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Dave Weigel@daveweigel.bsky.social |
Yeah, this is the first big global news event in a decade that I haven’t tracked on Twitter or been able to. I have lists where I can track US political responses but the actual news is overwhelmed by bluecheck frauds and scammers, sharing videos from 2021 to get engagement/cash.
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Shoshiroll
@shoshiroll.bsky.social
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it is less than useful, it is now actively harmful
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Michael Love
@elkmovie.bsky.social
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The silver lining is that he made these changes now rather than a year from now, when they could have done a lot more damage.
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Tripp
@asintriple.bsky.social
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I see a bunch of video game footage too
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SirFox
@sirfox.bsky.social
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There was an entire-ass earthquake in Afghanistan killing thousands of people and I never saw shit about it on Twitter, only one AP article on Bluesky. 
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August J. Pollak
@augustjpollak.bsky.social
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I spent the first half of Saturday scrolling through hundreds of idle thoughts about “what happened in Israel” and ultimately had to leave the app and go to NBC News’ website to learn what was actually happening.
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Charter School Abolitionist
@maniccage.bsky.social
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Kinda feel dumb now how "getting my news from Twitter" a year ago felt embarrassing, but I didn't know how good I had it.
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Bravemen
@bravemen.bsky.social
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Seems like it's time to deactivate.
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Brett Carstens
@brettcarstens.bsky.social
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I've been browsing newsnow.co.uk for multiple sources/viewpoints of news. It's not perfect, but I think I'm getting exposed to more than if I stick with the usual sources.
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Tzippy Shmilovitz
@tzipshmil.bsky.social
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Indeed. this week is the official end of twitter as a useful place for anything other than disinformation, violence and white supremacy.
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Marie Carnes 🌻
@mariecarnes.bsky.social
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It feels like musk thinks if he messes up Twitter enough, he can also mess up the world. Like Twitter is his key to bigger things. I don't know.
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Godspeed You! Woke Moralists
@dashwallkick.bsky.social
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Community notes seems like his solution, which only fixes problems after they're huge.
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@nclud.bsky.social
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It's like when an old message board would implode. It's taking longer because it's so large. But the loss is larger because it's more consequential than the little fandoms and niche hobbies I used to watch this play out with
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Alex Ma-zuur
@mazuretsky.bsky.social
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replies to big tweets were always horrible, but somehow boosting the premium users made them even worse
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Dave Weigel
@daveweigel.bsky.social
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When I see a bluecheck now I quickly check if it’s a reliable source — like some real outlet/famous person who Elon gave a check to. If it isn’t I block it. Only way to avoid feed becoming clogged with midwits posting useless junk for engagement.
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KarlMarkyMarx
@karlmarkymarx.bsky.social
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Wow, it's almost like relying on one social media website for delivering and consuming breaking news coverage was always a terrible idea 🤯
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Laura Clemens
@lauraclemens.bsky.social
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I like sportsball, but don’t want to follow loads of Premier League teams and channels When the games are on, using search for clips and scores has been pointless for a very long time At one point I was reporting the spam but it seemed like an exercise in futility
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