I cannot over-emphasize the colossal loser energy of taking a platform where once the biggest stars in the history of popular culture voluntarily posted original content every day because they enjoyed it into a pyramid scheme where the worst dipshits on earth pay to be fake friends with each other.

TVverge-poster.bsky.socialOct 9, 2024 6:53pm

X will pay its Premium users to engage with each other - https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/9/24266258/x-pay-premium-users-engage-with-each-other

X will pay its Premium users to engage with each other

Will creators actually get higher payouts?

Twitter is extremely creepy these days because 90% of the responses are bots and it’s not exactly clear why. Usually it’s not even political, it’s not selling anything, it’s just bots pretending to be people. The vibe is like boarding a city bus and realizing none of the passengers have faces

I don't miss Twitter. Deactivated my account five days ago.

The hypocrisy is a feature, not a bug Hypocrisy is the ultimate cruelty Cruelty is the point

Elon Musk is 53

This is our first time voting as US citizens. The stakes cannot be any higher.

X losing 30% of its UK users in a year (and 20% in the US) is clearly bad for its financial viability, but it has also accelerated the downward spiral of the platform into increasingly extreme content. Via @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social@jemima.bsky.social@financialtimes.comwww.ft.com/content/6596...

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #928,989!

People are losing their minds over this election. This happened half a mile from my house. www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...

Michigan man kills himself after running over 80-year-old Trump supporter

The man called police to confess to a crime and then killed himself before authorities arrived at the scene

Voters who support Biden & Trump have starkly different opinions on “culture war” issues like immigration, diversity, crime and policing, and family & reproductive issues. #poliskywww.pewresearch.org/politics/202...