Elon Musk’s X is throttling traffic to news and websites he dislikes | The site formerly known as Twitter has added a five-second delay when a user clicks on a shortened link to the New York Times,...
https:// www.washingtonpost.com /technology/2023/08/15/twitter-x-links-delayed/ Elon Musk’s X is throttling traffic to news and websites he dislikes | The site formerly known as Twitter has added a five-second delay when a user clicks on a shortened link to the New York Times,...
Elon Musk’s X is throttling traffic to news and websites he dislikes | The site formerly known as Twitter has added a five-second delay when a user clicks on a shortened link to the New York Times,...::undefined
it’s just baby throwing his daily “look at meeeee!” tantrum.
it’ll pass when someone changes his diaper and gives him his binkie.
edit: oh, hey, look at that:
154But he said he’s a free speech absolutest! How could this be? /s
If only he’d kept his mouth shut he’d probably be worth another 100billion. He reminds me of all the edge lords on 4chan, except with the unfortunate fact the media keeps reporting the dumb shit be says.
67X aka Twitter has not been contacted for comment because it is known to only send a poop emoji in reply to media queries.
26He just wants to say the n word.
“I’m African, so I can say it”
-elun muX
13He said free speech, not timely speech /s
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58California passed its own net neutrality laws, but I think it only applies to ISPs.
16Net Neutrality doesn't affect web sites and services, just how ISPs deliver content. Twitter doesn't have to remain neutral, they can block, throttle or redirect whatever they want. We need to stop pretending like they are a town square, they aren't and we shouldn't expect them to behave like they are.
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I wonder if anyone's image has crashed from such highs to such pathetic lows. At the end of the day, it was all PR but he still had the admiration of many people just a few years back i.e before the Thai submarine fiasco. Now most people consider him a petulant child man with a massive fortune. The only good outcome of this fall has been a clear understanding that earning wealth is purely based on luck. It doesnt matter if it is millions or billions ,nothing comes due to our own genius. It is a combination of factors that result in wealth but it is mostly determined at your birth. May be this episode will humble others who might have taken a similar path due to their inexplicable wealth.
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33Free speech my ass...
32“Free speech for me"
24"but not for thee"
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Mhm and thats the second thing in your ass
-9At first I was confused, took me awhile to see the username. Been awhile since I've had to check for those haha
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Why are so many people still using Twitter, what will it take for people to leave? Musk could probably charge $10 per tweet and bunch of people would be fine with that.
29The same reason 2016 happened. Lots of mentally broken people in this country. Just watched a manager, old guy, at work, go off to another old co-worker about "did you hear about what they're doing to skittles? With the fucking trans colors!?" knuckle dragging rabble rabble THEY WERE ALREADY A RAINBOW.
14There are so many other valid arguements against skittles (my favorite candy). Idk whether to facepalm or guffaw that fucking skittles are now on the map to fight against.
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Honestly with how fast threads, brand new, was able to jump into this compared to the growth of mastodon, I'm convinced the only thing that can convince most people to stop using a corperate bloated social media site from hell is a new, slightly less bloated (so far) corperate social media site from hell.
Twitter won't die all the way until we have something else we want to die
6People will never accept that part of the problem is themselves.
Hell, even I still use Twitter sometimes. I admit I am part of the problem. Other people won't at least try to be honest about it.
Then they complain. That just shows that they're not actually upset at the existence of sites like Twitter, they're just upset they're not the ones running them.
The vast majority of human beings in this country are so toxic.
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The removal of the capability to make money on it as a platform.
4Considering the company is now, according to the CEO, close to break-even and slowly beginning to bring back advertisers and anticipating profitability in Q1 '24, I think they're going to be around for a while longer.
Beyond that element, I believe that Musk wants control of the company at least until/through the next presidential election, so X/Twitter probably isn't going anywhere in the near future.
As far as people not using it, I think those that were going to leave have left already, so I don't anticipate a huge exodus.
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There's Elon Musk spam on this community every day. Can we stop doing the billionaire's PR for him?
Downvote this garbage.
25If 1/2 the clowns that endlessly post anti-Twitter/anti-Musk stories would just STOP USING TWITTER, the entire site would collapse. Sick of seeing that asswipe's name, but I'm not on his goddamn platform. I don't drive his shitty cars. I won't fawn over every goddamn thing he does.
How much of an absolute douche do you have to be to make Zuck look good in comparison?!
You claim you hate the guy, but the fact that you have a Twitter account proves that was a lie.
23While I agree, it's good to know these ridiculous actions he takes. It's not like it's positive for him
18Elon zucc cagefight bs is pointless muskspam. This is not
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
The delayed websites included X’s online rivals Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky and Substack, as well as the Reuters wire service and the Times.
On Tuesday afternoon, hours after this story was first published, X began reversing the throttling on some of the sites, dropping the delay times back to zero.
Charlie Stadtlander, a spokesman for the Times, said in a statement that the news outlet has “made similar observations of our own” about the systemic delays and “not received any explanation from the platform about this move.”
“While we don’t know the rationale behind the application of this time delay, we would be concerned by targeted pressure applied to any news organization for unclear reasons,” he said.
“Writers cannot build sustainable businesses if their connection to their audience depends on unreliable platforms that have proven they are willing to make changes that are hostile to the people who use them.”
Links to Facebook, Instagram and the new microblogging service Threads were all throttled; all three are owned by Meta, whose founder and chief Mark Zuckerberg has been locked in an ongoing online feud with Musk over not-yet-existent plans for a mixed-martial-arts fight.
I'm a bot and I'm open source!
23Wow! The genius of the man. It walks the fine line between infantile and stupid.
21This is a person who’s mission, every day, is how to make the world shittier for everyone. He asks himself, over his breakfast of Cap’n Crunch and a juice box, ‘how can I fuck things up today?’
18I like Cap'n Crunch
5I'm so sorry.
2Same
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So some more lawsuits then, I guess. This can't be legal.
17Before Net Neutrality was tossed, it wasn't
18Net neutrality only applies to ISPs
3Meta and their army of lawyers might still find a way. Can't hurt if they'd try something useful for a change.
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No time to fight that ginger robot when you're fighting the urge to ruin everything around you.
13Petulant melon husk at it again.
10Lmao! Sounds like some pretty shit he would do.
2It's not what he dislikes, but rather what his Republican buddies ask to throttle.
1Muuuhaha... the Elon child :-)
1it's fun to watch it burn
0That's Elon Musk. So this is not surprising.
0I see Elon Musk spam, and I downvote it.
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