Elon Musk Buys X (formerly Twitter): Just Use Bluesky, Threads, or Mastodon Instead

[squeekness]

I'm sure Bluesky won't be far behind.

 

[Teelie]

Threads is offically getting ads

It’s happening.

www.theverge.com

The only surprising part is how long it took them to start plastering it with ads. I thought it had them already. (I don't use Threads)

 

[Lily Adler]

The only surprising part is how long it took them to start plastering it with ads. I thought it had them already. (I don't use Threads)

Threads is offically getting ads

It’s happening.

www.theverge.com

Threads and Bluesky are objectively better since you can browse content without an account.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Putting your platform behind a wall lowers ad impressions (views).

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[squeekness]

He's getting more disgusting by the day.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Bill Gates Rips Musk for His Right-Wing Pivot: ‘Insane S***’

Gates said the Tesla CEO was ‘super-smart,’ but criticized his obsessions with far-right parties in the UK and Germany.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Elon Musk’s Biographer Calls Him a ‘Sociopath’ After Auschwitz Photo-Op

Elon Musk’s biographer called him a “sociopath” after the MAGA billionaire’s 2024 visit to the Auschwitz death camp was dismissed by someone else at the event as nothing more than a “photo-op.” Musk, who has emerged as one of Donald Trump’s top allies, has faced renewed allegations of...

www.yahoo.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Social media users flock to Bluesky as Musk makes X a hellsite

Social media users flock to Bluesky as Musk continues to tank X Bluesky now boasts more than 29 million users, exploding to more than three times the 9 million users recorded in September 2024. At the start of 2024, Bluesky had just under 3 million...

www.dailykos.com

‘A clear danger’: World leaders react to Musk’s neo-Nazi crusade

The world’s richest broligarch Elon Musk made a virtual appearance Saturday at a rally for Germany’s far-right extremist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, during which he told a crowd of 4,500 people that Germans should not feel “guilty” about the...

www.dailykos.com

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Has Muskler ever been on a train or subway.

 

[squeekness]

Has Muskler ever been on a train or subway.

I doubt it, lol.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

Has Muskler ever been on a train or subway.

 

[Lily Adler]

I wonder if Newsom is still mad Elon conned California out of their rail system for his Hyperloop project?

 

[Iceman]

https://www.business-standard.com/amp/companies/news/elon-musk-x-employees-internal-email-financial-strain-advertising-revenue-125012600393_1.html

Elon Musk writes to X employees, says company 'barely breaking even​

 

[squeekness]

https://www.business-standard.com/amp/companies/news/elon-musk-x-employees-internal-email-financial-strain-advertising-revenue-125012600393_1.html

Elon Musk writes to X employees, says company 'barely breaking even​

Time to put it out of its misery.

 

[blueharvest]

Critics joke that Musk has been 'kicked out of the White House' after office 'snub'

No, Elon Musk hasn't been 'removed from the White House', but people are celebrating the fact he won't have an office in the West Wing.

www.thepinknews.com

 

[blueharvest]

European Leaders Condemn Musk's 'Ominous' Push for Germany to 'Forget' Holocaust | Common Dreams

Billionaire Elon Musk's controversial remarks at a far-right rally in Germany, urging the country to move "beyond the past," were met with strong opposition from European leaders on the anniversary of the Auschwitz liberation. Are Musk's actions fueling the rise of neo-Nazism in Europe? Why is...

www.commondreams.org

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

14 Jewish Groups Leave X as Elon Musk Doubles Down on Nazi Rhetoric

Musk has ramped up the far-right extremism even more since Trump won.

gizmodo.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

EU medicines agency quits X, moves to Bluesky​

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-medicines-agency-quits-x-moves-bluesky-2025-01-27/

Poland urges Tesla boycott after Musk’s call to ‘move past’ Nazi guilt

“There is no justification for any reasonable Pole to continue purchasing Teslas,” says minister Sławomir Nitras.

www.politico.eu

German Defence and Foreign Ministries Shift Public Communications Away from Elon Musk’s X - Technology Org

Germany’s foreign and defense ministries announced on Wednesday that they are shifting their communication strategies away from X,

www.technology.org