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lnxw48a1: https://nu.federati.net/url/289353 [arstechnica com] $1,5,000,000 payment on the #Twitter purchase is due soon. Will there be a default?
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 17-Jan-2023 16:10:02 UTC
https://nu.federati.net/url/289353 [arstechnica com] $1,5,000,000 payment on the #Twitter purchase is due soon. Will there be a default?
lnxw48a1: https://sixcolors.com/link/2023/01/the-end-of-the-twitter-client-era/ [sixcolors com] I remember using 3rd party clients to access #Twitter. There was the commandline #TTYtter, the #Flock browser's built-in social client, and many others. As Twitter added ads andspewed tons of #JavaScript, leading to a "jumping and twitching" interface that would move underneath your mouse pointer and cause mis-clicks, and as it took 5-10 minutes after logging in for the page to fully load, it was clients that made the site tolerable. There was the "OAuth-pocalypse", when they required all clients to use OAuth (v2?) and it intermittently failed for a few weeks. Then came the day when clients and other API uses "that substantially reproduce" the Twitter UI were notified that their days were numbered. I remember @evan telling them that Identica and other StatusNet instances had a similar API ... but few, if any, clients came over. Most just shut down. Hilariously, there was a trivially reproducible social ranking thing that was cited as an example of the kind of API uses Twitter considered interesting and allowable. There were other, lesser bumps in the road, but as Twitter had already strangled most of its client ecosystem, I did not pay attention.
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 16-Jan-2023 22:32:12 UTC
https://sixcolors.com/link/2023/01/the-end-of-the-twitter-client-era/ [sixcolors com] I remember using 3rd party clients to access #Twitter. There was the commandline #TTYtter, the #Flock browser's built-in social client, and many others. As Twitter added ads andspewed tons of #JavaScript, leading to a "jumping and twitching" interface that would move underneath your mouse pointer and cause mis-clicks, and as it took 5-10 minutes after logging in for the page to fully load, it was clients that made the site tolerable. There was the "OAuth-pocalypse", when they required all clients to use OAuth (v2?) and it intermittently failed for a few weeks. Then came the day when clients and other API uses "that substantially reproduce" the Twitter UI were notified that their days were numbered. I remember @evan telling them that Identica and other StatusNet instances had a similar API ... but few, if any, clients came over. Most just shut down. Hilariously, there was a trivially reproducible social ranking thing that was cited as an example of the kind of API uses Twitter considered interesting and allowable. There were other, lesser bumps in the road, but as Twitter had already strangled most of its client ecosystem, I did not pay attention.
lnxw48a1: @bobjonkman @bobjonkman One positive is that some #Twitter clients are now advertising #Mastodon clients. I wish they'd also look at making clients for #GNUsocial, #Misskey, #PixelFed and so on, as not everyone supports the Mastodon API.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2023 20:19:28 UTC
@bobjonkman @bobjonkman One positive is that some #Twitter clients are now advertising #Mastodon clients. I wish they'd also look at making clients for #GNUsocial, #Misskey, #PixelFed and so on, as not everyone supports the Mastodon API.
lnxw48a1: @bobjonkman I've heard that #Twitter revoked access for most 3rd party clients, but I don't use them, so I cannot confirm.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2023 18:59:07 UTC
@bobjonkman I've heard that #Twitter revoked access for most 3rd party clients, but I don't use them, so I cannot confirm.
lnxw48a1: #Twitter considered "pay for usernames" to bring in revenue -- NYTimes
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 11-Jan-2023 21:59:56 UTC
#Twitter considered "pay for usernames" to bring in revenue -- NYTimes
lnxw48a1: Speaking of #Twitter, it has had some sort of outage for the past few hours. I've seen people posting about being sent to the login screen, then getting an error and being sent back to the login screen.
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 29-Dec-2022 02:53:38 UTC
Speaking of #Twitter, it has had some sort of outage for the past few hours. I've seen people posting about being sent to the login screen, then getting an error and being sent back to the login screen.
lnxw48a1: https://500ish.com/mastodon-brought-a-protocol-to-a-product-fight-ba9fda767c6a #Medium link; don't be surprised if it does weird things before showing you the article. "Mastodon brought a protocol to a product fight" > Yes, yes, the network is under immense strain as people flee the Elon strain infecting Twitter. But come on, there are folks who really believe this is going to replace, or even stand alongside Twitter, as a massively scaled social network? I call bullshit. While it’s impressive that millions of users have apparently given Mastodon a try, the product is far too slapdash and clunky to keep folks engaged. A lump of coal. No, it isn't meant to be a #Twitter replacement. Keep your Twitter account until you no longer want it--or the company closes and the site shuts down--you can use Mastodon alongside Twitter. And the #Fediverse networks are much more than just #Mastodon. Don't think you have experienced the network and all it has to offer if all you've done is briefly tried to use Mastodon, because you haven't experienced it. > I’ve somehow avoided signing up for the service up until now. Largely because signing up was and is so comically obtuse — pick your server everyone, hope you choose wisely! Have you not used e-mail? It works the same way. You pick a server, such as Gmail or Outlook dot com, and sign up. Please tell me you realize that the people you communicate with are not all on the same e-mail service that you use. > But, but, it’s not a product, it’s a protocol. Yeah, that’s a nice thing to say. And to believe in. But I truly believe the ship has sadly sailed for such idealism in this space. Jack Dorsey can talk about how this should have been what Twitter was from the get go until he’s bluesky in the face. It’s just not going to happen. And he’s more to blame for that than most everyone else. As is he for the Elon element of this current equation. But that’s a different story. Okay, so how about this story: Twitter has only been profitable two or three years of its entire history. Since it started, it has existed by burning through investors' funds. Eventually, with or without Elon Musk's ownership, that runs out. Without such funding, their corporate-centralized ( #corpocentric ) model cannot exist very long. And same for their centralized competitors, such as Post.news, Gab, Parler, and so on. What is left is either #federated or #peer-to-peer approaches, where no single entity is responsible for funding and managing the entire network. So whether it is the #Fediverse ( with #ActivityPub and #OStatus and their successors ) & the Federation ( with #Diaspora ) or #Bluesky, or #Twister, or #NOSTR, the eventual future of #socnets is #decentralized, if not entirely peer-to-peer unless a national government takes over Facebook and Twitter in order to provide effectively unlimited resources. It is the protocol that makes it possible for thousands or millions of instances to displace and replace one big centralized instance. 1/2
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 29-Dec-2022 02:20:57 UTC
https://500ish.com/mastodon-brought-a-protocol-to-a-product-fight-ba9fda767c6a #Medium link; don't be surprised if it does weird things before showing you the article. "Mastodon brought a protocol to a product fight" > Yes, yes, the network is under immense strain as people flee the Elon strain infecting Twitter. But come on, there are folks who really believe this is going to replace, or even stand alongside Twitter, as a massively scaled social network? I call bullshit. While it’s impressive that millions of users have apparently given Mastodon a try, the product is far too slapdash and clunky to keep folks engaged. A lump of coal. No, it isn't meant to be a #Twitter replacement. Keep your Twitter account until you no longer want it--or the company closes and the site shuts down--you can use Mastodon alongside Twitter. And the #Fediverse networks are much more than just #Mastodon. Don't think you have experienced the network and all it has to offer if all you've done is briefly tried to use Mastodon, because you haven't experienced it. > I’ve somehow avoided signing up for the service up until now. Largely because signing up was and is so comically obtuse — pick your server everyone, hope you choose wisely! Have you not used e-mail? It works the same way. You pick a server, such as Gmail or Outlook dot com, and sign up. Please tell me you realize that the people you communicate with are not all on the same e-mail service that you use. > But, but, it’s not a product, it’s a protocol. Yeah, that’s a nice thing to say. And to believe in. But I truly believe the ship has sadly sailed for such idealism in this space. Jack Dorsey can talk about how this should have been what Twitter was from the get go until he’s bluesky in the face. It’s just not going to happen. And he’s more to blame for that than most everyone else. As is he for the Elon element of this current equation. But that’s a different story. Okay, so how about this story: Twitter has only been profitable two or three years of its entire history. Since it started, it has existed by burning through investors' funds. Eventually, with or without Elon Musk's ownership, that runs out. Without such funding, their corporate-centralized ( #corpocentric ) model cannot exist very long. And same for their centralized competitors, such as Post.news, Gab, Parler, and so on. What is left is either #federated or #peer-to-peer approaches, where no single entity is responsible for funding and managing the entire network. So whether it is the #Fediverse ( with #ActivityPub and #OStatus and their successors ) & the Federation ( with #Diaspora ) or #Bluesky, or #Twister, or #NOSTR, the eventual future of #socnets is #decentralized, if not entirely peer-to-peer unless a national government takes over Facebook and Twitter in order to provide effectively unlimited resources. It is the protocol that makes it possible for thousands or millions of instances to displace and replace one big centralized instance. 1/2
lnxw48a1: One thing about this surge of people migrating from #Twitter to the #Fediverse is that people who gave up on #federated #socnets years ago and solely used #corpocentric platforms are now coming back. Thus, I get announcements about people I knew from #Tent (thanks to fellow former Tentler @bthall) along with news about people from #Identi.ca and other #StatusNet and #Pump.io instances returning.
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 27-Dec-2022 19:25:03 UTC
One thing about this surge of people migrating from #Twitter to the #Fediverse is that people who gave up on #federated #socnets years ago and solely used #corpocentric platforms are now coming back. Thus, I get announcements about people I knew from #Tent (thanks to fellow former Tentler @bthall) along with news about people from #Identi.ca and other #StatusNet and #Pump.io instances returning.
lnxw48a1: https://freeradical.zone/@Guslanzetta/109576301598478337 Claim that #Twitter had a breach which exposed 400,000,000 usernames and related information
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2022 21:31:07 UTC
https://freeradical.zone/@Guslanzetta/109576301598478337 Claim that #Twitter had a breach which exposed 400,000,000 usernames and related information
lnxw48a1: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2022/12/21/Mastodon-Ethics Tim Bray discusses the ethics of moving to #Mastodon (and probably the #Fediverse in general), considering the views of groups such as #BlackTwitter whose norms and needs differ from those of most Mastodon users. He concludes (correctly, I might add) that it is ethical to leave #Twitter and move to Mastodon and the Fediverse.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 24-Dec-2022 19:39:32 UTC
https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2022/12/21/Mastodon-Ethics Tim Bray discusses the ethics of moving to #Mastodon (and probably the #Fediverse in general), considering the views of groups such as #BlackTwitter whose norms and needs differ from those of most Mastodon users. He concludes (correctly, I might add) that it is ethical to leave #Twitter and move to Mastodon and the Fediverse.
lnxw48a1: #Vivaldi Browser added a social side panel and says it was the first to do so. https://vivaldi.com/new/ Years ago, a #Firefox fork called #Flock had a social tool built in. I only used it for #Twitter, but it was there. Memory is unclear whether it was a side panel or another Window with different measurements, but it existed.
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 22-Dec-2022 17:18:23 UTC
#Vivaldi Browser added a social side panel and says it was the first to do so. https://vivaldi.com/new/ Years ago, a #Firefox fork called #Flock had a social tool built in. I only used it for #Twitter, but it was there. Memory is unclear whether it was a side panel or another Window with different measurements, but it existed.
lnxw48a1: https://www.wired.com/story/mastodon-features-that-twitter-should-steal-but-wont/ [www wired com] Wired: #Mastodon features that #Twitter should steal
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 19-Dec-2022 04:26:36 UTC
https://www.wired.com/story/mastodon-features-that-twitter-should-steal-but-wont/ [www wired com] Wired: #Mastodon features that #Twitter should steal
lnxw48a1: Anyway, Paul Graham (@paulg@twitter.com) had his #Twitter account suspended over a link to his #Fediverse #Mastodon account. Last I checked, the suspension seems to have been reverted.
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 19-Dec-2022 03:27:57 UTC
Anyway, Paul Graham (@paulg@twitter.com) had his #Twitter account suspended over a link to his #Fediverse #Mastodon account. Last I checked, the suspension seems to have been reverted.
lnxw48a1: I saw this screenshot that claims to be #Twitter's new policy on accounts promoting competing #socnet s. https://nu.federati.net/attachment/288977
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 18-Dec-2022 18:06:19 UTC
I saw this screenshot that claims to be #Twitter's new policy on accounts promoting competing #socnet s. https://nu.federati.net/attachment/288977
lnxw48a1: I missed it, but it appears that #OpenBazaar is gone. Their #Twitter account has some details (from early 2021). OB was a fee-free peer-to-peer marketplace. I think it was based on #cryptocurrencies ... at least #Bitcoin #BTC.
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 18-Dec-2022 02:36:46 UTC
I missed it, but it appears that #OpenBazaar is gone. Their #Twitter account has some details (from early 2021). OB was a fee-free peer-to-peer marketplace. I think it was based on #cryptocurrencies ... at least #Bitcoin #BTC.
lnxw48a1: https://masto.ai/@fedi/109524542188078836 > BREAKING NEWS: Gargron is no longer the most followed person on mastodon. This is great news (no offence to @gargron ) as it signifies the network is growing to be more independent of its most famous developer. > The new most followed person is @georgetakei@universeodon.com So let me tell you why this is NOT a good thing. George Takei is a celebrity actor. That people are crawling after actors and other celebs means that the #Twitter migration is bringing their culture (with all its flaws) here. Again, as they did this before during #Mastodon's early growth. Much Masto culture is merely Twitter and Tumblr culture, sometimes reflected in a mirror and sometimes adopted wholesale. Thankfully, the #Fediverse is more than just Mastodon.
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 16-Dec-2022 19:39:47 UTC
https://masto.ai/@fedi/109524542188078836 > BREAKING NEWS: Gargron is no longer the most followed person on mastodon. This is great news (no offence to @gargron ) as it signifies the network is growing to be more independent of its most famous developer. > The new most followed person is @georgetakei@universeodon.com So let me tell you why this is NOT a good thing. George Takei is a celebrity actor. That people are crawling after actors and other celebs means that the #Twitter migration is bringing their culture (with all its flaws) here. Again, as they did this before during #Mastodon's early growth. Much Masto culture is merely Twitter and Tumblr culture, sometimes reflected in a mirror and sometimes adopted wholesale. Thankfully, the #Fediverse is more than just Mastodon.
lnxw48a1: Since the #Twitter siege against journalists and alternative #socnet platforms began a few hours ago, the number of new #Mastodon accounts started surging again. > +3,992 in the last hour > +29,495 in the last day This doesn't count GS, Friendica, Pleroma, Misskey, Epicyon, PixelFed, or any other #Fediverse platform.
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 16-Dec-2022 05:43:53 UTC
Since the #Twitter siege against journalists and alternative #socnet platforms began a few hours ago, the number of new #Mastodon accounts started surging again. > +3,992 in the last hour > +29,495 in the last day This doesn't count GS, Friendica, Pleroma, Misskey, Epicyon, PixelFed, or any other #Fediverse platform.
lnxw48a1: @geniusmusing Also, this drastically reduces the utility of the platform. When something happens--an event, a news story, a tragedy--people turn to #Twitter because the people in the know are there. Severe weather, earthquake, flood, all of them are reported on Twitter, sometimes with links to a news or agency report. California Highway Patrol even puts its AMBER alerts there.
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 16-Dec-2022 04:16:45 UTC
@geniusmusing Also, this drastically reduces the utility of the platform. When something happens--an event, a news story, a tragedy--people turn to #Twitter because the people in the know are there. Severe weather, earthquake, flood, all of them are reported on Twitter, sometimes with links to a news or agency report. California Highway Patrol even puts its AMBER alerts there.
lnxw48a1: @geniusmusing I guess that means that any journalist that uses #Twitter should be opening one or more backup accounts in the #Fediverse and using it enough to be familiar and ready ... and giving their current audience enough heads up so they know where to find their chosen news sources.
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 16-Dec-2022 04:11:51 UTC
@geniusmusing I guess that means that any journalist that uses #Twitter should be opening one or more backup accounts in the #Fediverse and using it enough to be familiar and ready ... and giving their current audience enough heads up so they know where to find their chosen news sources.
lnxw48a1: That's hilarious. What sparked a bunch of people to try #Mastodon in 2017? Ads on #Twitter and #Tumblr "it's like Twitter without the Nazis".
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 16-Dec-2022 00:43:32 UTC
That's hilarious. What sparked a bunch of people to try #Mastodon in 2017? Ads on #Twitter and #Tumblr "it's like Twitter without the Nazis".
lnxw48a1: Official #Mastodon account suspended on #Twitter for posting a link to "Elon's Jet" account https://mastodon.social/@caseynewton/109520284997462443
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 16-Dec-2022 00:42:05 UTC
Official #Mastodon account suspended on #Twitter for posting a link to "Elon's Jet" account https://mastodon.social/@caseynewton/109520284997462443
lnxw48a1: #Twitter possibly forcing users to share data with advertisers. https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-plans-to-force-users-to-share-data-with-advertisers-2022-12 [www businessinsider com]
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2022 23:18:38 UTC
#Twitter possibly forcing users to share data with advertisers. https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-plans-to-force-users-to-share-data-with-advertisers-2022-12 [www businessinsider com]
lnxw48a1: #Twitter is sued for sex/gender discrimination in its mass firing. https://www.axios.com/2022/12/08/twitter-layoffs-gender-discrimination-women-elon-musk [www axios com]
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 13-Dec-2022 19:37:04 UTC
#Twitter is sued for sex/gender discrimination in its mass firing. https://www.axios.com/2022/12/08/twitter-layoffs-gender-discrimination-women-elon-musk [www axios com]
lnxw48a1: I should note that we won't add bridges to #corpocentric networks like #Twitter or #Facebook.
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 13-Dec-2022 05:13:20 UTC
I should note that we won't add bridges to #corpocentric networks like #Twitter or #Facebook.
lnxw48a1: Lenders considering reissuing #Twitter loans to #Musk instead, to reduce company's risk. https://nu.federati.net/url/288900 [www bloomberg com] And likely to reduce its over $1,000,000,000/year payments
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 13-Dec-2022 03:22:52 UTC
Lenders considering reissuing #Twitter loans to #Musk instead, to reduce company's risk. https://nu.federati.net/url/288900 [www bloomberg com] And likely to reduce its over $1,000,000,000/year payments
lnxw48a1: https://prodromou.pub/@evan/109498060348615260 @evan@prodromou.pub @evan@identi.ca ( and formerly @evan@e14n.com ) has said this a few times, but here it is again. "Every time you post on Twitter, you produce value for the advertisers. You tell everyone in your network there that it's OK to stay. That you're all helpless to leave. You tell the people who've lost their jobs, the people who are being hounded and harassed, that they are not important to you. You know you're going to be ashamed of it later. Just stop posting. Do it here, not there. Connect here, not there. Don't reply, don't like, don't retweet. Stop feeding your life into the machine." This was true before Elon #Musk bought #Twitter, but I guess it wasn't as important before. I don't fully agree, simply because there may be some advantages to many people who continue to use Twitter instead of moving to the #Fediverse (e.g., #GNU_Social, #Mastodon, #Pleroma, #Misskey, #PixelFed, #Lenny / #Lemmy, etc) or they would have moved over already. Also, because unless one self-hosts one's own presence, an angry instance admin is all it takes to lose all posts and connections and have to start over. Or, if one has contacts on a different instance, then irate instance admins participating in #blockwars (including #fediblock) can separate the person from some portion of their contacts. So remember, everything that Twitter is or can do to you, your Fediverse instance can also do. Most instances will never do most of those things, but pretending that one is safe here could result in disappointment in the future.
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 12-Dec-2022 01:58:05 UTC
https://prodromou.pub/@evan/109498060348615260 @evan@prodromou.pub @evan@identi.ca ( and formerly @evan@e14n.com ) has said this a few times, but here it is again. "Every time you post on Twitter, you produce value for the advertisers. You tell everyone in your network there that it's OK to stay. That you're all helpless to leave. You tell the people who've lost their jobs, the people who are being hounded and harassed, that they are not important to you. You know you're going to be ashamed of it later. Just stop posting. Do it here, not there. Connect here, not there. Don't reply, don't like, don't retweet. Stop feeding your life into the machine." This was true before Elon #Musk bought #Twitter, but I guess it wasn't as important before. I don't fully agree, simply because there may be some advantages to many people who continue to use Twitter instead of moving to the #Fediverse (e.g., #GNU_Social, #Mastodon, #Pleroma, #Misskey, #PixelFed, #Lenny / #Lemmy, etc) or they would have moved over already. Also, because unless one self-hosts one's own presence, an angry instance admin is all it takes to lose all posts and connections and have to start over. Or, if one has contacts on a different instance, then irate instance admins participating in #blockwars (including #fediblock) can separate the person from some portion of their contacts. So remember, everything that Twitter is or can do to you, your Fediverse instance can also do. Most instances will never do most of those things, but pretending that one is safe here could result in disappointment in the future.
lnxw48a1: Tagging this thread with #Fediverse #Security ... whomever made the script obviously read some protocol docs and some source code. With just a little #JavaScript, they were able to knock some #Misskey and #Mastodon instances to their knees. This isn't the first, and it won't be the last. Remember when someone posted a humongous image and locked up any #GNUSocial instance that tried to download the image? Remember when someone's instance was replaced by some sort of cryptocurrency site and PuSH es from your site to theirs would crash your site because of their site's response? (I'll bet I still have that domain blocked at the firewall.) We have to stop being naive about the intentions of those in the current migration. The overwhelming majority will have benign, if not good, intentions. But a select few will have bad intentions. Among those intentions is to colonize the Fediverse with #Twitter's culture, to come here and impose that culture of anger and disrespect upon the inhabitants here ... which already happened once with the first wave of people joining #Mastodon instance, except it was Twitter and #Tumblr at that time.
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 04-Dec-2022 16:22:39 UTC
Tagging this thread with #Fediverse #Security ... whomever made the script obviously read some protocol docs and some source code. With just a little #JavaScript, they were able to knock some #Misskey and #Mastodon instances to their knees. This isn't the first, and it won't be the last. Remember when someone posted a humongous image and locked up any #GNUSocial instance that tried to download the image? Remember when someone's instance was replaced by some sort of cryptocurrency site and PuSH es from your site to theirs would crash your site because of their site's response? (I'll bet I still have that domain blocked at the firewall.) We have to stop being naive about the intentions of those in the current migration. The overwhelming majority will have benign, if not good, intentions. But a select few will have bad intentions. Among those intentions is to colonize the Fediverse with #Twitter's culture, to come here and impose that culture of anger and disrespect upon the inhabitants here ... which already happened once with the first wave of people joining #Mastodon instance, except it was Twitter and #Tumblr at that time.
lnxw48a1: https://mastodon.social/@mcc/109429555388543126 This thread and the links in it, should be available in a thread roller / unroller site ( like #threadrollerapp for #Twitter ). I'm posting this so I can find it if and when $VAPORWARE_SOCNET_PROJECT becomes something real.
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 01-Dec-2022 00:31:35 UTC
https://mastodon.social/@mcc/109429555388543126 This thread and the links in it, should be available in a thread roller / unroller site ( like #threadrollerapp for #Twitter ). I'm posting this so I can find it if and when $VAPORWARE_SOCNET_PROJECT becomes something real.
lnxw48a1: This is about two weeks ago: https://www.tmz.com/2022/11/13/elon-musk-inadvertently-spark-senate-investigation-twitter/ [www tmz com] Elon #Musk got into an online argument with Senator Ed Markey, who reminded him that #Congress has the power to investigate #Twitter and other Musk-owned companies.
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 27-Nov-2022 20:34:25 UTC
This is about two weeks ago: https://www.tmz.com/2022/11/13/elon-musk-inadvertently-spark-senate-investigation-twitter/ [www tmz com] Elon #Musk got into an online argument with Senator Ed Markey, who reminded him that #Congress has the power to investigate #Twitter and other Musk-owned companies.
lnxw48a1: Unanswered: will his lenders go after him for fraud if he files BK? By him making #Twitter fail so badly so quickly, I think they should be able to prove it in civil court. Also, I wonder whether they made him put up Tesla and / or SpaceX ownership as collateral. If they only relied on Twitter assets, they'll be lucky to get 50% (and I'd guess 20% is more likely, as most of the company's value was as "a going concern").
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 25-Nov-2022 15:31:55 UTC
Unanswered: will his lenders go after him for fraud if he files BK? By him making #Twitter fail so badly so quickly, I think they should be able to prove it in civil court. Also, I wonder whether they made him put up Tesla and / or SpaceX ownership as collateral. If they only relied on Twitter assets, they'll be lucky to get 50% (and I'd guess 20% is more likely, as most of the company's value was as "a going concern").
lnxw48a1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxCRRcWSt4I Elon bought himself a bunch of lawsuits. /via @geniusmusing #Twitter #Musk #lawsuit #bankruptcy #sec #ftc
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 25-Nov-2022 15:20:48 UTC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxCRRcWSt4I Elon bought himself a bunch of lawsuits. /via @geniusmusing #Twitter #Musk #lawsuit #bankruptcy #sec #ftc
lnxw48a1: @simsa04 I never thought of it that way. I can see it now. People rely on #Twitter to send and receive information during such events and their aftermath.
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 24-Nov-2022 05:29:03 UTC
@simsa04 I never thought of it that way. I can see it now. People rely on #Twitter to send and receive information during such events and their aftermath.
lnxw48a1: I'm not sure when it started, but I'd say #Twitter outlasted the lettuce. https://lettuce.wtf/
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 23-Nov-2022 07:11:50 UTC
I'm not sure when it started, but I'd say #Twitter outlasted the lettuce. https://lettuce.wtf/
lnxw48a1: For the record, I liked #Jaiku and #Pownce and #Identi.ca better than I liked #Twitter, but #Plurk's weird horizontal zoomable timeline thing was weird.
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 23-Nov-2022 03:01:19 UTC
For the record, I liked #Jaiku and #Pownce and #Identi.ca better than I liked #Twitter, but #Plurk's weird horizontal zoomable timeline thing was weird.
lnxw48a1: I think it was December of 2007 when I joined #Twitter. I liked it so much that I joined a bunch of similar services, such as #Jaiku, #Pownce, and #Plurk. In 2009, someone on Twitter told me that as an open source person, I should try an open source Twitter clone, #Identi.ca. I did, and thirteen years later, I'm still active here.
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 23-Nov-2022 02:59:45 UTC
I think it was December of 2007 when I joined #Twitter. I liked it so much that I joined a bunch of similar services, such as #Jaiku, #Pownce, and #Plurk. In 2009, someone on Twitter told me that as an open source person, I should try an open source Twitter clone, #Identi.ca. I did, and thirteen years later, I'm still active here.
lnxw48a1: https://aus.social/@thedragstate/109377827512403023 If you're planning to close your #Twitter account, read this first.
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 20-Nov-2022 20:07:55 UTC
https://aus.social/@thedragstate/109377827512403023 If you're planning to close your #Twitter account, read this first.
lnxw48a1: Okay, so it looks like one of the places that is growing because of #Twitter's issues is #Tribel ( https://www.tribel.com/ ). I never heard of it before. Site seems to be #JavaScrippled.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 19-Nov-2022 16:09:31 UTC
Okay, so it looks like one of the places that is growing because of #Twitter's issues is #Tribel ( https://www.tribel.com/ ). I never heard of it before. Site seems to be #JavaScrippled.
lnxw48a1: https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/18/it-begins-the-eu-summons-musk-to-appear-before-them/ [www techdirt com] The EU summons Elon #Musk to appear concerning his actions and decisions about #Twitter
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 19-Nov-2022 00:50:34 UTC
https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/18/it-begins-the-eu-summons-musk-to-appear-before-them/ [www techdirt com] The EU summons Elon #Musk to appear concerning his actions and decisions about #Twitter
lnxw48a1: @simsa04 One thing that stood out to me as a former business major is that ... once #Musk followed up his presumably drunk purchase offer with a serious purchase offer, #Twitter management was legally obligated to sell the company and to pursue any and all legal remedies to cause that to be accomplished. They could sell it to him or they could find someone offering a higher price, but they had to sell the company. If Elon Musk wasn't so sure of his own superiority, he could have said "I was drunk / stoned and not thinking clearly, so the offer I made is rescinded", but instead he followed through (probably because he secretly bought 9% of the company before any of this happened, so making that sort of offer and not carrying it out could have subjected him to civil and criminal penalties). It really is sad that they had to do so regardless of their belief that he was overpaying and that he would not be able to make the payments on his loans, but present US securities laws require this. See also: https://nu.federati.net/notice/3414551
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 18-Nov-2022 04:56:16 UTC
@simsa04 One thing that stood out to me as a former business major is that ... once #Musk followed up his presumably drunk purchase offer with a serious purchase offer, #Twitter management was legally obligated to sell the company and to pursue any and all legal remedies to cause that to be accomplished. They could sell it to him or they could find someone offering a higher price, but they had to sell the company. If Elon Musk wasn't so sure of his own superiority, he could have said "I was drunk / stoned and not thinking clearly, so the offer I made is rescinded", but instead he followed through (probably because he secretly bought 9% of the company before any of this happened, so making that sort of offer and not carrying it out could have subjected him to civil and criminal penalties). It really is sad that they had to do so regardless of their belief that he was overpaying and that he would not be able to make the payments on his loans, but present US securities laws require this. See also: https://nu.federati.net/notice/3414551
lnxw48a1: If the #Twitter saga teaches us anything, it is that "going public" with stock is not always the best choice. A person or group with lots of money can come along and take over, ejecting the prior leaders and employees and changing the company's purpose and direction. They can wreck everything you built. Sometimes, being a !smallbiz can hide you from corporate predators.
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 18-Nov-2022 02:00:26 UTC
If the #Twitter saga teaches us anything, it is that "going public" with stock is not always the best choice. A person or group with lots of money can come along and take over, ejecting the prior leaders and employees and changing the company's purpose and direction. They can wreck everything you built. Sometimes, being a !smallbiz can hide you from corporate predators.
lnxw48a1: @clacke I assume that the company has a tradition of allowing employees to speak freely. I certainly would not use $EMPLOYER's #MSTeams system to criticize upper management. I have plenty to say about them, but I don't say it in *their own forum* or in a way that that can be trivially linked to a specific employee. Maybe #Twitter's employees never knew how good they had it until it all changed. Now that they have the ultimate pointy haired boss, they are subjected to the kind of things that restaurant / retail / warehouse workers had all along.
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 16-Nov-2022 16:55:09 UTC
@clacke I assume that the company has a tradition of allowing employees to speak freely. I certainly would not use $EMPLOYER's #MSTeams system to criticize upper management. I have plenty to say about them, but I don't say it in *their own forum* or in a way that that can be trivially linked to a specific employee. Maybe #Twitter's employees never knew how good they had it until it all changed. Now that they have the ultimate pointy haired boss, they are subjected to the kind of things that restaurant / retail / warehouse workers had all along.
lnxw48a1: I keep seeing posts about #Twitter turning off microservices deemed bloatware and including the #SMS service that #2FA depends on. This means that if you turned on two factor authentication, you cannot lo back in if you log out
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 15-Nov-2022 01:01:38 UTC
I keep seeing posts about #Twitter turning off microservices deemed bloatware and including the #SMS service that #2FA depends on. This means that if you turned on two factor authentication, you cannot lo back in if you log out
lnxw48a1: #Twitter under #Musk could face criminal penalties, due to #FCC consent decree. https://nu.federati.net/url/288417 [www techdirt com] Source: https://mastodon.social/@mmasnick/109320820214327349
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 10-Nov-2022 21:01:49 UTC
#Twitter under #Musk could face criminal penalties, due to #FCC consent decree. https://nu.federati.net/url/288417 [www techdirt com] Source: https://mastodon.social/@mmasnick/109320820214327349
lnxw48a1: To convert your #Twitter archive into a usable format. https://mathstodon.xyz/@timhutton/109316834651128246
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 10-Nov-2022 19:52:13 UTC
To convert your #Twitter archive into a usable format. https://mathstodon.xyz/@timhutton/109316834651128246
lnxw48a1: Note from a #Twitter lawyer https://octodon.social/@cwebber/109321118374148791
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 10-Nov-2022 19:40:53 UTC
Note from a #Twitter lawyer https://octodon.social/@cwebber/109321118374148791
lnxw48a1: Another sign the #Twitter purchase may not be going so well: "Elon Musk sells 19,500,000 shares of Tesla":{https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63564694}
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 09-Nov-2022 05:01:11 UTC
Another sign the #Twitter purchase may not be going so well: "Elon Musk sells 19,500,000 shares of Tesla":{https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63564694}
lnxw48a1: #Mastodon user explains #Twitter's leveraged buyout and staff cuts. https://social.coop/@datatitian/109286918917800922
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 04-Nov-2022 20:57:13 UTC
#Mastodon user explains #Twitter's leveraged buyout and staff cuts. https://social.coop/@datatitian/109286918917800922
lnxw48a1: https://gizmodo.com/twitter-layoffs-elon-musk-ai-ethics-1849743051 > Musk wants to squeeze out between $1.5 to $3 million per day in savings from servers and cloud services, which the report warns risks putting a strain on Twitter during high traffic events. Welp. Back to the #FailWhale at #Twitter.
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 04-Nov-2022 20:31:10 UTC
https://gizmodo.com/twitter-layoffs-elon-musk-ai-ethics-1849743051 > Musk wants to squeeze out between $1.5 to $3 million per day in savings from servers and cloud services, which the report warns risks putting a strain on Twitter during high traffic events. Welp. Back to the #FailWhale at #Twitter.