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HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Npars01" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Npars01</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sauropods.win/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mike</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TwitterTakeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterTakeover</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TwitterDemolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterDemolition</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Elections2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elections2024</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a></p><p>Exactly.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Elmo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elmo</span></a> is carrying out "A controlled demolition" of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a> (formerly <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a>.)</p><p>I (and others) have been saying this since early 2023. <br>However, many saw (and still see) it as a "conspiracy theory". Alas, it clearly isn't, Nicole. </p><p>If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is a duck--here is the reason why, and it's not pretty:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110079043525873237" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1100</span><span class="invisible">79043525873237</span></a></p>
Ranger Dan<p>BTW - removed my self from TitX <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TwitterTakeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterTakeover</span></a> last year. Best decion ever. Too dark and ugly.</p>
Martin Holland<p>🤪</p><p><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/TwitterTakeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterTakeover</span></a> Is Now the Worst Buyout for Banks Since the Financial Crisis</p><p>Loans of around $13 billion have remained ‘hung’ for nearly two years, bringing in interest payments but weighing on banks’ balance sheets</p><p><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/elon-musks-twitter-takeover-is-now-the-worst-buyout-for-banks-since-the-financial-crisis-3f4272cb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/tech/elon-musks-twitte</span><span class="invisible">r-takeover-is-now-the-worst-buyout-for-banks-since-the-financial-crisis-3f4272cb</span></a></p>
McDonald_69<p>Elon Musk then versus now. 😂 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TwitterTakeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterTakeover</span></a></p>
Martin Holland<p>Haut endlich ab!</p><p>Auf <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a> gibt es momentan eine Austrittswelle. Soll man die Plattform nun den Rechten überlassen? Die Antwort ist leicht: Ja, der Ort ist verloren.</p><p>"X gleicht heute einem Haifischbecken voller Faschos und Trolle. Es ist ein Ort, wo <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> mit der <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/AfD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfD</span></a> kuschelt und progressive Stimmen gemobbt und bedroht werden. [...] Wieso sollte man sich dort noch freiwillig auf­halten?</p><p><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Twitter%C3%9Cbernahme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterÜbernahme</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/TwitterMigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterMigration</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/TwitterTakeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterTakeover</span></a></p><p><a href="https://taz.de/Deutsche-Organisationen-verlassen-X/!6014969/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">taz.de/Deutsche-Organisationen</span><span class="invisible">-verlassen-X/!6014969/</span></a></p>
Martin Holland<p>Just so you know: Of the more than 1300 verified journalists on <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> in my table, less than half has been active since the beginning of the year. Only about 200 post daily:<br>⏩ <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uWj0j_AL6YQMK87U7_CFpvudK-Aygtx7Bea3fbjxgyo/edit?gid=876665327#gid=876665327" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d</span><span class="invisible">/1uWj0j_AL6YQMK87U7_CFpvudK-Aygtx7Bea3fbjxgyo/edit?gid=876665327#gid=876665327</span></a> </p><p>That's another reason for my interest in <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a> federating and <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/BridgyFed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BridgyFed</span></a> connecting the <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> to <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bluesky</span></a>: It just feels quieter here.</p><p><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/MastodonMigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonMigration</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/TwitterTakeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterTakeover</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/TwitterMIgration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterMIgration</span></a></p>
Martin Holland<p>Elon Musk's X <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Revenue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Revenue</span></a> has officially plummeted, new documents show</p><p>Remember when <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> said he wanted <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a> to be more PayPal-like? New docs show this plan is still on.</p><p>"In the first six months of 2023 [...] X's revenue fell by nearly 40 percent from the same period the prior year. The company brought in $1.48 billion during that time period. Furthermore, X lost $456 million in the first quarter of 2023."</p><p><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/TwitterTakeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterTakeover</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mashable.com/article/twitter-x-revenue-falls-x-payments-plans" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mashable.com/article/twitter-x</span><span class="invisible">-revenue-falls-x-payments-plans</span></a></p>
Martin Holland<p>The great <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/MastodonMigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonMigration</span></a> after the <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/TwitterTakeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterTakeover</span></a> was accompanied by many helpful tools to find followers worth following. </p><p>With <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a> federating (partially) and <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bluesky</span></a> bridged, I think we need new ones now. Are there any?</p><p><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/BridgyFed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BridgyFed</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a></p>
camethedawnxp<p>possibly viable alternative social media site:</p><p>Link to log in/sign up landing page: <a href="https://app.wafrn.net/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">app.wafrn.net/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>keywords</p><p>social media socmedia <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/p2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>p2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>twitter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TwitterTakeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterTakeover</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/twitterdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>twitterdown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/twitterisdownparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>twitterisdownparty</span></a></p>
Brian Moakley<p>I just finished this book about Twitter. I thought I'd be pissed about Musk, but Jack comes out really bad. Basically, according to the book, Jack drove Twitter into the ground, bailed out, and let everyone else drown. </p><p>Unbelievable. Worth a read.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>twitter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TwitterTakeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterTakeover</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Battle-for-the-Bird-Audiobook/B0CQ336WKZ?eac_link=Q0B92fYKrRCD&amp;ref=web_search_eac_asin_1&amp;eac_selected_type=asin&amp;eac_selected=B0CQ336WKZ&amp;qid=YbixYJMN3w&amp;eac_id=139-4629981-7468962_YbixYJMN3w&amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">audible.com/pd/Battle-for-the-</span><span class="invisible">Bird-Audiobook/B0CQ336WKZ?eac_link=Q0B92fYKrRCD&amp;ref=web_search_eac_asin_1&amp;eac_selected_type=asin&amp;eac_selected=B0CQ336WKZ&amp;qid=YbixYJMN3w&amp;eac_id=139-4629981-7468962_YbixYJMN3w&amp;sr=1-1</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@Hey_Beth" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Hey_Beth</span></a></span></p><p>(1/2) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TwitterTakeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterTakeover</span></a></p><p>While not a very well-known account, I tried the same thing for a couple of weeks, trying to get people to migrate to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a>.</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Post" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Post</span></a> strategy, as I remember it, was quite different. The wanted a centralized platform earn royalties for professional writers, was my take on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeadBirdSite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeadBirdSite</span></a> back then.</p><p>This is different. OFC <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Elmo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elmo</span></a> would block that!--This would have destroyed the value of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> acquisition--virtually global reach/a...</p><p> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@carnage4life" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>carnage4life</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TwitterTakeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterTakeover</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TwitterDemolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterDemolition</span></a> </p><p>Exactly. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Elmo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elmo</span></a> is carrying out "A controlled demolition" of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a> (formerly <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a>.)</p><p>If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is a duck--here is the reason why, and it's not pretty:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110079043525873237" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1100</span><span class="invisible">79043525873237</span></a></p>
My Head’s Exploding 🤯 💥<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Daojoan</span></a></span> <br>My theory is <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> bought <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>twitter</span></a> because it was giving TOO much voice to the masses. The <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> cannot have this. Just note the changes since his takeover. Doesn’t matter if it collapses, he’s done his small <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Billionaire</span></a> part for the upper echelon. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NoBillionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoBillionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TwitterTakeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterTakeover</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TwitterDeath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterDeath</span></a></p>
Seonaidh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿<p>X/ Twitter facing EU action.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Xitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xitter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TwitterTakeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterTakeover</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67749228" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/technology-6774</span><span class="invisible">9228</span></a></p>
Bin Chicken 🗑𓅠<p>If you're curious about the set of dog-tags that Elon Musk is wearing while he's smirking and telling people "Go fuck yourself", they're from the IDF.</p><p>Haven't seen anyone else report on it yet, but Elon Musk, Twitter's Nazi-meme-posting owner, is wearing dog-tags from the Israel Defence Forces. He's making a visible dog-whistle to show support of Israel's genocide in Palestine.</p><p>Unlike real military dog-tags, they're not identical copies. One tag has Hebrew text, and the other has English text. The English one reads "Bring them home now!" The dog-tags are propaganda merchandise sold by The Hostage and Missing Families Forum. They're a group of anonymous spokespeople who make press statements, collect charity money, and are promoted on LinkedIn by crypto-scammers.</p><p><a href="https://rants.au/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/TwitterTakeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterTakeover</span></a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/TwitterExodus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterExodus</span></a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/TwitterMigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterMigration</span></a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/RIPTwitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RIPTwitter</span></a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/DogWhistle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DogWhistle</span></a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/Isreal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Isreal</span></a></p>
Misinformation-Superhighwayman<p>Whatever mind-altering drugs Elon Musk is on, they don't appear to be helping him be a better person.<br>Also, I'm open to "blackmail with money" — the more the better — if that's what they're now calling getting paid to do your job and recognising your core business functions.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/AlexThomp/status/1729996181756129724" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">twitter.com/AlexThomp/status/1</span><span class="invisible">729996181756129724</span></a></p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TwitterTakeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterTakeover</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TwitterExodus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterExodus</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TwitterMigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterMigration</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/RIPTwitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RIPTwitter</span></a></p>
Martin Holland<p>If you take the creation date of the accounts following <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.heise.de/@heiseonline" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>heiseonline</span></a></span>, there is a clear peak in the 4th quarter of 2022 (<a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/TwitterTakeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterTakeover</span></a>), since then, there is visible stability: More than 5000 follower where created in each quarter.</p><p>If you just take the months and limit them to 2022 and 2023, you see the big peak in November (roughly a third was created then) and the slowdon in summer 2023. </p><p><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/MastodonMigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonMigration</span></a></p>
Martin Holland<p><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s Disturbing ‘Truth’</p><p>The billionaire affirmed the deadliest anti-Semitic conspiracy theory in recent American history. </p><p>"The fate of the tiny Jewish community rests in the hands of non-Jewish society. Whether the anti-Jewish ideas of Musk and others become the new normal is not up to Jews; it’s up to everyone else."</p><p><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/TwitterTakeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterTakeover</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/XCorp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XCorp</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antisemitism</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/elon-musks-disturbing-truth/676019/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/</span><span class="invisible">2023/11/elon-musks-disturbing-truth/676019/</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://berlin.social/@mina" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mina</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://historians.social/@philip_cardella" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>philip_cardella</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oslo.town/@arnfinnp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>arnfinnp</span></a></span> </p><p>(2/3)</p><p>...in the West on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a>. <br>Two prime examples are the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TwitterTakeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterTakeover</span></a>, with direkt investments by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SaudiArabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaudiArabia</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Qatar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Qatar</span></a> + <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>, as well as indirect financing through ads by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>. <br>Another example is the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CCP</span></a>'s propaganda and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PsyOps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PsyOps</span></a> platform <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a>. <br>(see my posts earlier today). </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarinaWeisband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarinaWeisband</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@afelia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>afelia</span></a></span>)<br>recently had a talk w/ quite unsuspecting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> polititicians and there recently was also a podcast discussion with her.)</p><p>Hi Marina,...</p>
Seonaidh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿<p>The continued decline of Twitter/ X.</p><p>"Musk ditched this utility as he’s changed its main news feed algorithm; these days it privileges ChatGPT influencers, edgelords, and his business and culture-war confidants"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TwitterTakeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterTakeover</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Xitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xitter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ElonSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonSucks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://slate.com/technology/2023/10/twitter-users-decline-apptopia-elon-musk-x-rebrand.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-gb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">slate.com/technology/2023/10/t</span><span class="invisible">witter-users-decline-apptopia-elon-musk-x-rebrand.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-gb</span></a></p>