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Thursday on X (Twitter), all users saw the same pinned topic under the “What’s happening?” sidebar. As part of a “timeline takeover” — which gives advertisers “priority access to logged-in users’ first impression of the day” — conservative media nonprofit PragerU is promoting the hashtag “#DETRANS” to advertise its new film about “the stories of detransitioners.”
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Man, musk really fucking hates his daughter
I just realized I had no clue what her assigned gender was. Probably says something about the media I consume.
Every day I miss my twitter account less and less. I now wish there was a way I could block twitter content inside news articles and such.
I’m sure there’s an addon for Firefox if you’re really inclined.
Despite pushback from some users
Well there’s your problem. You’re still using the fascist platform.
Any active user who “pushes back” in an attempt to “fix” the fascist platform is either delusional or being disingenuous. There’s no fixing it, guys. Just walk away.
Imo the best pushback is to leave and make twitter irrelevant
Yep. I could see people sticking around if there were not viable alternatives. And while those alternatives have indeed been around for a good while, they are very available now. There’s really no excuse now.
Now, while I do think Mastodon is the better platform, I’m curious to see how BlueSky affects Twitter’s user base once it comes out of its “beta”. For all of its faults, it does have the smallest learning curve - if really any at all - when comparing it to Twitter.
Can we please just stop talking about the clown in command, and his dogshit bigoted platform?
And how is this even about technology anymore?
It never was.
Seriously though, are there any better tech communities here?
It is about an abuse of technology so it is relevant
Everyday there is some “tech news” about X. These are not tech news anymore. How is a trans film promotion tech news? Where is the technology in this? This is just drama news at this point.
So, any news regarding a tech company is not, in your eyes, “tech news”?
That’s right. I think of tech news to be about the technology not about some political, racist, transphobic, etc… things. If it was actualy about tech then so be it but this ain’t it chief.
And also can we not mention the things they want mentioned on the internet?
Let’s spread the hashtag to multiple websites… that’ll prevent it from trending!
Downvote Musk spam.
The billionaire doesn’t need your help ensuring him and his businesses stay in the 24 hour news cycle. Don’t be a useful idiot.
Detransition is the equivalent of people who decided they actually aren’t gay. It’s rare enough to not make policies or be an ass about it, it’s super rare for it to go all the way to straight/cis and instead is typically “actually it turns out I’m bi/nonbinary”, and there’s a group actively funded and encouraged by the right wing, many of whom later retransition. It is a real phenomenon, but so is quicksand, both of which turned out to be less common in real life than certain media would have you believe
It’s also sadly common for folks to detransition because of hostility and a lack of support. Hard to afford hormones if you can’t get a job because you’re trans.
Very true. And it’s easy to decide that physical safety is more valuable at the moment than self fulfillment.
Twitter already sucked in its own ways, but X-formerly-known-as-twitter is so utter shit I have a hard time imagining people browsing and enjoying it.
X-formerly-known-as-twitter
I’ve also heard people call it “Twitter, desperately trying to be known as X”.
This is why they’re losing advertisers left, right, and center.
This is why they’re losing advertisers left
rightand center.Fixed that for you.
Great “technology” article.
Social Media isn’t technology?
Oh I hate this argument.
With an election year next year, politics is about to get shoe horned into everything with the “(insert subject) is politics” is justification.
I think most people think of technology as scientific based rather than social media trends and events.
That’s only if you live in the US though….the rest of the world doesn’t care that much for your local politics….so it won’t be “shoehorned” into all posts as there are internet users outside the USA….gasp
Non American Internet users likely talk American politics just as much as Americans. Even if it is just to criticize Americans
I wouldn’t call the possibly intentional destruction of a social media infrastructure “social media trends and events.”
Knowing Elon, I am not surprised.
XTwitter has a sidebar? :P
PragerU vs trans bitching … choose your punishment …
The film purports to feature young people who sought gender affirming care, but now regret doing so.
This isn’t anti-trans
Out of context, on its own, it wouldn’t be. But if you look at who is pushing it, that changes the picture.
