Privacy @lemmy.ml Jat620DH27 @lemmy.world 1 yr. 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
- You realize if you weren't surrounded by lemmy zealots how seriously ignorant you folks sound right?
  
  I have frequently found myself surrounded by Twitter and Instagram users, and they seem just as deluded as they do from here.
  
  These people existed before lemmy, reddit or digg. just annoying to be around.
  
  I don't know anyone in real life who uses it. Even before Musk bought it out. I'm getting older so checked with gen z in my family and they don't use it either.
  
  Why are you here exactly?
- 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
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  Why haven't they switched to other platforms yet? Love Elon so much?
Another trick to get us all verified is to hand out our identity info. Just leave please, I wish more people can learn about this thing called - decentralized social media......
- Yeah Mastodon is one of those decentralized social media. Have you found any other good ones?
  
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  Bluesky has federation in testing with 3rd party clients already existing
“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 :)
Free block list
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
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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