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[-] REDACTED@infosec.pub 3 points 2 weeks ago

I've been seeing that message on and off (something went wrong) for a few months now. Feels like the platform is held up together by hopes and prayers

[-] BoycottPro@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

If for some reason you or anyone you know is still using Twitter now is the time to take advantage of the outage and urge people to leave Twitter permanently. Tell your friends about alternatives to Twitter such as Bluesky and Mastodon.

[-] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm sorry but can't we just leave most of them there?

If they come to the good platforms they'll just make them shitty as well.

Quite frankly, at this point I really want Musk to achieve his goal of getting humans to Mars. That way, he can take all his horrible followers and leave the rest of us here so we can actually work to fix this place.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Not necessarily. The main problem with Twitter is the platform itself. It encourages rage bait and controversial takes for engagement. And there's little or no moderation for hate content. This is by Elon's choice. If the users go to another platform, they may find that they are not similarly rewarded for harmful activity.

[-] sturger@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

That sounds like a good plan, except for the cautionary tale of the Golgafrinchams from Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:

Golgafrincham was a planet, once home to the Great Circling Poets of Arium. The descendants of these poets made up tales of impending doom about the planet. The tales varied; some said it was going to crash into the sun, or the moon was going to crash into the planet. Others said the planet was to be invaded by twelve-foot piranha bees and still others said it was in danger of being eaten by an enormous mutant star-goat.

These tales of impending doom allowed the Golgafrinchans to rid themselves of an entire useless third of their population. The story was that they would build three Ark ships. Into the A ship would go all the leaders, scientists and other high achievers. The C ship would contain all the people who made things and did things, and the B Ark would hold everyone else, such as hairdressers and telephone sanitisers. They sent the B ship off first, but of course, the other two-thirds of the population stayed on the planet and lived full, rich and happy lives until they were all wiped out by a virulent disease contracted from a dirty telephone.

/s

[-] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

There are like five engineers still on staff in that place, it's honestly surprising that they've been able to keep the lights on for this long.

Anyway, let the ship sink and move on

[-] blargle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago
[-] CriticalMiss@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Haha, the excuse they like to use in situations like this is “DEI hires caused this”. Musk, have you been DEI hiring?

[-] RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, they put some illegal immigrant from south africa in charge! 😡 ellen muc or some weird foreign name like that 😡 /s

[-] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Who would have thought that gutting the technical expertise of the company would lead to such vulnerabilities. 🤔

Ohh right... everyone with more than a few brain cells!

[-] kadup@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Just ask Grok to fix the servers, AI is so much better than humans right?

[-] SirMaple__@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago
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