Subject: It's not going down, right?
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Posted on: 2022-11-19 22:47:17 UTC
I really hope.
Subject: It's not going down, right?
Author:
Posted on: 2022-11-19 22:47:17 UTC
I really hope.
I'd be less concerned about the future of Twitter if every Smauging Japanese fan content creator weren't on there and a host of Japanese content creator platforms (privatter, poipiku, shindanmaker, slot-maker) didn't require Twitter accounts.
I'm not on it and it never appealed to me personally, but people who genuinely care for the platform and may even depend on it have my deepest sympathies. Taking a thing and destroying it in jealousy and spite is a true example of evil.
~Neshomeh
And you seem to have left out a sentence.
And capitalism bad. Of course. Hooray.
—Ls
No one is forcing you to participate in this thread. You're welcome to present a dissenting opinion, but if you can't treat your fellow PPCers with respect while doing so, then don't bother.
~Neshomeh
I'm sorry if I sound cynical or callous.
Elon is a loose cannon and your concerns are reasonable.
So, yeah, not a fan of him either.
--Ls
From what I can tell about leftism, most leftists would not be willing to content-mod for Musk and would probably quit or try to start a union. It's also possible that this is an Overton window thing -- the U.S. is further right than comparable societies, so things that are well-accepted in the EU and Australia (universal healthcare) are super-contested here.
...other comparable societies are further-left. And, for a US-based company, one would measure based on US political standards.
As for source, this article mentions it in the first couple paragraphs.
--Ls
I didn't know it would turn into this.
He tweeted this out 3 hours ago as of this writing: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1594191387519373313 (I politely request that no one mentions what the replies/retweets are, thanks – I don't want myself or anyone else here to be any more upset than we already are).
What exactly is going on a Twitter?
NY Times goes into the gritty details here.
See also: the Washington Post covers the blue-check debacle, which would be funny if it weren't so potentially damaging.
~Neshomeh
I once played a game in which there's a (heroic) character who manages a performer troupe. When he realizes his troupe is losing audience, he decides to up and quit on the spot and refuses to explain, dealing a huge blow to his performers' morale and leaving them without management. When this draws a lot of public attention, the guy just drags his underhanded butt back and reveals it was all a stunt. (No, he's not Azul Ashengrotto). (The troupe forgives him because this wasn't a super emotionally heavy game). Methinks Mr Musk is trying to pull something similar.
forbids someone from making money off a troupe member's image… because he's the only one allowed to do it, fOr ThE tEaM's GoOd. (No, I swear he's not Azul Ashengrotto). The story's funny enough not to make you wanna reach through the fourth wall to slap him.
But it’s been only two weeks, hopefully things will be resolved soon
—Ls doesn’t particularly care, but he’s glad to understand what the discussion is over
Mr Musk is doing weird things with it.
P.S: No matter your opinion on his actions, please don't flame or say mean things about him.
He also reinstated hateful spite-spewers whose job is to sit at the computer and whip people into a frothing-at-the-mouth frenzy because they have to show trans people the bare minimum of decency (although Alex Jones is still off, thankfully). He has earned his flames, and given how cultish his fandom is and what that's done to his ego, I think he really needs them.
but it's never quite caught on in Japan, plus it's an image-only platform, making it functionally similar to pixiv.
This post has my full handle on it, I use Damian Brighte when discussing nice happy non-stressful stuff and Darke when discussing Serious Business.
I was also going to do this with my dreams of stardom, but those have long since faded...
I really hope.
Twitter has been shedding essential technical staff, it's losing advertisers, and as a result it's probably losing more money than ever. Who knows?
Myspace is still alive. Go figure.
Given how big Twitter is in Japan, this is a problem of a whole country having nowhere to move to.
NPR doesn't think a complete shutdown is likely as of yesterday, but that may be cold comfort if the platform can't function effectively anymore.
I heard a rumor that Musk is trying to sell it now, but I haven't found anything to back that up; just a paywalled Boston Globe article with a headline advising him to do so.
~Neshomeh
Sort of like how nicovideo is the Japanese counterpart to Youtube, and pixiv one to deviantArt.
I have heard there's a healthy Japanese community on various instances of Mastodon? Which is where a lot of Tech Twitter is going (except to different instances). American fandom seems to be moving more in the direction of tumblr (but Tumblr still has its own problems with NSFW content bans...). I dunno.