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    I hope this takes off and people start using “tweet” and “twitter” again and it makes “x” completely irrelevant like his Hitler salute should have

    Edit: it cost $20 to join?! I’m out

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      it cost $20 to join?! I’m out

      Yep, I can’t spend the money now, which is probably true for a lot of people, and I’m definitely gonna forget this is a thing by the time it’s free or I have the money, which is probably true for a lot of people.

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      Edit: it cost $20 to join?! I’m out

      Well, they need something to pay the lawyers with once Musk takes notice.

      Edit: I’ve just discovered this interesting concept called “reading the article” and found out that they’ve already been sued, though it’s still not entirely settled.

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        I’ve just discovered this interesting concept called “reading the article”

        Spread the word my brother! You’ve got to let everyone know about this new fad!

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          I read it but honestly, probably 80% of the time I do not. Because articles are very often full of pop ups and ads and tracking and paywalls, and are unnecessarily verbose (most can be summarized in 1-2 sentences), and are just republishing someone else’s work while adding nothing, and simultaneously devoid of useful information or any actual sources.

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        I’ve just discovered this interesting concept called “reading the article”

        This is liberal propaganda FAKE NEWS

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        Edit: I’ve just discovered this interesting concept called “reading the article”

        Jokes aside: I think it’s great that you read the article, then went back to both acknowledge that it covered your point and admit that you didn’t before.

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      Edit: it cost $20 to join?! I’m out

      They probably need the money to pay for their AI-based “fact-checking”:

      A new and notable feature is the automated fact-checking tool, a Gemini-based “veracity engine for real-time analysis” (“Vera” for short), which runs on every tweet.

      Using a technology that’s known for making shit up, for fact-checking, is so dumb, but it will probably bring in investors because AI.

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        Do they expect everything posted to be just news and information that can be fact-checked? Is this AI going to fact-check my opinions and shitposts too?

        The homepage feels like AI slop too.

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        Every tweet

        Poop emoji - this has been fact checked but can not be independently verified due to lack of context

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      Edit: it cost $20 to join?! I’m out

      …As a “founder”; we’ll see how long that lasts

      but til then at least, I’m out too

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      Are we sure it’s not mostly still bots on Twitter? I deleted my account back then and have not been back.

      At least, not willingly back, since some people still hyperlink to Twitter directly rather than just sharing screenshots of whatever the content was. So you click the text hyperlink thinking it’s to a web article, only for it to bring you to some random string of tweets visibly displayed in the least logical order.

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      Dude reread that post.

      “I hope this takes off and makes the Nazi platform irrelevent….but not for $20. I’m okay with Nazis for $20.”

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        I hope that Mastodon takes off and makes the Nazi platform irrelevant. For free. Independently of corporate and investor goodwill.

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          Same. I’m not calling you cheap. I’m pointing out that saying $20 to pop a Nazi’s balloon shouldn’t be an offensive ask.

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            Yeah, everyone is outraged at being a product when using free services, but then also outraged at paid ones.

            I’m a bit suspicious of how they want to implement scoring, I feel like it’s either going to be gamed by users or rigged by owners, but otherwise it looks fine as an idea and as a replacement for xitter

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        $20 isn’t just $20 in most countries around the world.
        For some it is more than they can make in a month. Tho those people probably never seen the Internet.