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(MSN)   Now that Elon has assimilated Twitter, the enterprising journalists at the paper owned by one of Elon's chief rivals offers some alternatives for people to use. tl/dr: pickin's be slim   (msn.com) divider line
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xanadian [TotalFark]
2022-10-29 11:40:41 AM  
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KB202
2022-10-29 2:05:10 PM  
How about just don't replace it and use the time better?
 
stevenvictx
2022-10-29 2:05:54 PM  
fark need a twitter type app for all the left

After you sign a page that says you have to be a democrat and hate who we hate.
 
Nimbull
2022-10-29 2:09:04 PM  
If Fark is going to be the new twitter then instead of tweets and a bird it'd be nuts and a squirrel?
 
mikaloyd [OhFark]
2022-10-29 2:10:14 PM  
This is going to be just like Bezo$ isnt it? Where the biggest detractors are also the biggest hypocrites and use the service every farking day of their lives.
 
Glorious Golden Ass [OhFark]
2022-10-29 2:10:26 PM  
I get along quite well without Twitter
 
stuffy
2022-10-29 2:10:34 PM  
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Kit Fister [TotalFark]
2022-10-29 2:10:37 PM  

stevenvictx: fark need a twitter type app for all the left

After you sign a page that says you have to be a democrat and hate who we hate.


After all, hate and calling for death is okay when we do it.
 
Jumbled
2022-10-29 2:11:39 PM  
Bluesky Social.
 
odinsposse
2022-10-29 2:12:25 PM  
The point of platforms like Twitter and Facebook is everyone is on them. If it's just a handful of people you already know then you might as well start a group chat. Which means the idea that we can use something like Twitter and have it be just like Twitter probably isn't going to happen. But that just means you should quit Twitter and find something else entirely to play with on your phone while pooping.
 
CyberKultist
2022-10-29 2:13:27 PM  
Restricting my social media to Fark and random YouTube threads on channels with actually decent communities (yes, they do exist, amazingly) if the best decision I ever made.

10 years ago.
 
bluenovaman [OhFark]
2022-10-29 2:14:15 PM  

odinsposse: The point of platforms like Twitter and Facebook is everyone is on them. If it's just a handful of people you already know then you might as well start a group chat. Which means the idea that we can use something like Twitter and have it be just like Twitter probably isn't going to happen. But that just means you should quit Twitter and find something else entirely to play with on your phone while pooping.


Everyone was on MySpace and tumbler at one point.
 
Ivo Shandor [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-10-29 2:14:17 PM  
I have created accounts on Mastodon and counter.social but haven't used them enough to offer an opinion.

Quite a few good people are taking a stand and refusing to let Elon's right wing pals chase them off Twitter, particularly before the election. They're staying, blocking ads, trolling him with those pictures he wishes he could erase from the Internet, etc. I do not know how long they can hold out before the rising tide of sewage eventually drowns everyone.
 
Number 216
2022-10-29 2:15:39 PM  
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chitownmike
2022-10-29 2:15:44 PM  

CyberKultist: Restricting my social media to Fark and random YouTube threads on channels with actually decent communities (yes, they do exist, amazingly) if the best decision I ever made.

10 years ago.


Oooooooo, edgy!
 
ImpendingCynic
2022-10-29 2:17:05 PM  
Or you could help break the pattern, go nowhere and live a real life where people don't dump every banal tonight that passed through their head into a toxic cesspool.
 
Unsung_Hero
2022-10-29 2:17:06 PM  

xanadian: *ctrl-f "Fark"*

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It might not be a bad expansion for Drew to consider.  Paid verified accounts for companies, celebrities, public figures, or just as vanity accounts.  Let the rest go wild.  Call it 'FarkIt'.

Throw in a tab on regular Fark that posts the most popular new items in the last hour on an ongoing basis.
 
ImpendingCynic
2022-10-29 2:17:48 PM  

ImpendingCynic: Or you could help break the pattern, go nowhere and live a real life where people don't dump every banal tonight that passed through their head into a toxic cesspool.


That's thought, dammit.

Auto-correct is in on the conspiracy.
 
Karne
2022-10-29 2:19:30 PM  

KB202: How about just don't replace it and use the time better?


He unironically posted on Fark.
 
Lytbeir [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-10-29 2:20:10 PM  
I just don't get it. Is this really that big of a deal? Is Twatter really that big of a part of people's lives? So, a farking douchenozzle buys up the company and appears to have opened up the floodgates that partially held the dipshiats at bay. You don't want to be a part of the dipshiat world so you leave. WTF is all this hype about?

I admit that I spend a lot of my day before and after work here on Fark, but damn man, just don't be a participant in it if you don't want to.

/boggle
//Messenger from Book of Faces is the only other social media thing I participate in
///Maybe I'm just old and I am not meant to "get it"
 
6nome
2022-10-29 2:21:06 PM  

Nimbull: If Fark is going to be the new twitter then instead of tweets and a bird it'd be nuts and a squirrel?


Can you re-nut and subscribe?
 
Mantour [TotalFark]
2022-10-29 2:25:20 PM  
You won't be able to.

With cable news and Fark's Politics tab, the fact is, we will not be able to prevent rubbernecking this incoming trainwreck.

We are in a clickbait world with a dopamine-straved brain.  We are Farked.
 
StoPPeRmobile
2022-10-29 2:29:10 PM  

Kit Fister: stevenvictx: fark need a twitter type app for all the left

After you sign a page that says you have to be a democrat and hate who we hate.

After all, hate and calling for death is okay when we do it.


Its not dehumanizing when Farmers do it because reasons.
 
StoPPeRmobile
2022-10-29 2:30:47 PM  

Kit Fister: stevenvictx: fark need a twitter type app for all the left

After you sign a page that says you have to be a democrat and hate who we hate.

After all, hate and calling for death is okay when we do it.


Its not dehumanizing when Farkers do it because reasons.
 
cherryl taggart [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-10-29 2:32:24 PM  

Lytbeir: I just don't get it. Is this really that big of a deal? Is Twatter really that big of a part of people's lives? So, a farking douchenozzle buys up the company and appears to have opened up the floodgates that partially held the dipshiats at bay. You don't want to be a part of the dipshiat world so you leave. WTF is all this hype about?

I admit that I spend a lot of my day before and after work here on Fark, but damn man, just don't be a participant in it if you don't want to.

/boggle
//Messenger from Book of Faces is the only other social media thing I participate in
///Maybe I'm just old and I am not meant to "get it"


Seriously.  There is absolutely nothing else going on in life.  I know people that live and die by their Facebook feed.  They will spend time trying to get me to join, just so I can see pics and vids they have already texted me.  Just weird, but I assume it's the same with Twitter.

Short thread jack.  You gifted me TF some time back and I haven't seen you around to say THANKS!  It's always fun to sneak back there, but so time consuming.  Does any TFer get any work done IRL?
 
WastrelWay
2022-10-29 2:32:37 PM  
Ridiculous. Twitter is not a source of news. It's for opinions, scams and stupidity.
 
Jeebus Saves
2022-10-29 2:36:18 PM  
I cant believe the amount of butt hurt this deal has caused.  Twitter has always been a sewer and somehow people think this is going to ruin it.
 
Kit Fister [TotalFark]
2022-10-29 2:40:10 PM  

WastrelWay: Ridiculous. Twitter is not a source of news. It's for opinions, scams and stupidity.


So, kind of like the PolTab?
 
dbrunker
2022-10-29 2:42:25 PM  
It's not that hard.
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ctighe2353
2022-10-29 2:42:54 PM  
Way to link to an affiliate site which is why they recommend you sign up for everything under the sun.  Yes according to them it will take you 800 sites to replace Twitter.
 
neeNHA
2022-10-29 2:47:21 PM  
Was on Twitter for a bit years ago.  Just wasn't that useful to me.  Anyone here find it indispensable?
 
Dear Jerk
2022-10-29 2:52:34 PM  
Just spitballing'. Why not have a social media where you can't have more than 500 friends, no group can have more than 500 members. Spam, bots and simulposts are fought. Advertisers aren't restricted to 500, but have a different set of decency rules.
 
6nome
2022-10-29 2:52:38 PM  

neeNHA: Anyone here find it indispensable?


That's what Original thinks.
 
Lytbeir [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-10-29 2:54:51 PM  

cherryl taggart: Lytbeir: I just don't get it. Is this really that big of a deal? Is Twatter really that big of a part of people's lives? So, a farking douchenozzle buys up the company and appears to have opened up the floodgates that partially held the dipshiats at bay. You don't want to be a part of the dipshiat world so you leave. WTF is all this hype about?

I admit that I spend a lot of my day before and after work here on Fark, but damn man, just don't be a participant in it if you don't want to.

/boggle
//Messenger from Book of Faces is the only other social media thing I participate in
///Maybe I'm just old and I am not meant to "get it"

Seriously.  There is absolutely nothing else going on in life.  I know people that live and die by their Facebook feed.  They will spend time trying to get me to join, just so I can see pics and vids they have already texted me.  Just weird, but I assume it's the same with Twitter.

Short thread jack.  You gifted me TF some time back and I haven't seen you around to say THANKS!  It's always fun to sneak back there, but so time consuming.  Does any TFer get any work done IRL?


You're welcome for the TF. I actually kinda forget that I have them to use and rarely remember who I give them to. It is pretty much always because you said something that struck me really funny or smart.

I pretty much don't have a life. No biggie, that's on me. But I just can't see what all these people are after when they deliberately inject so much unnecessary drama into their lives. So I guess the Twatter, Reedit, and Facebook type of things just make little sense to me. I see that they have the ability to let long distance folks stay connected and all, but why go all " hmmm I'm not sure if I have enough stress and unnecessary bullshiat going on right now. Lemme go inline and find some extra." LOL

/maybe it's that FOMO crap?
 
BitwiseShift
2022-10-29 2:57:49 PM  
It's all about advertising ultimately.

Too bad good non-profits are stuck with Facebook for cheap webpage alternatives, and Twitter for news releases.
 
OlderGuy [TotalFark]
2022-10-29 3:02:34 PM  

Unsung_Hero: xanadian: *ctrl-f "Fark"*

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It might not be a bad expansion for Drew to consider.  Paid verified accounts for companies, celebrities, public figures, or just as vanity accounts.  Let the rest go wild.  Call it 'FarkIt'.

Throw in a tab on regular Fark that posts the most popular new items in the last hour on an ongoing basis.


WTF ?   Fark is already so far left that it tipped over and can't get up...
 
Azz [recently expired TotalFark]
2022-10-29 3:06:30 PM  

OlderGuy: Unsung_Hero: xanadian: *ctrl-f "Fark"*

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It might not be a bad expansion for Drew to consider.  Paid verified accounts for companies, celebrities, public figures, or just as vanity accounts.  Let the rest go wild.  Call it 'FarkIt'.

Throw in a tab on regular Fark that posts the most popular new items in the last hour on an ongoing basis.

WTF ?   Fark is already so far left that it tipped over and can't get up...


It only seems that way to you because the maga swine have normalized their far right swinery. Go take your meds gramps.
 
Ivo Shandor [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-10-29 3:07:12 PM  

neeNHA: Was on Twitter for a bit years ago.  Just wasn't that useful to me.  Anyone here find it indispensable?


Not indispensable, but valuable.

The thing about Twitter is that you get to choose your own experience. If someone spews hatred or nonsense you can block them. If you see something funny or interesting in a reply or re-tweet, you can start to follow its author. Eventually you'll have a feed full of humor, science, breaking news, art, obscure medieval history involving eels, or whatever. You don't have to care about what the celebrity influencers or sportsball players might be yapping about elsewhere on the platform. Or if you prefer, you can load up on sports and tune out the nerds.
 
kabloink [TotalFark]
2022-10-29 3:07:24 PM  

neeNHA: Was on Twitter for a bit years ago.  Just wasn't that useful to me.  Anyone here find it indispensable?


I only use it to check for information on incoming storms systems posted by our local news. They use to have the tweets in widget on their weather page, but now you actually have to go to twitter for them.
 
Unsung_Hero
2022-10-29 3:11:24 PM  

Azz: OlderGuy: Unsung_Hero: xanadian: *ctrl-f "Fark"*

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It might not be a bad expansion for Drew to consider.  Paid verified accounts for companies, celebrities, public figures, or just as vanity accounts.  Let the rest go wild.  Call it 'FarkIt'.

Throw in a tab on regular Fark that posts the most popular new items in the last hour on an ongoing basis.

WTF ?   Fark is already so far left that it tipped over and can't get up...

It only seems that way to you because the maga swine have normalized their far right swinery. Go take your meds gramps.


Yeah, I guess Fark is 'left' because you can take shots at religions like the faithful take shots at atheists, you're not allowed to use popular racist terms, and mods will occasionally delete posts promoting lies and hoaxes dangerous to the public (like spreading anti-vax crap).

In other words, Drew probably doesn't want the site to turn into a completely toxic right-wing cesspool that attracts the interest of law enforcement.

That's quite a bit different from "far left".  The Overton window's been pushed so far to the right these days that 'far left' is pretty much 'reality'.  I don't know what a real 'far left' would even be.  Nobody's going around promoting blowing up government buildings to force a political switch to communism or anything.
 
darkone
2022-10-29 3:12:40 PM  
I imagine twitter is going down the same road a Ye, a very public loss of advertiser and a very public flame out. Figuring out which server to join on Mastodon, or whatever not worth the time.
 
goodncold
2022-10-29 3:18:49 PM  

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It might not be a bad expansion for Drew to consider.  Paid verified accounts for companies, celebrities, public figures, or just as vanity accounts.  Let the rest go wild.  Call it 'FarkIt'.

Throw in a tab on regular Fark that posts the most popular new items in the last hour on an ongoing basis.


Unlimited swears for $1.99/month
 
Azz [recently expired TotalFark]
2022-10-29 3:19:51 PM  

Unsung_Hero: Azz: OlderGuy: Unsung_Hero: xanadian: *ctrl-f "Fark"*

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It might not be a bad expansion for Drew to consider.  Paid verified accounts for companies, celebrities, public figures, or just as vanity accounts.  Let the rest go wild.  Call it 'FarkIt'.

Throw in a tab on regular Fark that posts the most popular new items in the last hour on an ongoing basis.

WTF ?   Fark is already so far left that it tipped over and can't get up...

It only seems that way to you because the maga swine have normalized their far right swinery. Go take your meds gramps.

Yeah, I guess Fark is 'left' because you can take shots at religions like the faithful take shots at atheists, you're not allowed to use popular racist terms, and mods will occasionally delete posts promoting lies and hoaxes dangerous to the public (like spreading anti-vax crap).

In other words, Drew probably doesn't want the site to turn into a completely toxic right-wing cesspool that attracts the interest of law enforcement.

That's quite a bit different from "far left".  The Overton window's been pushed so far to the right these days that 'far left' is pretty much 'reality'.  I don't know what a real 'far left' would even be.  Nobody's going around promoting blowing up government buildings to force a political switch to communism or anything.


Even a millimeter to the left of these reactionary maga choads is automatically Venezuela because they mistakenly think their racist neo-nazi all-white production of America is the center.

And blowing up government buildings has always been a far right thing.
 
Dodo David [TotalFark]
2022-10-29 3:24:29 PM  
I am on Tribel because my favorite voice actress is on there.
 
bzdrummer
2022-10-29 3:28:00 PM  
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munko
2022-10-29 3:28:47 PM  
maybe arguing online with people when you're drunk is not good for humanity.
 
munko
2022-10-29 3:30:56 PM  

Nimbull: If Fark is going to be the new twitter then instead of tweets and a bird it'd be nuts and a squirrel?


so instead of tweeting all day, you can nut all day.

seems fair.
 
Baloo Uriza
2022-10-29 3:34:11 PM  
Go non-commercial.  Instances.social has plenty of alternatives that talk to each other.
 
Marbleisheavy
2022-10-29 3:37:42 PM  

stevenvictx: fark need a twitter type app for all the left

After you sign a page that says you have to be a democrat and hate who we hate.


Are you feeling OK?  Do you smell toast?
 
Jeebus Saves
2022-10-29 3:39:53 PM  

Unsung_Hero: Azz: OlderGuy: Unsung_Hero: xanadian: *ctrl-f "Fark"*

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It might not be a bad expansion for Drew to consider.  Paid verified accounts for companies, celebrities, public figures, or just as vanity accounts.  Let the rest go wild.  Call it 'FarkIt'.

Throw in a tab on regular Fark that posts the most popular new items in the last hour on an ongoing basis.

WTF ?   Fark is already so far left that it tipped over and can't get up...

It only seems that way to you because the maga swine have normalized their far right swinery. Go take your meds gramps.

Yeah, I guess Fark is 'left' because you can take shots at religions like the faithful take shots at atheists, you're not allowed to use popular racist terms, and mods will occasionally delete posts promoting lies and hoaxes dangerous to the public (like spreading anti-vax crap).

In other words, Drew probably doesn't want the site to turn into a completely toxic right-wing cesspool that attracts the interest of law enforcement.

That's quite a bit different from "far left".  The Overton window's been pushed so far to the right these days that 'far left' is pretty much 'reality'.  I don't know what a real 'far left' would even be.  Nobody's going around promoting blowing up government buildings to force a political switch to communism or anything.


I see you've never been in any Fark thread that has to do with cops.  The double standards with what can and cant be said here is pretty astounding.  Things that would get you kicked off of any other platform are fine here as long they're directed at the right group.  Death threats, encouraging violence, and general bigotry go on here all the time.  I'm honestly surprised Drew doesn't get weekly requests for IP info for some of the stuff said here.
 
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