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1. Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 13:51:47 JST Eugen Rochko

   Making people pay to tweet should be the nail in the coffin for #Twitter; but then again I thought turning it into a glorified Parler would've been that nail already. As they say, the market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.

   • writermonki (writermonki@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 14:10:59 JST writermonki

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     @Gargron Are there any recent numbers for Twitter's, or X's, current user base? It seems to have lost some cultural cashe. Maybe that's just from my POV.

   • mazisworld (mazisworld@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 14:19:41 JST mazisworld

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     @Gargron WHERE TF ARE THESE DEVELOPERS. FUCK ELON.

     THIS IS THE CHEAPEST MOVES IVE EVER SEEN MADE BY BIG TECH

   • Sven Kortmann (svenkortmann@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 14:40:57 JST Sven Kortmann

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     @Gargron There is no alternative for the normal user. Mastodon? No. Bluesky? Too small, too uninteresting. Maybe when threads from Facebook arrive in Europe, but only maybe.

   • plsburydoughboy (I/het/him) (plsburydoughboy@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 14:41:34 JST plsburydoughboy (I/het/him)

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     @Gargron well, nobody in your replies told you: that was misinformation based on a bad faith interpretation of something Elon said in an interview https://twitter.com/Dexerto/status/1703852502888644676

   • David Schmidt (individual8@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 14:59:45 JST David Schmidt

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     @Gargron There are similar comparisons in different areas. Sometimes makes you feel your optimism fools you.

   • suseng_26 (suseng_26@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 15:25:12 JST suseng_26

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     @Gargron Who knows… I certainly won‘t pay but that will also mean that I‘ll lose some longtime twitter friends who just aren‘t capable to move to other platforms for various reasons. DMs and group chats via DM have been an integral part of my twitter experience. That cannot be replaced unfortunately.

   • Phil Rees (phrees@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 15:40:48 JST Phil Rees

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     @Gargron Is Unity holding his beer?

   • O. Simard-Casanova in English (o_simardcasanova@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 15:51:33 JST O. Simard-Casanova in English

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     @Gargron It probably is, I have some data that suggests the network externalities of X have already started to unravel

     A platform this big doesn’t collapse overnight. Even if its network externalities unravel catastrophically, it would still take a bit of time (a few months maybe?).

     In my opinion, the data is consistent with what they would be if X were unraveling

   • mambearpnw (mambearpnw@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 16:08:22 JST mambearpnw

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     @Gargron Speaking of solvency, maybe u r not the right venue for this but can you bout imagine you're cremated, ashes in a balloon like a gender reveal. but also in your balloon are countless of 'minis' messages in bottles, if you will, for the alcoholic now afloat. okay but so you're ashes. minis of messages. and helium. so you're set out upon the sea to see. i fword love that right there, gus. Thanks for the prompt. You surely need a session now. Sorry. I don't. <3 Messages to find. Later.

   • recker5 (recker5@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 16:22:49 JST recker5

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     @Gargron
     And Elon is one of the most unreliable announcers in CEO history.

     Remember the experts panel that should've decided Trump's re-activation?

     And how much he hates ads? Months later he hires a CEO whose one and only expertise is selling ads.

   • Lil Meow Meow (lil_meow_meow@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 16:51:52 JST Lil Meow Meow

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     @Gargron

     Too many people do not give a damn about the fascist owner as long as their own narcissism is catered, finding all kinds of excuses.

     Doesn't bode well for the fight against fascism no matter where.

   • BobbingAlong (bobbingalong@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 17:46:26 JST BobbingAlong

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     @Gargron with his ad revenue down, if he wants to claw back some of the money he's spent, he's going to have to do something like this. It's going to come down to the implementation. In my view he'd be better to apply a throttle, say 10/20/30 free messages or replies per day, and pay $1 for each thereafter. That may then catch commercial operators.

   • samuelmederos 🍃 (samuelmederos@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 18:17:49 JST samuelmederos 🍃

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     @Gargron Algunos rondamos ya casi los 200€ por la línea de Internet, hacer pagar a la gente que crea su propio contenido es un robo. Ayer elimine mi cuenta de X. Es el clavo y al fondo del mar.

   • Matthew (matthewross@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 19:04:05 JST Matthew

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     @Gargron are they making people pay 13 years of my lifes work on refugees and war zone monitoring is over i got banned for having the same conversations i had for 13 years about the value of human life sadest thing every record wiped away

   • Qibili (qibili@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 19:07:40 JST Qibili

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     @Gargron I left twitter and join mastodon yesterday because there's no way I'd pay to be on social media. Elon is delusional.

   • zoyyy929 (zoyyy929@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 19:34:30 JST zoyyy929

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     @Gargron I understand your frustration with X’s decision to charge all users for accessing the platform. You may feel that this is unfair and limits your freedom of expression.

   • Prem Kumar Aparanji 👶🤖🐘 (prem_k@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 19:35:06 JST Prem Kumar Aparanji 👶🤖🐘

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     @Gargron if there's a view for messages from a list of users that I can create, and share for others to follow, I can get the best benefit of Twitter over here itself.

   • Kazuh 🌱 (4nemokazuha@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 19:44:40 JST Kazuh 🌱

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     @Gargron at this point it isn't a nail in the coffin anymore it's sealing the coffin shut, cementing it, and mummifying it

   • Pollik (pollik@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 20:06:15 JST Pollik

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     @Gargron There was a time when I would agree about being the nail in the coffin, but now I am not so sure. Subscription is around the cost of video streaming subscription...not like to break the bank for fans.

   • rticks (rticks@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 20:10:57 JST rticks

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     @Gargron

     "Would you have been a resister in Germany or France during WW2?"

     "What are you doing on or about Twitter? Are you still on it? We you permanently banned? Yeah you wouldnt have done shit"

   • val6bodie (val6bodie@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 02:02:53 JST val6bodie

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     @Gargron

     I was permanently suspended from Twitter/X merely because I repeated some bad things about Tesla cars I'd seen in the news & Consumer Reports; & in the same post I quoted the price of Dogecoin which Musk is fond of.