27 Oct 2023

No, we didn't forget any zeros

And that transpired more or less exactly as written, though it left out the impact of Musk’s equally whim-based approach to software development. Musk temporarily banned critical journalists and stripped the rest of their verification badges; he ordered the development of a system that showed his tweets first; he removed headlines from links and created a system that funded the spread of misinformation. He restored banned users to the platform and sued a nonprofit that accused the company of spreading hate speech.

The Platformer details the first year of Phoney Stark's takeover and subsequent train crash management of Twitter. Meanwhile, on The Register they have the gossip on how little advertising money Twitter is making:

As for claims advertisers are back, Yaccarino's statement lacks some important context. Visa, one returning advertiser Yaccarino cited, spent just $10 (£8.26 and no, we didn't forget any zeros) in the 12 weeks prior to her making the comment last month. In the 12 weeks prior to Musk buying X, Visa had spent around $77,500, per Media Matters.

I'm enjoying hanging out on Mastodon now - I tried to get into Threads but it feels like a text based clout chasing mechanism.

EDIT: I wager the future of social media lies in discreet instances. Following the trend of Discord servers, Slack channels and subreddits; with their own slang, etiquette and rules of engagement. Threads is chasing where the ball used to be - a singular hive mind.

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Chancee is a designer who codes from London Town.

They have worked for the likes of Nike, Vodafone, Sky, Disney and Pearsons, won awards from Promax, BAFTAs, the Appys and The Drum. Spoken at The Waldorf and Southampton University - despite swearing like a sailor. Available for hire to draw pretty curves and code clever things.