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So "X" - nothing to see here. Elon's in control - Part XXX **Threadbans in OP**

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    #6932
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,159 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120794740#Comment_120794740

    True enough. If Musk wanted to destroy a social media platform, discouraging people to use said platform is a great way to do it. You do have to wonder how such a gobshíte ended up being in the position to be able to spend tens of billions to buy such a thing in the first place.

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



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    #6933
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,616 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Jack and other benefactors from the $44b buyout probably couldn't believe their luck that someone was foolish enough to actually buy the company off them let alone spending $44b for it.

    Imagine not doing a proper due diligence before spending $44b because you didn't want to look weak to a couple of thousand fanboys online.



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    #6934
    Doctor Jimbob
    Registered Users Posts: 7,639 ✭✭✭Doctor Jimbob


    Well it took a bit longer than expected but looks like the people saying twitter was going to fall about were correct. Can’t be long now before even the most dedicated Musk worshippers realise he’s a total spoofer.



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    #6935
    Brussels Sprout
    Registered Users Posts: 7,195 ✭✭✭Brussels Sprout


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120794754#Comment_120794754


    I'd say Telegram will be taking more and more of that specific market, especially given the ability to close off groups so that people can "say what they really mean".



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    #6936
    Christy42
    Registered Users Posts: 7,991 ✭✭✭Christy42


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120794674#Comment_120794674

    I am guessing Musk thought he could play hardball and just not pay and still get the service. Same way he still has a load of offices despite not paying rent. The real key to getting risk is being able to not pay for goods and services.



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    #6937
    lmao10
    Registered Users Posts: 1,130 ✭✭✭lmao10


    Funny seeing the reactions from the "Mr. Musk" fanboys.



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    #6938
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Twitter and Reddit - indeed anything with huge amounts of human-generated discussion - can be used to train AI. They are already being used to train AI, both companies are trying to monitize it and trying to prevent actors (incl nation states) from doing it without paying. They're also suing companies who have already done it.

    That's a big driver behind what we are seeing recently - Reddit shutting down free API access, twitter trying to rate-limit people.



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    #6939
    VinLieger
    Registered Users Posts: 17,998 ✭✭✭✭VinLieger


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120796460#Comment_120796460

    Reddits api moves have nothing to do with AI, you don't need an api to scrape the site unlike with twitter. Also the ceos proveable lies about the 3rd party developers show his real aim was more eyeballs on the official garbage app to help boost numbers for the impending IPO. Ironically it's led to many actually slashing reddits estimated value.



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    #6940
    nachouser
    Registered Users Posts: 1,888 ✭✭✭nachouser


    I'm just a nobody, but I posted a couple of months back that the collapse had likely already happened, but there was probably no-one knowledgeable left in the company to read the warning signs and mitigate for them along the way.



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    #6941
    Davis Salmon Scumbag
    Posts: 13,688 ✭ Davis Salmon Scumbag


    How is it for people today?

    Seems back to normal for me.



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    #6942
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Back to normal until he decides to take some other notion...

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    #6943
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,378 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Jesus I thought "a billion dollars" was hyperbole but that's actually the figure up for renewal.

    Hopefully that was a bad deal made my Twitter in the era of cheap money because if not, it just costs too much and is too hard to have competitors to sites like Reddit, Twitter etc.



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    #6944
    VinLieger
    Registered Users Posts: 17,998 ✭✭✭✭VinLieger


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120797800#Comment_120797800

    Well we dont know what was in the contract, from the few articles ive read it seems like it was deffinitely more than just simple hosting of services



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    #6945
    Quin_Dub
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 15,481 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quin_Dub


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120797800#Comment_120797800

    Depends on the duration , but hosting globally distributed data and handling millions of concurrent users isn't going to be cheap.

    A Billion dollars for a multi-year deal probably isn't a bad price in the grand scheme of things

    But whatever it was it's still cheaper than hosting all your own hardware in your own data centre(s) - Managed by staff you no longer have because you fired them all.

    Also - If he's not going to be using a cloud provider , does that mean all the traffic will have to route back to Twitter HQ ?

    That won't help performance one little bit.



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    #6946
    Brussels Sprout
    Registered Users Posts: 7,195 ✭✭✭Brussels Sprout


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120796764#Comment_120796764

    No issues for me today



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    #6947
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Google is no longer indexing tweets because the site requires a login to view them. It should reduce traffic quite significantly. The advertisers will be delighted...



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    #6948
    Psychedelic Hedgehog
    Registered Users Posts: 435 ✭✭Psychedelic Hedgehog


    Oh great.

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    #6949
    Kevrano
    Registered Users Posts: 158 ✭✭Kevrano


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120802454#Comment_120802454

    Have you seen the list of personal data it collects? I'm not going near it! Mastodon doesn't collect any personal data as an FYI

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    #6950
    Kevrano
    Registered Users Posts: 158 ✭✭Kevrano


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120802016#Comment_120802016

    The login requirement is has been on the cards for a while. You used to be able to search tweets within Twitter without logging in, but no longer

    Post edited by Boards.ie: Mike on


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    #6951
    Kevrano
    Registered Users Posts: 158 ✭✭Kevrano


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120802766#Comment_120802766

    Fair point! I suppose if I don't want an app to share a particular piece of information, I make sure I don't share it with them in the first place.

    Post edited by Boards.ie: Mike on


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    #6952
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,470 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Yeah, outlets have been quick to point out just how ... exacting Threads' privacy policy is gonna be - that might just kill Zuckerberg's latest swing dead on arrival, if he doesn't get in front of that.

    Mind you, if this goes as well as Meta, it might yet be another foolish venture into which Zuckerberg flushes his cash. At least Musk has had a few successful ventures, Zuckerberg hasn't much moved from Facebook.



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    #6953
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,378 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120802756#Comment_120802756

    I'm always curious as to why people care so much about this, and it could be its own thread.

    If you go on any of these platforms and try to create an ad, you get a bunch of dropdown menus to try and narrow down who sees your ad. Gender / Location / Hobbies / Age etc. That's it. That's what all this privacy concern is about. They aren't selling binders of your data to companies. They are giving companies dropdown menus and then the platform guesses what it knows about you to determine whether or not you see the ad.

    For Google, you can click around here to see what they "know" about you: https://myadcenter.google.com/controls

    On boards.ie, in the big thread about changes to advertising, people are always complaining about irrelevant ads. These ads make boards.ie very little money and only serve to bother users. When the site is actually working correctly and displaying properly relevant ads, those are what is keeping boards.ie alive. The exact same data collection everyone complains about.



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    #6954
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,470 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Presumably the link with Instagram means that particular tool will become even less friendly for small to medium artists; that if you don't use Threads you'll be shunted further down the algorithm, something like. Already hard enough to gain traction since the last big algorithm change fúcked over many smaller creative accounts, impressions and engagement cratering for many.



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    #6955
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120802454#Comment_120802454

    It won’t be available in the EU initially, as there’s lack of clarity around data protection and how it links with Instagram and Facebook.

    The DPC hasn’t blocked it, but Meta hasn’t got an EU version of the product yet.

    It likely will launch, but it’s going to take them a bit of time to ensure they’re in compliance with the regulations.

    Post edited by Boards.ie: Mike on


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    #6956
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,725 ✭ [Deleted User]


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    #6957
    PopePalpatine
    Registered Users Posts: 11,932 ✭✭✭✭PopePalpatine


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120802547#Comment_120802547

    What is it with techbros and their ignorance (or perhaps coyness) about anything else that shares the name of their new products? I'm just waiting for a "metaverse" (itself a word coined in a dystopian sci-fi novel) start-up where your avatar is called a Replicant.



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    #6958
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,470 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Seems appropriate given the talk of "Threads" dystopian similarity:

    https://twitter.com/alexblechman/status/1457842724128833538?lang=ca




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    #6959
    Kevrano
    Registered Users Posts: 158 ✭✭Kevrano


    https://www.independent.ie/business/technology/no-instagram-threads-app-in-the-eu-irish-dpc-says-metas-new-twitter-rival-wont-be-launched-here/a1927220337.html


    Threads won't be launching in the EU tomorrow



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    #6960
    Harika
    Registered Users Posts: 4,442 ✭✭✭Harika


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120807066#Comment_120807066

    In the UK though, if you have a VPN



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    #6961
    Kevrano
    Registered Users Posts: 158 ✭✭Kevrano


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120807575#Comment_120807575

    You'll need to have a UK Appstore account though?



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