1y ago

X Users Can Now Restrict Replies to Verifed Account Only

Let's review what Elon Musk has done just in 2023:

Changed Twitter to X.
Plans to implement a small monthly payment for everyone using the X system.
Plans to collect user biometric information, job, and education history for "safety, security, and identification purposes."
Brings back shadowbanning.
Uses user data to train AI models.
Limits replies to verified users only.

Elon has made so many terrible changes to Twitter that I can’t remember what the breaking point was for me.

Fortunately, there’s a lot more competition in Twitter-like social media platforms. Mastodon may currently hold the position as the most established platform, but there are numerous other services competing to become the next preferred place for online users.

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Great news if you’ve ever looked at your replies and thought “you know what? there are too many non-Nazis here”
- I get what you mean but at the same time that would mean we'd want more Nazis. I do not want more Nazis.
  
  I think you missed the sarcasm

People still use Twitter?
- People are were the content is, but using this platform after all that's happened to it... Yeah no, I don't get it either
- Way too many massively good artists I follow are still on Twitter with no intention of leaving. Some are on Pixiv or DeviantArt, but most not.
  
  Out of interest, what do you get out of following artists you like on twitter?
- They use Twitter because they can't use MySpace
- Yeah my classmates do

“Accounts you follow” still the best option.

Otherway round would be a lot more useful. Block idiots who pay Elon for his new 'X'.
- That already exists by leaving Twitter. 👽

Humanity will make huge progress once it stop commenting every sh*t originating from E. Misk.
Seriously, there is now way to block all that noise?
- Lots of lemmy clients have keyword filters
  
  Oh, thanks. Didn't notice :)

Can't believe you forgot the usage limits on how many tweets you can view and how many DMs you can send. I think some of those might have been walked back, but I know people who were holding back from discord because twitter DMs were enough that now rarely go there.
Also all sorts of API functionality has been killed off - embeds, RSS, bots, etc

Free block list

It’s funny that all the new features they’re touting over there are really simple changes. Things like a new setting that controls an if statement.

What a time to be alive!

What I need for Mastodon is a database of verified users organized by subject matter expertise or your of content.
- There are a few attempts things like this. Here is one.... https://fedi.directory

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