I never liked Musk, even when he was “In.” Even the Mars colonization meme rubbed me the wrong way, as the science does not line up with that.
It felt like a cult of personality to me. He was always a fickle jerk, a mixed bag.
You have a point though, people’s opinions were largely political, I think. Or just based on pure hope/cultism
+1
They should discourage institutions from using it (and use government Mastadon instances of course). This is honestly long overdue.
I’m afraid it would just bolster his image. Become a tiktok meme or something…
Every single bad thing about this country, from now on, will be prepended with “Biden”
It shall be law.
I’m not actually sure if I’m joking.
But EGG PRICES! The economy!
And he’s such a strong leader…
(I am paraphrasing actual interviews our local networks did with college students)
Rimworld was another shining example. Its actual early access was a forum release, the Steam EA was polishing.
That being said I have a dead EA or two in my library. Starforge comes to mind…
Remember how great Brexit was, they say.
This is what I don’t get.
Trump is like everyone’s marvel superhero, he’s whatever they imagine they want, the alternative to everyone else… Even very legitimate and thought out criticism can somehow conclude with supporting Trump when that makes no sense.
Don’t jinx it.
Especially not if they somehow coincidentally get some government funding.
100%.
I agree with the assertion though. These are the two biggest egos in America, and there’s no way they get along for long.
I’d posit the algorithm has turned it into a monster.
Attention should be dictated more by chronological order and what others retweet, not what some black box thinks will keep you glued to the screen, and it felt like more of the former in the old days. This is a subtle, but also very significant change.
I believe the calculus is “A even more extreme MAGA diehard will take my place.”
Which is 100% true.
Still extremely self-serving, but kinda reasonable in a Machiavellian way.
What do these chodes expect to happen after 2028?
Uh, nothing bad? Just like after screw-ups doing COVID-19?
America collectively has the attention span of a flea, and an even shorter term memory. No one even cares about what happened in 2016-2020 anymore
Collins and Murkowski hate Trump, they’re two of the last surviving Republicans that openly do so. I bet they won’t:
https://www.axios.com/2024/10/27/senate-collins-murkowski-harris-trump
They’re rightly scared of not being re-elected for daring to oppose him. Or worse.
Mark my words, you are going to see a LOT of railing against rebel Republicans from Trump. Or what few are left, anyway.
The “dirt” is not being re-elected because they dare question Trump.
On the other hand, the track record of old social networks is not great.
And it’s reasonable to posit Twitter is deep into the enshitifiication cycle.
Still perfectly runnable in kobold.cpp. There was a whole community built up around with Pygmalion.
It is as dumb as dirt though. IMO that is going back too far.
I know every generation says it, but I really think there was a “peak” generation that grew up on the old web, and learned critical thinking the hard way. The Internet is a lie.
Those that never leave apps and their feeds? Not learning that lesson.
I think they will become a Chinese vassal.
I don’t know exactly what that’d look like, but the pure economic/political dynamics make it seem kinda inevitable.