This can't possibly end well.

bunkhead said:

This can't possibly end well.

Nope. Eventually people will understand that a self-centered egotistical rich guy getting his scummy hands on a major network like Twitter doesn't bode well for freedom of speech.

FRien said:

Nope. Eventually people will understand that a self-centered egotistical rich guy getting his scummy hands on a major network like Twitter doesn't bode well for freedom of speech.

Still probably better than what Twitter has been doing up till now. Can't be any worse, at least. They were already banning people for having differing opinions.

To be fair to the purpose of the logo, a pigeon has better population distribution and outreach than a mountain bluebird. You find pigeons and other doves everywhere and they cohabit spaces in people-rich environments.

bunkhead said:

This can't possibly end well.

End? This is just the start.....

blindVigil said:

Still probably better than what Twitter has been doing up till now. Can't be any worse, at least. They were already banning people for having differing opinions.

This has already aged like milk.

SuperScum said:

This has already aged like milk.

You mean the fact they will charge for the people having the blue check mark?

I don't think that will be bad, considering, some of those went over their head to prove they are right only because they had said checkmark for a brand.

If nothing else, fewer people will like and use twitter. I doubt many people will start using it because of the buy.

SuperScum said:

This has already aged like milk.

What are your referring to? Verified accounts being a paid subscription instead of a bunch of self absorbed jackasses deciding arbitrarily who gets a stupid checkmark and lording it over everyone else, or the recent statement from Elon that Twitter will still have guidelines on what you can and can't say, like literally any site that isn't 4chan?

Cause in the former case, I consider that an objectively better system, and in the latter case, that's no different from Twitter before Elon bought it. If it really ends up being net worse, then maybe Twitter will finally die.

"Chief twit"

blindVigil said:

Can't be any worse, at least.

Do you really want to bet that a billionaire who threatens to pull internet service from war-torn countries because someone was mean to him on social media and calls people "pedos" because they think his imaginary submarine is stupid won't find ways to make an already-bad social media site even worse? We already have proof positive that he makes terrible decisions: he bought twitter, after all.

DownWithTheThickness said:

Do you really want to bet that a billionaire who threatens to pull internet service from war-torn countries because someone was mean to him on social media and calls people "pedos" because they think his imaginary submarine is stupid won't find ways to make an already-bad social media site even worse? We already have proof positive that he makes terrible decisions: he bought twitter, after all.

I’d figure this song would be appropriate for the situation

Dammit, can’t seem to get this to work properly.

psychedelic_rabbit said:

Dammit, can’t seem to get this to work properly

Looks like you've got the wrong kind of double quotes (not sure if it's visible on your screen, but on mine you have the angled ones), might be a browser or keyboard thing.

DownWithTheThickness said:

Looks like you've got the wrong kind of double quotes (not sure if it's visible on your screen, but on mine you have the angled ones), might be a browser or keyboard thing.

Ah thanks for that, was trying to type that on mobile.

DownWithTheThickness said:

Do you really want to bet that a billionaire who threatens to pull internet service from war-torn countries because someone was mean to him on social media and calls people "pedos" because they think his imaginary submarine is stupid won't find ways to make an already-bad social media site even worse? We already have proof positive that he makes terrible decisions: he bought twitter, after all.

Not to mention after buying twitter he started things off with spreading wild lies on the Pelosi attack.

And now AOC's notifications aren't working, Hmm. So much for the free-speech thing.