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X Users Can Now Restrict Replies to Verifed Account Only (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Jat620DH27@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Let's review what Elon Musk has done just in 2023:

Changed Twitter to X.
Plans to implement a small monthly payment for everyone using the X system.
Plans to collect user biometric information, job, and education history for "safety, security, and identification purposes."
Brings back shadowbanning.
Uses user data to train AI models.
Limits replies to verified users only.

Elon has made so many terrible changes to Twitter that I can’t remember what the breaking point was for me.

Fortunately, there’s a lot more competition in Twitter-like social media platforms. Mastodon may currently hold the position as the most established platform, but there are numerous other services competing to become the next preferred place for online users.

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[–] frunch@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That right there is the shitty truth

[–] naught@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Shitty but hardly surprising. Twitter has a global reach, a decade+ of experience and momentum and critical mass etc. A twitter exodus isn't going to happen over night.