Thousands of Twitter users reported that they were unable to use the social media app on Saturday, prompting hashtags that included "TwitterDown" and "RateLimitExceeded."

Thousands of Twitter users across several countries were unable to access the social media site or faced difficulty and delays Saturday.

  • BrotherCod@kbin.social
    153·
    1 year ago

    I know it’s getting into conspiracy realms, but there seems to be a large right-wing buyout of social media. Reddit and Twitter two of the best Independent News sources in North America I’ve already been hit and even though people will argue they are not true new sources, they allow smaller groups to be heard globally. Young people don’t realize how limited news broadcast were before the 2000s. Almost all media was owned by about 50 people worldwide and good luck getting something published that wasn’t in their agenda. You could see it throughout the 50s and 60s as people being labeled radical when their views didn’t coincide with the media magnets. I try not to be an alarmist but I think we’re heading for another dark ages.

    • 1chemistdown@kbin.social
      75·
      1 year ago

      I don’t think it’s planned at that level, it’s just people like Elon think they deserve and earned everything they have; and the alt-right preachers tell them that they have it because god deems you worthy. It becomes a big circlejerk and then hen you have the Elon’s drinking that flavor-aid.

      But, and I mean this, before 2000 you could still get the information; you just had to put more effort into obtaining it. That was obviously a barrier too high for many, but it was not unfindable or inaccessible.

      • chaogomu@kbin.social
        18·
        1 year ago

        Elon buying Twitter was pushed for by Peter Theil, who is a right-wing nut job. He’s the new Koch as far as funding right wing causes goes.

        Musk was played like a patsy, but has accomplished the goal of turning twitter into a right wing hellscape.

        • Kichae@kbin.social
          6·
          1 year ago

          Thiel also put money into Reddit and Facebook. Influencing big social media spaces seems to be A Thing That He Does.

    • serklarvel@kbin.social
      24·
      1 year ago

      He said he was buying Twitter not for the money but “to save civilization”. His ideas about civilization are all all-right batshit.

      • 1chemistdown@kbin.social
        10·
        1 year ago

        There is definitely coordinated shit going on, but Elon is a tool and not a mastermind. The people coordinating this shit think Elon is an idiot. So Elon isn’t part of some vast conspiracy but he is a tool of the vast conspiracy. He just thinks he’s special.

    • LavaJunk@kbin.social
      10·
      1 year ago

      I think you’re bing a bit alarmist. We’re posting here aren’t we? Getting started here wasn’t much more complicated than getting started on reddit and it will hopefully get easier going forward.

      It seems to me that what is being attempted is enclosure of social media; like many enclosures before it. I don’t think this is a coordinated plot but rather wealthy right-wingers making the rational decisions to secure their own interests. Driven in part by rising interests rates. But ultimately the difference today is we have the ability to create alternatives to assert our own interests.

      • ProdSlash@kbin.social
        12·
        1 year ago

        Considering Meta is actively trying to use old Microsoft tactics on the Fediverse, I wouldn’t count on it as a safe haven for long.

        • shroomaroomboom@kbin.social
          1·
          1 year ago

          A long time ago, I created a website; invited friends and family to check it out, leave comments, and whatever. I had to send them the Web address. That’s it.

          During those days, we were all on the deep web. No one could find you unless you gave them your address.

          That was in the old HTML days, before concerning ourselves with how to code so the web crawlers could find us and let the world know about our site. It’s been all downhill since then.

    • sendingmath@kbin.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      I think you’re exaggerating. There have never been so much media in human history. Anyone can make their own blog and publish anything they want. Yeah, the big social media platforms have the issues you mentioned but there are tons of options out there for people to be heard and voices to get representation.

      • hitmyspot@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yes, but with the volume of information, including self publishing and blogs, the power is in dissemination, which was always the real power. Reddit and Twitter still control that in a large way.

        As does, Facebook, google and legacy media. There are more players, but the biggest players still wield more power with little accountability for it.