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But voter fraud is definitely the most serious issue facing elections still, right?

Yeah, really not seeing the point in even bringing it up. Does gingo and ilk have some bizarre belief that only leftists can be nonbinary?

An exaggeration, even for you. They've got enough wherewithal to not go killing their own. And it's not like every one of them is out there with serious intent to kill. They simply all have no qualms about anyone judged "wrong" turning up dead, however it has to happen.

Do you think they ever have enough self awareness to recognize how one-sided the violence always is? I guess that's probably rhetorical. Still baffling. Like. I guess they're just returning (perceived) violence with violence of their own. "They're grooming kids, so we'll kill them in retaliation" or whatever? Still pretty cartoonishly stupid. I get the why, the being whipped up by the big people on the teevee that must be smart cuz they're on the teevee. And obviously their blind hypocrisy is nothing new. But that just seems on an extra step beyond, to never stop to consider "wow, all these mass shootings seem to have similar/common ideologies.." But, then, I guess that's the whole point. Can't reflect on the bad things happening if you don't consider them bad.

Idk. Cop stupidity is kinda brutality adjacent. Like. Practically just a difference of intent.

Nah. Dispersal is almost necessary until communities capable of building up support for a massive user base shake out. But, as pointed out, discoverability on twitter was a huge deal. Content creators across the spectrum utilized it to some degree. Small isolated communities will never recreate that, so, entirely possible there will always be some small push back towards getting everyone on one large network. But, for a while, we're back in that state of increased competition driving innovation and potentially reimagining what online interactions will look like in the near future.

Looking beyond twitter as well, and can't help but think there's almost certainly no chance any other platform could even handle a mass migration without buckling under the strain. Probably some few out there (like Mastadon) might be hoping to catch some of that fleeing audience, but I can't imagine they've got the infrastructure already in place to handle a huge influx. Probably also some start-ups out there looking to make their own version, everyone's going to want a piece. Lotta places might be dumping resources into any means of capturing even a fraction of that user base. Lots of investments that, realistically speaking, won't pan out except for maybe a few that manage to do enough right and get the right attention to draw in the crowds. No telling what the internet landscape will look like in just a few years' time. But, I suppose that's kinda always been true. Shame xkcd never kept going with his series of online communities.

I was thinking about this just a bit ago. Like. Will we ever witness something like this again? There's definitely a faint feeling of "living through history" here. It's hard to imagine any other social platform going out like this. They'll typically wax and wane as new trends emerge. I can't think of very much else that could crash so spectacularly unless something like Google went down in flames. There's gonna be whole chapters dedicated to the monumentally bad decisions made through this in business management courses and who knows what else. And I'm absolutely loving how this is making some circles take a closer look and wonder if this management style is also present in his other companies/ventures.

Imagine having a list of people critical to your app's functionality... and not offering to pay what they're worth. Financial genius at work.

Hah. Near figured all y'all would want to lay low and let some other chumps try handling the chaos. Realistically, I'd imagine the infrastructure is long gone. But man, what a trip that would be. We're just all going in circles.

The real question is... who would they get to moderate it?

Y'know what. Fuck it. Let's all head back to myspace and we can start over again. Full circle, baby! Give us a couple years and message boards will totally be back in fashion.

Ah, a classic case of bullying a dude off his favorite platform. Got some big Tuxedo Mask energy on that one. Fire most of the staff, rapidly implement and immediately remove incredibly bad ideas, drive away advertisers and users in droves...

And then there's cases like this

So, basically two options, right? It was intentional, with Putin sitting smug daring them to take action, or at the very least testing the waters, and the limits of what he can get away with. And as was said, there's probably enough plausible deniability there, they may be hoping. Or, could've genuinely been an accident one way or another, and they're shitting themselves over what the potential response is going to be. After the timely retreat, does sorta raise an eyebrow at the convenient timing with regards to election shenanigans over here...

I guess being stupidly rich means not being able to see the very obvious consequences of your actions... but I'm sure this won't backfire at all.

Only other thought was maybe just that the script was feeling kinda dense, almost like the voice suffered a bit for having to be slightly rushed in places.

...Wouldn't it just be some decadently delicious irony to watch them lose come 2024 as voter turnout dips because "my pick lost the primary, so I'm just not going to vote"...

On one hand.. don't really think the twinkie thread needed roped into this. On the other hand, it does sorta capture the general buffoonery here.

Makes 'em more like Jesus. Or, y'know, their version of Jesus. But really tho, they're probably just self aware enough to know that younger generations increasingly turn away from religion, but not aware enough to consider that it might just be a problem with the religion itself (or at least modern presentations of it) that turns people off. Plus a little bit probably of people in power want there to be more religious followers because they're (probably) easier to manipulate..

Did Riko get a new VA? Doesn't quite sound the same..

DC made the whole comic free to read direct, too.