I Hope Twitter Kills Itself Before the Year Ends
Pictured above, the better blue bird
Ever since Elon took over as the CEO of twitter, I knew its death would be both imminent and inevitable. And looks like it's about to finally kick the bucket soon. Or at least I hope it is.
What's even still working on the bird app/site? Let's see... No more moments. No more circles because Musk deemed them "unnecessary" (just shows he has no friends). Monetized verification. Limited API usage so much most of the actual useful bots everyone liked are dead and you can't even make an RSS feed of a twitter profile anymore. Removed visible likes. Made notifs no longer work half of the time. The whole site is even more infested with bots than before. Plus all the other things that I probably forgot about.
But wait, there's more! Elon decided to make the block button virtually useless by allowing the people you blocked to still view your tweets, they just can't interact with them! Yeah sure, let's make shit even easier for stalkers I guess!
He's also changing twitter's terms of service so you can't opt out of your images being used for AI anymore! Will it work backwards and apply to pictures posted before the change? I don't know but honestly I wouldn't put it past that pathetic piece of shit, given his disdain for artists and crediting them when you use or repost their work!
Both of these changes alone would be devastating but together? This seems like the potential final nail in twitter's coffin.
God please, make this real because it would be so fucking funny. I may be an atheist but I'm willing to fake believing in you again just so you make it happen. Please for fuck's sake just smite that stupid website already. And that absolute buffoon running it too, while you're at it.
I'm tired. So fucking tired. Of this endless cycle of everyone migrating to some new twitter alternative for five whole seconds and then returning as if nothing happened until Muskrat breaks it again. And you know what? I heard bluesky's getting good now. Lots of people are moving there (again), this time seemingly for good. So why the fuck not? Let's all ditch twitter and leave the manchild in charge all alone with the horde of maga lunatics, neo nazis, and porn bots.
However, this isn't to say I'm gonna deactivate my accounts. I wanna watch as it all breaks apart. I've been waiting for this moment for two whole years now. I'm sure as hell NOT missing out on getting to witness this trainwreck in real time.
And yes, I will continue calling it twitter instead of "x" until the Earth gets engulfed by the goddamn Sun. If Elon Musk deadnames his daughter, I will deadname his stupid website.
Posted on 24/10/24 at 02:28
