if you don't give a fuck, then, well, no

over a year and a half ago. Never been happier. I'm on Threads mostly, BlueSky (occasionally) and Mastodon (rarely, because it's slow, complicated, and nobody much is there). I like Threads, and you can diss Zuck all you want. It's a good community, especially for women, and has become more so since the election. Lots of MDs there too, I've noticed, especially recently.

I got rid of the app two years ago. But I can sign in.

I can't access it by signing in as my old email was hacked. I don't want some Eloon taking it over.

I can sometimes access it when a link to a tweet is posted.

delete the app. Problem solved.

Sorry, I'm still a recovering Luddite.
I wonder if Robert Heinlein is rolling over in his grave.
"Grok" indeed!

they want Grok to be trained by posts on X

Just like how AI scours the internet to train itself.

It's really not a big deal... even THIS forum is training AI as the AI is crawling all over the web... AI BOTS

Very stupid, then.

“let their posts be trained by artificial intelligence, including X’s own service, Grok”

Can someone tell me what that means?

I was on Twitter for only a year and then deactivated and deleted my account when Musk bought it. Frankly, I don’t miss it or think about it.

AI LEARNS from web content.

...but I have ben able to view twitter or x posts when given a lnk to them.

However, when I try to view a Bluesky post from a link, all I get is a blue butterfly shape on a white page.

I don't want to sign up for any account or anything but if people (DUers) are going to only post links to Bluesky posts instead of posting a view of the post, I won't be able to see them unless it has something to do with a setting on my browser or vpn or something.

to delete my account. I got banned from there a long time ago for arguing with election deniers. I kept showing facts by replying and was banned for something like harassment. It was really ridiculous. Apparently if you reply to replies in conversation form, it's considered harassment there.
I did try to sign up again a couple months ago so I could resume that, but now they want my phone number. HA, I don't think so. Du is about the only "social media" I use now, but I don't consider it the same thing really.

Elon Musk can go to hell. Fuck him, racist POS fascist and bigot that he is.

I look ahead and work forward to the day when he stands trial for treason and criminality against this country, and that damn smirk gets wiped off his face for real and for good.

Guardian reporting Guardian reporters will still be posting on X and Guardian articles will be shared on X.

Guess they are only partly leaving.

sounds as ugly as Musk, himself.

I'd said a couple of years ago that Melon Husk bought Twitter so he'd have 100 million unwitting guinea pigs to refine his AI technology... But I was only half joking at the time 😔

If Elon is a genius at anything it's getting morons to pay to improve software that is nowhere near safe.

@keystonebuttoneer.bsky.social

I'm glad I deleted my Twitter account right when he took over. I knew that his reckless behavior was going to cause all kinds of problems with security on the site and wanted to get off before it happened. Twitter was always kind of stupid but it's now so bad it makes former Twitter look significantly superior in every way.

Democrats leaving X might have contributed to our loss.

100,000,000 YOUNG Americans are on X and on average spend 30 minutes a day on X - and get most of their news from X.

Democrats don’t want to influence all these young people?????? Mostly aged 18 to 45.