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Thursday on X (Twitter), all users saw the same pinned topic under the “What’s happening?” sidebar. As part of a “timeline takeover” — which gives advertisers “priority access to logged-in users’ first impression of the day” — conservative media nonprofit PragerU is promoting the hashtag “#DETRANS” to advertise its new film about “the stories of detransitioners.”

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[–] dynamojoe@lemmy.world 140 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Every day I miss my twitter account less and less. I now wish there was a way I could block twitter content inside news articles and such.

[–] bloopernova@programming.dev 46 points 2 years ago (6 children)

We've got it blocked at our router. The DNS server just responds with no such address.

[–] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Hijacking twitter DNS queries and redirecting to a page that only serves images of cats.

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 118 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Man, musk really fucking hates his daughter

[–] bloopernova@programming.dev 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nobody defies the musky chodelet!

[–] irreticent@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You know how when you think of something so pungent you can kinda smell it? Well, I just smelled your comment.

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[–] Iwasondigg@lemmy.one 95 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is a good time to remind people one of his kids is trans. What utter garbage he's turned out to be.

[–] misterundercoat@lemmy.world 93 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Despite pushback from some users

Well there's your problem. You're still using the fascist platform.

Any active user who "pushes back" in an attempt to "fix" the fascist platform is either delusional or being disingenuous. There's no fixing it, guys. Just walk away.

[–] Stephen304@lemmy.ml 30 points 2 years ago

Imo the best pushback is to leave and make twitter irrelevant

[–] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 2 years ago

Boycotts can work. Leave, and let people know why you're leaving. (The second part is important!)

[–] gkd@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

Yep. I could see people sticking around if there were not viable alternatives. And while those alternatives have indeed been around for a good while, they are very available now. There’s really no excuse now.

Now, while I do think Mastodon is the better platform, I’m curious to see how BlueSky affects Twitter’s user base once it comes out of its “beta”. For all of its faults, it does have the smallest learning curve - if really any at all - when comparing it to Twitter.

[–] dinckelman@lemmy.world 86 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Can we please just stop talking about the clown in command, and his dogshit bigoted platform?

[–] hiddenSin@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

And how is this even about technology anymore?

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It is about an abuse of technology so it is relevant

[–] hiddenSin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Everyday there is some "tech news" about X. These are not tech news anymore. How is a trans film promotion tech news? Where is the technology in this? This is just drama news at this point.

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[–] wmassingham@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 2 years ago

I'm sure if we ignore him, he'll just go away. That's how this works, right?

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[–] alienanimals@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Downvote Musk spam.

The billionaire doesn’t need your help ensuring him and his businesses stay in the 24 hour news cycle. Don’t be a useful idiot.

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[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 41 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Followers and online friends are very important to some people, but at what point do remaining Twitter users give up?

I understand there are some pathetic individuals who agree with Musk. I’m not talking about them. I mean the ones who should know better, but haven’t left yet.

What does it take for people to realize “I’m helping an utterly wretched man keep his business alive?” Don’t they realize they’re burning their all-important reputations by staying? Is it worth it to them? Why?

[–] toasteecup@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I feel like you're underestimating the amount of apathy most people have.

[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You may be right. It could be just that simple.

[–] Fades@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It absolutely is that simple. Most people just do NOT give a fuck until it directly affects them negatively. They don’t want to lose their followers and shit so musks bullshit is acceptable in that context

[–] gkd@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I wish people (especially just regular ol’ people, not big names) realized that if they started using Mastodon or BlueSky their engagement would go up tremendously. I’ve had full blown huge threads with all sorts of people on both platforms, even when I had literally just made my account.

On Twitter you’re lucky to even get a like on a post unless it’s some hot take on a political topic.

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Detransition is the equivalent of people who decided they actually aren’t gay. It’s rare enough to not make policies or be an ass about it, it’s super rare for it to go all the way to straight/cis and instead is typically “actually it turns out I’m bi/nonbinary”, and there’s a group actively funded and encouraged by the right wing, many of whom later retransition. It is a real phenomenon, but so is quicksand, both of which turned out to be less common in real life than certain media would have you believe

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It’s also sadly common for folks to detransition because of hostility and a lack of support. Hard to afford hormones if you can’t get a job because you’re trans.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Very true. And it’s easy to decide that physical safety is more valuable at the moment than self fulfillment.

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

This is why they're losing advertisers left, right, and center.

[–] Invertedouroboros@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This is why they're losing advertisers left ~~right~~ and center.

Fixed that for you.

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[–] grayman@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Great "technology" article.

[–] ComradePorkRoll@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Social Media isn't technology?

[–] mob@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Oh I hate this argument.

With an election year next year, politics is about to get shoe horned into everything with the "(insert subject) is politics" is justification.

I think most people think of technology as scientific based rather than social media trends and events.

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[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Knowing Elon, I am not surprised.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 6 points 2 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


PragerU, which is not a university, aims to “preserve American ideals.” The organization has been criticized for doubting climate change and downplaying the realities of slavery.

“PragerU has chosen X/Twitter specifically for this campaign, as it is one of the least censored social media platforms,” the organization wrote in a press release.

PragerU calls the short documentary its “most important” video yet, but extensive research shows that detransitioning is incredibly uncommon.

In spite of research indicating that these procedures are often life-saving and rarely result in regret, right-wing figures continue to drum up panic around gender-affirming care for LGBTQ+ people.

X CEO Linda Yaccarino claims that the company will be profitable by 2024, but other evidence shows that the platform’s advertising business continues to suffer.

As recently as this week, Musk has posted that he believes the word “cis” is a “heterosexual slur,” a personal position that reflects changes made to the company’s content moderation policies under his leadership.


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