xandreu wrote: ↑Sun Jul 09, 2023 1:25 pm Just to be clear from someone who doesn't really follow this type of thing - Threads is Facebook's rip-off of Twitter and that's why Elon and Musk are arranging to have a fight or something?

Haha, this is the silliest thing on the internets this year, but it kind of sounds like it will really happen. They are both training, and even Dana White says they're both serious, but who knows.

I recall it starting as a total joke on Twitter, then Zuckerberg replied saying he was up for it, and then it seemed like they would really do it.

It's 'escalated' very recently with Musk calling Zuckerburg 'Zuck the cuck,' lol, which of course The Guardian blames on White supremacy.

It's dumb, but I hope it happens, as seeing some tech billionaires duking it out in a cage fight is more entertaining than other crap you could watch.

*Rooting for Musk, betting on Zuck.





And no plans to join Threads, as there's already enough social media platforms that will censor the fuck out of you, so I don't see any appeal to it unless something changes. I personally think the only real things that will take off at the current time is platforms that give you at least a little taste of freedom of speech. As others have said on here, most Youtubers who say ANYTHING that might be considered edgy (or even factual things like where Covid might have come from, or comments about genders, or even opinions about a certain election) could get you banned, so I think the average person would be looking for platforms that let you more freely express yourself and have discussions that go against what the mainstream media desperately wants everyone to accept as truth no matter what.

Rumble is quickly becoming a viable YouTube replacement, and even BitChute has appeal, but I don't see the allure of switching from Twitter that allows you to have free discussions to Threads which is already banning/censoring anything that's not what the lefties that run these social media platforms want you discussing or thinking about.

“Twitter has two important advantages over other social media platforms,” Haqqani said in an English post on Twitter. “The first privilege is the freedom of speech. The second privilege is the public nature & credibility of Twitter. Twitter doesn't have an intolerant policy like Meta. Other platforms cannot replace it.”

https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgwg9n/ ... er-threads

How it started:



How it's going, lol:





***As much as I don't want her or anyone censored, it is nice to see lefties get a taste of just how dumb and annoying it is to be censored from having discussions that need to be had.***