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Does it? Besides numerous malfunctions over the last months one current example is that I can see posts of accounts that I blocked or that blocked me in my feed

Does it? Besides numerous malfunctions over the last months one current example is that I can see posts of accounts that I blocked or that blocked me in my feed, which I have seen reported by others aswell. This is _basic_ functionality.

realjhol 4y ago
The claim was that Twitter would experience some kind of total collapse- that Musk had no choice but to capitulate to demands of a disgruntled work force, many of whom were incensed that the platform would no long actively censor the speech of huge numbers of people. As it turns out Musk mostly didn't need them, and firing them didn't harm his interests to any tangible degree.
- anigbrowl 4y ago
  No it wasn't. And if Musk's actions aren't harming his interests, that's only because he says he doesn't mind losing ~$20 billion. I do not believe that he is going to be able to grow it into a $200 billion company on the back of frog Twitter.
  - realjhol 4y ago
    None of this about money, though is it. It's about control. The ones who are most upset about this have an ideology that is a house of cards that has to be shielded from all interrogation, mocking and critique, lest it implode under the weight of its own internal inconsistencies. These people know very well how to distinguish friend and enemy, and Elon is decidedly not a friend. To lose this castle to an enemy like Musk is a huge problem for them because of its strategic importance, hence the fire-storm of consternation. In the wider world, the ones who are upset about this are vastly outnumbered by those who just want to have fun and express themselves on the Internet, so if Twitter can become that kind of a place it will do very well.
saltminer 4y ago
Twitter search is also a total crapshoot now. Some days it returns zero results, some days it returns completely irrelevant results that match none of my filters, and once in a blue moon it seems to work properly, but unless I want to browse every Tweet an account has ever made, I have no way to confirm it's working.

realjhol 4y ago

The claim was that Twitter would experience some kind of total collapse- that Musk had no choice but to capitulate to demands of a disgruntled work force, many of whom were incensed that the platform would no long actively censor the speech of huge numbers of people. As it turns out Musk mostly didn't need them, and firing them didn't harm his interests to any tangible degree.

anigbrowl 4y ago
No it wasn't. And if Musk's actions aren't harming his interests, that's only because he says he doesn't mind losing ~$20 billion. I do not believe that he is going to be able to grow it into a $200 billion company on the back of frog Twitter.
- realjhol 4y ago
  None of this about money, though is it. It's about control. The ones who are most upset about this have an ideology that is a house of cards that has to be shielded from all interrogation, mocking and critique, lest it implode under the weight of its own internal inconsistencies. These people know very well how to distinguish friend and enemy, and Elon is decidedly not a friend. To lose this castle to an enemy like Musk is a huge problem for them because of its strategic importance, hence the fire-storm of consternation. In the wider world, the ones who are upset about this are vastly outnumbered by those who just want to have fun and express themselves on the Internet, so if Twitter can become that kind of a place it will do very well.

saltminer 4y ago

Twitter search is also a total crapshoot now. Some days it returns zero results, some days it returns completely irrelevant results that match none of my filters, and once in a blue moon it seems to work properly, but unless I want to browse every Tweet an account has ever made, I have no way to confirm it's working.