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> In Canada, Mark Bohaichuk made a widely read observation on hellsite X after meeting a Tesla driver stranded in -45°C (-49°F): On X (formerly Twitter), consp

> In Canada, Mark Bohaichuk made a widely read observation on hellsite X after meeting a Tesla driver stranded in -45°C (-49°F): On X (formerly Twitter), conspiracy theories go around that journalists are out to get X because X is taking away readers and advertiser revenue. I'm not sure whether I believe that fully, but I do find it surprising that The Register calls X a "hellsite". Where has journalistic objectivity gone?

jeffrallen 3y ago
Have you tried to use X? Hellsite seems fair and balanced to me...
- AlexandrB 3y ago
  Setting aside subjective changes to content on X, the past year has been a lesson in making user experience worse: * No more third party clients. * Can't see replies/parents when not logged in. * Can't see chronological feed of accounts when not logged in. * Ranking algorithm now favours paid users, not better responses. Feels like the kind of changes that would happen if a PE firm acquired Twitter and tried to squeeze the userbase for every bit of revenue.
mlinhares 3y ago
Why would anyone try to drive with ANY car at -45C? If you're not driving the snow plows you should likely just stay home.
- AlexandrB 3y ago
  Work, usually. It's not uncommon for it to dip to the -40s for a few weeks in some parts of Canada. Your employer is not going to let you stay home just because it's cold.
  - mrguyorama 3y ago
    If there is any wind at those low temps, the outside is a genuine danger to your health. In northern Maine where I grew up, we had to shut the schools for cold snaps a few times, because asking kids to wait for the bus in those situations is asking for children to freeze to death
  - LegitShady 3y ago
    I used to have a job that would require us to travel in extreme cold in remote areas of canada. We would go in teams of 2 - each one driving a different truck (in case one broke down) with a huge extra gas tank in the bed, some cold weather survival gear, and a radio for talking between the trucks. If you have to drive 1100 km in -40 for work and they don't provide you proper transportation, you should refuse or you should rent a non electric car. It's literally a danger to your life to do otherwise.
tivert 3y ago
> The Register calls X a "hellsite". Where has journalistic objectivity gone? I see you are unfamiliar with The Register. They've always been snarky.
- rob74 3y ago
  Well, their slogan has been "biting the hand that feeds IT" for a long time (although it's not shown on the homepage anymore). See also this article: https://www.theregister.com/2020/05/07/what_to_call_microsoft/ https://www.theregister.com/2020/05/07/what_to_call_microsof...
saberience 3y ago
The Register also spent years called Itanium “Itanic”. It’s supposed to be funny and irreverent, that’s just the style of the organization.
rsynnott 3y ago
> On X (formerly Twitter), conspiracy theories go around that journalists are out to get X because X is taking away readers and advertiser revenue. I'm not sure whether I believe that fully, but I do find it surprising that The Register calls X a "hellsite". Where has journalistic objectivity gone? Twitter users have been affectionately calling Twitter "the hellsite" since long before the ascension of Naughty Old Mr Car. I think it may be via Tumblr, which was sometimes called that even earlier. Per Google Trends usage of the term peaks, in the recent past, in late 2022 (I suspect due to people eulogising Twitter), and declines thereafter.

jeffrallen 3y ago

Have you tried to use X? Hellsite seems fair and balanced to me...

AlexandrB 3y ago
Setting aside subjective changes to content on X, the past year has been a lesson in making user experience worse: * No more third party clients. * Can't see replies/parents when not logged in. * Can't see chronological feed of accounts when not logged in. * Ranking algorithm now favours paid users, not better responses. Feels like the kind of changes that would happen if a PE firm acquired Twitter and tried to squeeze the userbase for every bit of revenue.

mlinhares 3y ago

Why would anyone try to drive with ANY car at -45C? If you're not driving the snow plows you should likely just stay home.

AlexandrB 3y ago
Work, usually. It's not uncommon for it to dip to the -40s for a few weeks in some parts of Canada. Your employer is not going to let you stay home just because it's cold.
- mrguyorama 3y ago
  If there is any wind at those low temps, the outside is a genuine danger to your health. In northern Maine where I grew up, we had to shut the schools for cold snaps a few times, because asking kids to wait for the bus in those situations is asking for children to freeze to death
- LegitShady 3y ago
  I used to have a job that would require us to travel in extreme cold in remote areas of canada. We would go in teams of 2 - each one driving a different truck (in case one broke down) with a huge extra gas tank in the bed, some cold weather survival gear, and a radio for talking between the trucks. If you have to drive 1100 km in -40 for work and they don't provide you proper transportation, you should refuse or you should rent a non electric car. It's literally a danger to your life to do otherwise.

tivert 3y ago

> The Register calls X a "hellsite". Where has journalistic objectivity gone? I see you are unfamiliar with The Register. They've always been snarky.

rob74 3y ago
Well, their slogan has been "biting the hand that feeds IT" for a long time (although it's not shown on the homepage anymore). See also this article: https://www.theregister.com/2020/05/07/what_to_call_microsoft/ https://www.theregister.com/2020/05/07/what_to_call_microsof...

saberience 3y ago

The Register also spent years called Itanium “Itanic”. It’s supposed to be funny and irreverent, that’s just the style of the organization.

rsynnott 3y ago

> On X (formerly Twitter), conspiracy theories go around that journalists are out to get X because X is taking away readers and advertiser revenue. I'm not sure whether I believe that fully, but I do find it surprising that The Register calls X a "hellsite". Where has journalistic objectivity gone? Twitter users have been affectionately calling Twitter "the hellsite" since long before the ascension of Naughty Old Mr Car. I think it may be via Tumblr, which was sometimes called that even earlier. Per Google Trends usage of the term peaks, in the recent past, in late 2022 (I suspect due to people eulogising Twitter), and declines thereafter.