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x128··on X suspends pro-Nazi account after two brands halt advertising
You get what you pay for. You're free to start a subscription twitter that hosts all the hate content you want. Platforms that sustain themselves on advertising are going to do what is popular with the public. Turns out most people, despite what some may think, are not hateful violent lunatics. There are plenty of services that host that content if you want it. Google is at your fingertips. Just don't expect people to like you or demand it be mainstream.
x128··on Teenager ‘taken to security room and interrogated’ for throwaway ticketing
This is also how police get people to confess to crimes they never committed. Coercion is not a useful tool for seeking the truth.
x128··on John Carmack goes off about online-only games being abandoned
Community servers are also great. You get to meet people and develop relationships with them as you play. Matchmaking just dumps you with a bunch of randos, half of which are going to be angry teens.
x128··on Only blue tick users to vote in Twitter polls on policy
Worthless internet polls become even more worthless. What a joke.
x128··on Joe Rogan on 9-5 jobs and college
Why would I care what this clown has to say?
x128··on Twitter at 1am on a Friday
and what do I gain by giving my soul to the company?
x128··on Twitter at 1am on a Friday
Oof. That boot.
x128··on C isn't a programming language anymore
Why base it off C?
x128··on C isn't a programming language anymore
C is the wrong tool for defining ABIs.
x128··on Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staff’s code, workers said
You don't owe your dignity to your company.