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

1. Changed Twitter to X.
2. Plans to implement a small monthly payment for everyone using the X system.
3. Plans to collect user biometric information, job, and education history for "safety, security, and identification purposes."
4. Brings back shadowbanning.
5. Uses user data to train AI models.
6. 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.

“Freedom of Speech, not Freedom of Reach - our enforcement philosophy which means, where appropriate, restricting the reach of Tweets that violate our policies by making the content less discoverable.”

Surprise! Our great 'X' CEO has brought back one more bad thing that we hated about twitter 1.0: Shadowbanning. And they’ve given it a new name: "Freedom of Speech, Not Reach".

Perhaps the new approach by X is an improvement? At least they would “politely” tell you when you’re being shadow banned.

I think freedom of speech implies that people have the autonomy to decide what they want to see, rather than being manipulated by algorithm codes. Now it feels like they’re saying, “you can still have your microphone... We're just gonna cut the power to it if you say something we don't like”.

I don't know why these social media companies are so obsessed with our personal information. Last week I saw a news article regarding Twitter tests verification with government ID. I knew right away it’s just another move of Elon Musk’s great “everything app” plan.

Now, here comes the X Hiring, this so-called job hiring feature trying to challenge LinkedIn.

Yes. It absolutely makes sense that sharing my government ID and CV with X would bring more benefits to me than to Elon Musk!

First, I'm not going to give any social media my ID.

If someone intends to expose your ID to hackers due to Twitter's poor security performance, this presents a perfect occasion for them.

I don't know why these social media companies are so fixated on asking for personal information. And I'm sure this is just the beginning of Elon's grand plan.

Perhaps it's time to abandon Twitter and move to other fediverse or decentralised platforms? I would love to see a mass migration.

For example, change your password regularly, use 2FA.

For example, use a password manager, use 2FA.

For example, use a password manager, use 2FA.