X -Where Twitter goes to die.

[Phoenix520]

I signed up for counter.social. there seem to be a lot of people heading over there from twitter. I got my same @Estiveo. We'll see.

Thanks! Got in, kate520. Now to see how if anyone i follow made it over.

[Reddog]

I never signed up for Twitter. I've regretted signing up for Facebook, although I keep friends and posts really low. I've only been on Next Door a few years, and frequently regret that. As it stands, for me, social media sucks.

Same here, I had a Facebook account over 10 years ago and canceled it. My daughter was peeved and said “You don’t care about me?” I said sure but Facebook sucks, I didn’t care about anybody’s minutae of life. She can just call me.
I did bite the bullet and started another one after I got an Oculus for Festivus. My daughter is the only one who knows the username. I don’t look at it at all, and haven’t installed the app. At this point I don’t even know for sure what my username is, or how to login. I can still use the Oculus.

[Slim Cognito]

After being a pretty active Twitter user, I just got tired of all the crap. The only time I look at it now is when somebody sends me a link. I can live without it. I do think I’ll check into Estiveo’s suggestion.

[Azastan]

No Twitter, FB only because I have a page for my farm and another page for my dahlias.

[MN-Skeptic]

I have a Twitter account but have only posted maybe twice.

But I spend probably too much time on Twitter following certain people, mostly news, some health professionals, some legal experts, etc.

It won't make any difference to Twitter if I stay or go. If the folks I follow leave, I'll follow them to wherever they move. So I'm not making any changes yet.

[busterbunker]

Social media is neither. User-generated content leveraged for data-mining and targeted advertising would be a more apt description.

There's only one Twitter account that I read, a guy who is the best source for local politics, but I don't login and have my tracking and ad-blocking set to maximum, auto-clear all Twitter cookies when I close my browser window. We're friends, but unfortunately he doesn't converse via email, rather Twitter DMs. There is no way in hell I'm going to touch their messaging system. I'd be happy if he found a new platform.

[jez]

Just got "Jez" at Counter.Social. If I ever get the confirmation email.

[RTH10260]

With Deal for Twitter, Musk Lands a Prize and Pledges Fewer Limits
The world’s richest man succeeded in a bid to acquire the influential social networking service, which he has said he wants to take private.

By Mike Isaac and Lauren Hirsch
April 25, 2022

Elon Musk struck a deal on Monday to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion, in a victory by the world’s richest man to take over the influential social network frequented by world leaders, celebrities and cultural trendsetters.

Twitter agreed to sell itself to Mr. Musk for $54.20 a share, a 38 percent premium over the company’s share price this month before he revealed he was the firm’s single largest shareholder. It would be the biggest deal to take a company private — something Mr. Musk has said he will do with Twitter — in at least two decades, according to data compiled by Dealogic.

“Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,” Mr. Musk said in a statement announcing the deal. “Twitter has tremendous potential — I look forward to working with the company and the community of users to unlock it.”

The blockbuster agreement caps what seemed an improbable attempt by the famously mercurial Mr. Musk, 50, to buy Twitter — and immediately raises questions about what he will do with the platform and how his actions will affect online speech globally.

The billionaire, who has more than 83 million followers on Twitter and has romped across the service hurling gibes and memes, has repeatedly said he wants to “transform” the platform by promoting more free speech and giving users more control over what they see on it. By taking the company private, Mr. Musk could work on the service out of sight of the prying eyes of investors, regulators and others.

Yet scrutiny is likely to be intense. Twitter is not the biggest social platform — it has more than 217 million daily users, compared with billions for Facebook and Instagram — but it has had an outsize role in shaping narratives around the world. Political leaders have made it a megaphone, while companies, celebrities and others have used it to hone images and build brands.



https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/25/tech ... -sale.html

[Kriselda Gray]

I signed up for counter.social. there seem to be a lot of people heading over there from twitter. I got my same @Estiveo. We'll see.

How do you get access to that? I tried going to the URL but got an access denied message. I don't know if I'd join or not, but I'm curious to get a look at it.

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

I am @MarciaBarnes13 on counter.social and am following estiveo.

[Foggy]

They refuse to send me the email.

[Estiveo]

They started having issues yesterday because of a sudden high volume of sign ups for some reason.

[Volkonski]

Bot purge?

[Suranis]

To Paraphrase Jim Wright yesterday, when does Musk reveal the $44 billion is in the form of 1 NFT Token?

[Slim Cognito]

No email here either. We'll see.

[poplove]

I just signed up with poplove and got the confirmation email immediately.

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There are some people on twitter that refuse to use counter.social because it is owned by @th3j35t3r, a hacker who worked for the CIA. Some of his old tweets supported Zimmerman and called BLM a terrorist organization.

[Volkonski]

[raison de arizona]

That's interesting, but Musk could literally take the $43B he is spending for Twitter and flush it straight down the toilet and still be the richest man on the face of the planet. While profit is always a motive, I doubt it is terribly high on his list in this endeavor.

[AndyinPA]

That's the most expensive toy in the world.

[Kriselda Gray]

I finally got on to Counter.Social under @Kriselda. I've added Estiveo, Kate520, Jez and TRL

[MN-Skeptic]

I have quite a few people that I follow on Twitter. I have to make a spreadsheet of who they are so that I can find them if Twitter goes away. People like -

Aaron Rupar - @atrupar
Daniel Dale - @ddale8
Aaron Blake - @AaronBlake
Acyn - @Acyn
Steve Vladeck - @steve_vladeck
Health Nerd - @GidMK
Scott Gottlieb, MD - @ScottGottliebMD
David Gorski, MD, PhD - @gorskon

Because I like about 100 different Twitter users, I've made efficient use of Twitter Lists to manage them. I would have to relocate them if they leave Twitter. Sigh.

[Estiveo]

Counter.social sez:

Due to an unprecedented influx of unexpected new users
countersocial is currently undergoing infrastructure upgrades
We expect to be back around 9PM Eastern Wednesday 27th April
Apologies for the frustration

[Estiveo]

[Dave from down under]

That's the most expensive toy in the world.

More expensive that his private spaceship?

[Estiveo]

That's the most expensive toy in the world.

More expensive that his private spaceship?

For $44 billion you could pay for 453 Falcon heavy launches, and with the change you could afford to launch one old, used Falcon 9 and still have enough to buy Elon, Bezos, and Zuckerberg lunch.