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Blue_Tires

(57,596 posts)
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 11:00 PM Nov 2024

I lost my shit and got myself banned from Twitter

Good riddance, I was already planning to leave for good after the election anyways... May the bridges I burn light the way!

And now after being gone for ten years, I'm back to where it all started!

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I lost my shit and got myself banned from Twitter (Original Post) Blue_Tires Nov 2024 OP
I use Twitter/X to post pictures here. Too many wannabe dictators and religious freaks there. Archae Nov 2024 #1
And the AI bots Blue_Tires Nov 2024 #5
Your sanity just got a big boost. A lot of us here have signed up for BlueSky. okaawhatever Nov 2024 #2
I've seen a lot of the people I followed on xitter duncang Nov 2024 #37
Yes. AOC just came back and a couple of others. nt okaawhatever Nov 2024 #41
Yeah, when I saw her I hit follow immediately. duncang Nov 2024 #43
Today I joined bluesky proud patriot Nov 2024 #3
I did too... orwell Nov 2024 #10
Is that a title to a country song or what? BOSSHOG Nov 2024 #4
(Allman Brothers.....) lastlib Nov 2024 #6
You don't need a reason to play Allman Brothers 😎 okaawhatever Nov 2024 #42
The only complete album I have in my mobile phone Bristlecone Nov 2024 #44
Do tell! What did you do? misanthrope Nov 2024 #7
Just the usual... Told someone to go kill themselves... Blue_Tires Nov 2024 #23
Wow! It must have been a doozy! Mark.b2 Nov 2024 #8
Please tell us what you said! choie Nov 2024 #9
Welcome home. Maru Kitteh Nov 2024 #11
Feels good to be back... Blue_Tires Nov 2024 #25
"May markodochartaigh Nov 2024 #12
using twitters is giving money to musk. thanks for not doing that anymore nt msongs Nov 2024 #13
The only reason why I stayed as long as I did Blue_Tires Nov 2024 #28
HOLY S**T!!! Really? SupportSanity Nov 2024 #40
We're all heading for blue sky, Blue_Tires. littlemissmartypants Nov 2024 #14
Thanks, I'm happy to stay on DU for now! Blue_Tires Nov 2024 #30
We're not leaving here. ... littlemissmartypants Nov 2024 #32
You are lucky I can't get on Twitter to end my account. I can't get off Twitter. It still applegrove Nov 2024 #15
I just got on bluesky. yobrault1 Nov 2024 #16
Twitter has been TSFs johnnyfins Nov 2024 #17
It is... I thought we could just outnumber the nazis on twitter Blue_Tires Nov 2024 #31
I am constantly amazed that people here PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2024 #18
Fortunately, their profit margins aren't high enough to funnel too much money to MAGA. Shermann Nov 2024 #33
I'm betting there will be a mass exodus now... Blue_Tires Nov 2024 #34
One would hope. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2024 #38
Over 100,000,000 Americans are on Twitter womanofthehills Nov 2024 #39
No big loss EnergizedLib Nov 2024 #19
Lucky! Iggo Nov 2024 #20
Congratulations. usonian Nov 2024 #21
Twitster Aaeia Nov 2024 #22
BlueSky is much fucking better. Already found nearly 300 accounts that I followed on that shitstain twitter. SoFlaBro Nov 2024 #24
I have never had a twit account liberal N proud Nov 2024 #26
Well done! Badge of honor. Scrivener7 Nov 2024 #27
I am on bluesky as drray23 drray23 Nov 2024 #29
The media would have you believe . . Schlocko Nov 2024 #35
come to bluesky. i've been there over a year, and its great Takket Nov 2024 #36

Archae

(47,116 posts)
1. I use Twitter/X to post pictures here. Too many wannabe dictators and religious freaks there.
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 11:04 PM
Nov 2024

Not to mention the incels, anti-Semites and other nutcases.

 

Blue_Tires

(57,596 posts)
5. And the AI bots
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 11:09 PM
Nov 2024

Elmo promised to clean them up but they've increased by a factor of 100 since he took over... I never anticipated that he'd be able to hijack an entire social media platform and make it an extension of the angry orange idiot's Nazi campaign...

lastlib

(25,779 posts)
6. (Allman Brothers.....)
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 11:27 PM
Nov 2024



(IDK if the song has anything to do with the site's name, but WTH, right?)

 

Blue_Tires

(57,596 posts)
23. Just the usual... Told someone to go kill themselves...
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 08:54 PM
Nov 2024

But I was trying to get banned, otherwise I never would have left...

Mark.b2

(545 posts)
8. Wow! It must have been a doozy!
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 11:29 PM
Nov 2024

It’s much harder to get banned nowadays than it used to be.

I’m on my fourth userid on Twitter. I’ve managed to keep my current one for over two years.

I think they used to be more responsibe to tattletales than they are now.

Once I was banned for commenting on Sarah Huckabee’s weight…multiple times. Another time, I recieved repeated warnings over posting a contrarian opinion based on personal experience regarding a particular COVID topic. Admittedly, I got pissed after a warning, and I kept pushing the envelope. I dont recall specifically what I did, but it had to do with COVID, too.

Now, I dont think tattletales carry as much sway. Also, I think there are fewer people on X who are compelled to police others.

 

Blue_Tires

(57,596 posts)
25. Feels good to be back...
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 08:56 PM
Nov 2024

For starters I already realized how much I missed being able to edit my posts, and I don't have to limit myself to 280 characters!

 

Blue_Tires

(57,596 posts)
28. The only reason why I stayed as long as I did
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 09:00 PM
Nov 2024

was because I thought I had a duty to try to fight the tsunami of disinformation leading up to the election... But as it turns out, Elmo had stacked the deck all along, by throttling liberal accounts and promoting Trumper ones in the algorithm.

The funny part is the day after the election, I instantly lost 1600 followers... That's how many bots were following me.

applegrove

(125,766 posts)
15. You are lucky I can't get on Twitter to end my account. I can't get off Twitter. It still
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 11:47 PM
Nov 2024

Last edited Mon Nov 11, 2024, 01:49 AM - Edit history (1)

renders for me if I am looking at a video. None of my email addresses work to log in. Bugs me. I did try and get off it two years ago when Musk bought Twitter. I got out of the forum but not the videos. Maybe they want to be like YouTube and make it hard to block the videos on their site so they can keep market share. I don't like it when I can't control a website and when it controls me. I find that upsetting too.

johnnyfins

(1,991 posts)
17. Twitter has been TSFs
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 12:39 AM
Nov 2024

Volksempfänger since day one. Now it's Untruth Social. Fucking nazi garbage...

 

Blue_Tires

(57,596 posts)
31. It is... I thought we could just outnumber the nazis on twitter
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 09:02 PM
Nov 2024

But the election showed there's millions more than I ever anticipated...

PoindexterOglethorpe

(27,771 posts)
18. I am constantly amazed that people here
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 12:42 AM
Nov 2024

cheerfully use Twitter.

Sort of like shopping at WalMart. If I want to contribute to Republicans, I'll do so directly.

Shermann

(8,914 posts)
33. Fortunately, their profit margins aren't high enough to funnel too much money to MAGA.
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 09:03 PM
Nov 2024

Musk is the guy to watch out for.

womanofthehills

(9,680 posts)
39. Over 100,000,000 Americans are on Twitter
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 10:17 PM
Nov 2024

Mostly between 18 & 45. Why is it a good idea for Dems to leave and have one hundred million Americans influenced by Republicans???

Aaeia

(137 posts)
22. Twitster
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 01:56 AM
Nov 2024

Been off twitster for a while. A lot of people are using Zuckerberg's "threads". .. so far, a kinder twitster.

SoFlaBro

(3,428 posts)
24. BlueSky is much fucking better. Already found nearly 300 accounts that I followed on that shitstain twitter.
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 08:55 PM
Nov 2024

drray23

(8,208 posts)
29. I am on bluesky as drray23
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 09:00 PM
Nov 2024

Those of you who are as well please follow me and I will do likewise.

Schlocko

(53 posts)
35. The media would have you believe . .
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 09:04 PM
Nov 2024

. . that it is as impossible to function in the modern world without Twitter as it is without indoor plumbing. But I’m living a happy, Elmo-free life.

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