this post was submitted on 15 Nov 2023
953 points (96.3% liked)

Technology

70395 readers
3708 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots


founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

X Is The Biggest Source Of Fake News And Disinformation, EU Warns::The EU also called upon Google, TikTok, Microsoft and Meta to do more to tackle disinformation—much of it coming from Russia—ahead of upcoming elections on the continent.

top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 118 points 2 years ago (3 children)

"Excellent", responds Musk to himself.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago

I mean, someone needs to engage with the bots on that platform and he's certainly not going to pay someone else to do it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Strokes cat and maniacally proclaims .. . 43 BILLION dollars! Mwahaha..

[–] [email protected] 99 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That is the crispest Pikachu face I have ever seen.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

That's some high res looking pikachu, i stole it.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fine the fuckers till the fuckers ain't fine.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I am absolutely shocked, I tell you. Shocked.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Well not that shocked

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Twitter has always been the platform of smooth brains. It's not surprising it is all full of shit.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 years ago

They used to moderate. Scientific discussion there was also top tier

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Twitter could be a very different experience depending on who you followed. That's not the case anymore.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

And the article ends in the author's Follow me on Twitter.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

Don't forget people discussing the virtues of Nazism openly!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Don't you hate it when you're trying to type and your Enter key transforms into a Fake News key?

[email protected]

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Every X user: Yeah you tell em! Huh? Me? No I use the good parts.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

noncredible take: musk is a us gov sock puppet and if x is like this then its because that allowes 3 letter agencys to lure certein ppl in security to speak so they can be tracked better.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This would be plausible if there weren't so many examples of the FBI utterly failing to pick up on strings of red flags on social media.

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Then stop using it? 😅 Promote your own instance and delete every EU government account on Twitter. Cowards.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

FYI: ~~x.org~~ I mean x.com is blocked in Russia by roscomnadzor. Here's to-fuck-list:

  1. Putin
  2. Musk
  3. Spez
load more comments
view more: next ›