Twitter I'm not leaving until I see that the people I'm trying to reach are gone. I will follow them.

It becomes the situation of waiting to see what everyone else does.

That is not to say that Musk cannot eventually drive everyone who is not slime off, but the actual dynamics still favor Twitter over its proposed competitors.

We can schaden all the freude we want over Musk's failings, but reserve bahvior is still in his favor.

Expand full comment
Nalano635's avatar

TBAF Twitter usage is definitely down from when he took over though - user activity is down by a third and ad revenue down by more than half. There is no sign of recovery: The trend is only going in one direction.

Expand full comment
Enbastet's avatar

The reports of Twitter's demise have been going on for a while.

The fact is that it is entrenched and an alternative has not dislodged it.

When that happens, there will be a final comeuppance...but not until then.

Expand full comment
Nalano635's avatar

Don't forget that it doesn't necessarily need a killer app Twitter replacer. Its days are numbered simply by finances alone.

Expand full comment
Lefty Wright's avatar

Once a viable replacement is found it will become a true cesspool filled with MAGA loons and revenge porn. An echo chamber of conspiracies and hate.

Expand full comment
Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

So, Truth Social?

Expand full comment
Bindersfulohostbodies's avatar

I’m waiting for Musk to copyright the letter “x” and start trying to charge everyone for using it at all. What letter do we replace it with?

Expand full comment
JustDontSayDittos's avatar

How about i|ii?

Expand full comment
belfryo's avatar

If you are <i>still<I>on "Formerly Known as Twitter", you are making a moral choice and a bad one...

Expand full comment
Lionel “8647” Hutz's avatar

Clearly the problem that Musk has with the Ohio ad is that the woman is in a superior position, which is not allowed by Republicans or in South Africa.

Expand full comment