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Blue_Tires

(57,247 posts)
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 10:00 PM Nov 10

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

Archae

(46,929 posts)
1. I use Twitter/X to post pictures here. Too many wannabe dictators and religious freaks there.
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 10:04 PM
Nov 10

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

Blue_Tires

(57,247 posts)
5. And the AI bots
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 10:09 PM
Nov 10

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

(25,056 posts)
6. (Allman Brothers.....)
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 10:27 PM
Nov 10



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

Blue_Tires

(57,247 posts)
23. Just the usual... Told someone to go kill themselves...
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 07:54 PM
Nov 11

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

Mark.b2

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

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

(57,247 posts)
25. Feels good to be back...
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 07:56 PM
Nov 11

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

(57,247 posts)
28. The only reason why I stayed as long as I did
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 08:00 PM
Nov 11

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

(123,870 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, 10:47 PM
Nov 10

Last edited Mon Nov 11, 2024, 12:49 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

(1,536 posts)
17. Twitter has been TSFs
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 11:39 PM
Nov 10

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

Blue_Tires

(57,247 posts)
31. It is... I thought we could just outnumber the nazis on twitter
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 08:02 PM
Nov 11

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

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,921 posts)
18. I am constantly amazed that people here
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 11:42 PM
Nov 10

cheerfully use Twitter.

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

Shermann

(8,749 posts)
33. Fortunately, their profit margins aren't high enough to funnel too much money to MAGA.
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 08:03 PM
Nov 11

Musk is the guy to watch out for.

womanofthehills

(9,384 posts)
39. Over 100,000,000 Americans are on Twitter
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 09:17 PM
Nov 11

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

Aaeia

(101 posts)
22. Twitster
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 12:56 AM
Nov 11

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

SoFlaBro

(3,367 posts)
24. BlueSky is much fucking better. Already found nearly 300 accounts that I followed on that shitstain twitter.
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 07:55 PM
Nov 11

drray23

(8,043 posts)
29. I am on bluesky as drray23
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 08:00 PM
Nov 11

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, 08:04 PM
Nov 11

. . 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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