Stupid World

[nerrrd]

Just like talkback radio the “host” gets to cut out opinions they don’t like.

It always makes me laugh when people run down talkback. Straight away it tells me that’s a person who lives in a bubble and doesn’t like hearing others point of view. Sure some hosts have agenda and hard to listen too but for most part you get to hear a good cross section of what society is thinking. Pity is most of astute minds and good ideas come out late which you won’t hear unless your shift worker or up very late.

Not running it down, talkback has been keeping me company for decades, but anyone who listens to it for any length of time knows that your 'cross-section' is actually a few first time callers sprinkled among a pool of regular callers. And those callers aren't ringing in for a discussion, they just want to hear that others agree with their point of view.

[TheDemonLord]

Not running it down, talkback has been keeping me company for decades, but anyone who listens to it for any length of time knows that your 'cross-section' is actually a few first time callers sprinkled among a pool of regular callers. And those callers aren't ringing in for a discussion, they just want to hear that others agree with their point of view.

Sounds like KB....

[nerrrd]

Sounds like KB....

At least on here you can go into (vast amounts of) detail...if you want to.

Minds have to be open in the first place, though, which most of those motivated enough to call talkback (or tweet, I presume) aren't.*

* or post on KB.

[pritch]

Life can be tough in the US tech sector. Apparently Musk is making good on his promise to trim the staff at Twitter. How the affected staff find out is when they go to log in to their work lap top they see they’ve been locked out. Brutal.

[sugilite:Me]

Fun fact, the free speech loving saudis are the 2nd largest stake holders in twitter after musk.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/...-twitter-stake

[pritch]

Fun fact, the free speech loving saudis are the 2nd largest stake holders in twitter after musk.

It would seem Musk doesn't "get" the concept of free speech. Nor, it seems, does he understand Twitter. One of his own tweets had an advisory attached. (Shown below.)

If advertisers stop advertising on Twitter that's them actually operating a form of free speech. It's nothing to do with activists as he claims. The free speech he advocates for, will too often be hate speech. Use of the N word reportedly jumped 500% the day Musk took over as the knuckle dragging element on Twitter exercised their new freedom. Most advertisers will not want their ads placed next to hate speech.

Musk supporters say that checkmark accounts should just pay the $8.00 and shut up. They pay Netflix don't they? When you pay Netflix you are paying for the content Netflix created. On Twitter it's the users who create the content. Big difference.

Be interesting to see, as the dust from the mass layoffs settles, if he kept enough of the right staff to keep the place running smoothly. Some states (and countries?) have laws covering redundancies. Legal actions are already kicking off.

Please pass the popcorn.

[husaberg]

It would seem Musk doesn't "get" the concept of free speech. Nor, it seems, does he understand Twitter. One of his own tweets had an advisory attached. (Shown below.)

If advertisers stop advertising on Twitter that's them actually operating a form of free speech. It's nothing to do with activists as he claims. The free speech he advocates for, will too often be hate speech. Use of the N word reportedly jumped 500% the day Musk took over as the knuckle dragging element on Twitter exercised their new freedom. Most advertisers will not want their ads placed next to hate speech.

Musk supporters say that checkmark accounts should just pay the $8.00 and shut up. They pay Netflix don't they? When you pay Netflix you are paying for the content Netflix created. On Twitter it's the users who create the content. Big difference.

Be interesting to see, as the dust from the mass layoffs settles, if he kept enough of the right staff to keep the place running smoothly. Some states (and countries?) have laws covering redundancies. Legal actions are already kicking off.

Please pass the popcorn.

...........

Musk.... Even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists

Back in reality
Twitter shut off employee access to certain content moderation and policy enforcement tools, prompting workers to cite concerns about misinformation ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. And as a part of the layoffs today, Twitter eliminated its curation team, which was responsible for providing factual context — and corrections, if necessary — to trending terms and conversations on the platform.

Even though nothing has changed with content moderatiom lol

Musk has little choice but to make good with Twitter’s sponsors. His deal to buy the company included making Twitter take on $13 billion in debt from banks, which means the social network will owe about $1 billion a year in interest payments.

[mashman]

https://www.businessinsider.com/read...ayoffs-2022-11

One of the supposed letters sent. Same vane as the non-employees who pretended they'd just been fired? Meh... businessmen gonna do what businessmen gotta do.

"Today is your last working day at the company, however, you will remain employed by Twitter and will receive compensation and benefits through your separation date of February 2, 2023.

During this time, you will be on a Non-Working Notice period and your access to Twitter systems will be deactivated. While you are not expected to work during the Non-Working Notice period, you are still required to comply with all company policies, including the Employee Playbook and Code of Conduct."

Working for free and getting paid for it... yet still bitchin' about it

[Berries]

I don't do twitter, KB is the extent of my social media engagement, so what do all these workers do? Presumably there is some software that allows someone to log on and have there 140 word wank and then someone else can comment on it? Struggling to see the difference from this place to be honest, apart from the scale which impacts advertising revenue and gets Elton interested.

Do they get paid to simply read the internet all day?

Where do I apply?

#lookatme #lookatme #lookatme

[pritch]

I don't do twitter, KB is the extent of my social media engagement, so what do all these workers do? Presumably there is some software that allows someone to log on and have there 140 word wank and then someone else can comment on it? Struggling to see the difference from this place to be honest, apart from the scale which impacts advertising revenue and gets Elton interested.

Do they get paid to simply read the internet all day?

Where do I apply?

#lookatme #lookatme #lookatme

I check Twitter most days. There's good and bad. Most of the time it's just scrolling past stuff of only minimal interest. There are though people who post matters of interest, either because they are in a position to know, because they have a way with words, because they are amusing, or whatever.

It can be a sewer. It seems women with a profile can be subjected to savage attacks. Alternatively there can be lots of pics of puppies and cats and I just keep scrolling.

Most of the English speaking MotoGP journos post on Twitter, as do some riders. Alex Briggs, formerly mechanic for Doohan and Rossi used to post regularly, giving a unique view from inside the paddock.

Musk currently reminds me of Auckland's new Mayor Brown who was demanding people and groups resign before he had any clue as to what their function was. Similarly Musk is making statements and behaving in ways that suggest he really doesn't understand what Twitter is. If he fucks it up something else will replace it. We shouldn't have to wait too long to find out.

[Berries]

The best thing I could find on t'twitter - #proper food

[R650R]

Life can be tough in the US tech sector. Apparently Musk is making good on his promise to trim the staff at Twitter. How the affected staff find out is when they go to log in to their work lap top they see they’ve been locked out. Brutal.

Prob a standard procedure for IT security in such a big bouyout takeover situation. Disaffected employees could sabotage or delete incriminating evidence.

Funny you’d think a culling of the herd would be much more accepted in a commie/socialist enclave like twitter... cancel culture just got cancelled and they don’t like it lol

[R650R]

I don't do twitter, KB is the extent of my social media engagement, so what do all these workers do? Presumably there is some software that allows someone to log on and have there 140 word wank and then someone else can comment on it? Struggling to see the difference from this place to be honest, apart from the scale which impacts advertising revenue and gets Elton interested.

Do they get paid to simply read the internet all day?

Where do I apply?

#lookatme #lookatme #lookatme

It’s 140 characters. Hence why complex social and political issues get dumbed down into out of context soundbite type representations. Prob the key cause of division in society as people think there are only pro or anti options on any issue.

[pritch]

The best thing I could find on t'twitter -

There's a thing on Facebook it might be called Football food. People photograph a meal that they purchased at the game and give the price. Some are shockers. From the UK a "hot dog" consisting of a frank in a dry bun. No butter, no mustard, no sauce, nothing. For six quid. There was a similar one from France of all places. One of the best one I've seen was a pulled pork meal from the Cake Tin in Wellington. There was a nice roast lamb with roast potatoes and Yorkshire pud from the UK too. Those were about twenty bucks but you were getting something for your money.

Twitter is handy if you are stuck in a holding pattern somewhere, like in a Doctors waiting room. There's no magazines anymore - 'cause germs. Twitter to the rescue.

[pritch]

It’s 140 characters.

Has been 240 for years.