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Anonymous wrote:Early signs of where Twitter will go under Musk - non-political users like Taylor Swift and Katy Perry lose significant numbers of followers as ordinary people are deactivating the accounts, which right wing extremists like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Bolsonaro see significant upticks from the RWNJs flocking to the site. Twitter will become what Truth Social tried and failed to be.

It will be interesting to see what this does to twitter’s ad revenue.

Taylor Swift's twitter follower #'s: lost ~10k followers out of ~90Million. That's roughly 1/100th of 1% of her total followers. Though she seems to have been losing followers in the previous weeks. Don't follow her so I have no idea why.
https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/taylorswift13

Katy Perrys: lost ~5k followers out of 110Million. That's less than 1/200th of 1% of her total followers.
https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/katyperry

Like so many things, it depends on what one's definition of "significant numbers of followers" is. It's possible that Katy Perry will de-activate her Twitter account that's she's had for 13+ years and leave over that loss but the data seems to suggest that these mega stars will be able to handle losing 5 or 10k followers. And the people that unfollowed will likely be back anyway. Let's be honest here...

Katy Perry lost 200,000 followers, not 5,000.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/twitter-says-mass-deactivations-musk-news-organic-rcna26182

She still has 110 million followers. In the grand scheme of things, that’s a blip on the radar.

Do you also think it’s nothing that Marjorie Taylor Greene picked up 95k followers?

As for Perry, Swift, etc., it is a dramatic swing for two days. The level of deactivations and new account creation was high enough that it got Twitters attention and they felt it was worth analyzing. So you can keep trying to minimize it, but it is still a sign that a lot of people are very uneasy about the idea of participating in a platform run by Musk and giving him access to their personal data.

A bunch of republicans joined due to the news of Elon taking over and wanting free speech. It makes sense to me. I think Tucker Carlson even came back.

Yes, because they think that Twitter will now let them engage in the kind of indecent, hateful behavior that wasn’t tolerated the past few years.

I mean, the awful, racist, misogynistic and violent tweets at Vijaya Gadde that started moments after Musk went after her yesterday tell us we need to know about what Twitter will be if Musk has his way.

Yah - No wonder Twitter staff are upset … already Twitter’s moral voice of reason is under siege by Musk and conservatives …
Elon Musk boosts criticism of Twitter executives, prompting online attacks. The targeting of employees by Musk’s massive Twitter megaphone is a major concern for workers

Elon Musk has tweeted criticism of top Twitter lawyer Vijaya Gadde, raising further questions about her future at the company

https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-condemns-twitter-lawyer-vijaya-gadde-1701343


Here’s the article that Musk tweeted angrily in response to …
Twitter’s top lawyer reassures staff, cries during meeting about Musk takeover
Vijaya Gadde, a key executive involved in decisions to remove former President Donald Trump and ban political advertising, expressed uncertainty about the future of the platform.

Gadde, who has worked at Twitter since 2011, is the key executive charged with overseeing Twitter’s trust and safety, legal and public policy functions. She is seen internally as Twitter’s “moral authority” and the executive tasked with handling sensitive issues like harassment and dangerous speech.
Gadde played a leading role in negotiating the deal between Twitter and Musk, according to one person familiar with the dynamics.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/26/twitters-top-lawyer-reassures-staff-cries-during-meeting-about-musk-takeover-00027931


Musk keeps going after Twitter staff - no wonder they are afraid …
Twitter executive accuses Musk of MISOGYNY for criticizing firm's top lawyer- but Elon continues attacking Twitter and points out Trump's Truth Social is beating it


After Twitter buyout, firm’s India-born top lawyer attacked by conservatives
https://www.mid-day.com/technology/article/after-musks-twitter-buyout-firms-indiaborn-top-lawyer-attacked-by-conservative-trolls-23224705

I guess she should have done her job in a more even-handed manner. Clearly if ISIS is allowed on but Trump isn’t? Problem

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Anonymous wrote:Early signs of where Twitter will go under Musk - non-political users like Taylor Swift and Katy Perry lose significant numbers of followers as ordinary people are deactivating the accounts, which right wing extremists like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Bolsonaro see significant upticks from the RWNJs flocking to the site. Twitter will become what Truth Social tried and failed to be.

It will be interesting to see what this does to twitter’s ad revenue.

Taylor Swift's twitter follower #'s: lost ~10k followers out of ~90Million. That's roughly 1/100th of 1% of her total followers. Though she seems to have been losing followers in the previous weeks. Don't follow her so I have no idea why.
https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/taylorswift13

Katy Perrys: lost ~5k followers out of 110Million. That's less than 1/200th of 1% of her total followers.
https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/katyperry

Like so many things, it depends on what one's definition of "significant numbers of followers" is. It's possible that Katy Perry will de-activate her Twitter account that's she's had for 13+ years and leave over that loss but the data seems to suggest that these mega stars will be able to handle losing 5 or 10k followers. And the people that unfollowed will likely be back anyway. Let's be honest here...

Katy Perry lost 200,000 followers, not 5,000.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/twitter-says-mass-deactivations-musk-news-organic-rcna26182

She still has 110 million followers. In the grand scheme of things, that’s a blip on the radar.

Do you also think it’s nothing that Marjorie Taylor Greene picked up 95k followers?

As for Perry, Swift, etc., it is a dramatic swing for two days. The level of deactivations and new account creation was high enough that it got Twitters attention and they felt it was worth analyzing. So you can keep trying to minimize it, but it is still a sign that a lot of people are very uneasy about the idea of participating in a platform run by Musk and giving him access to their personal data.

A bunch of republicans joined due to the news of Elon taking over and wanting free speech. It makes sense to me. I think Tucker Carlson even came back.

Yes, because they think that Twitter will now let them engage in the kind of indecent, hateful behavior that wasn’t tolerated the past few years.

I mean, the awful, racist, misogynistic and violent tweets at Vijaya Gadde that started moments after Musk went after her yesterday tell us we need to know about what Twitter will be if Musk has his way.

Yah - No wonder Twitter staff are upset … already Twitter’s moral voice of reason is under siege by Musk and conservatives …
Elon Musk boosts criticism of Twitter executives, prompting online attacks. The targeting of employees by Musk’s massive Twitter megaphone is a major concern for workers

Elon Musk has tweeted criticism of top Twitter lawyer Vijaya Gadde, raising further questions about her future at the company

https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-condemns-twitter-lawyer-vijaya-gadde-1701343


Here’s the article that Musk tweeted angrily in response to …
Twitter’s top lawyer reassures staff, cries during meeting about Musk takeover
Vijaya Gadde, a key executive involved in decisions to remove former President Donald Trump and ban political advertising, expressed uncertainty about the future of the platform.

Gadde, who has worked at Twitter since 2011, is the key executive charged with overseeing Twitter’s trust and safety, legal and public policy functions. She is seen internally as Twitter’s “moral authority” and the executive tasked with handling sensitive issues like harassment and dangerous speech.
Gadde played a leading role in negotiating the deal between Twitter and Musk, according to one person familiar with the dynamics.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/26/twitters-top-lawyer-reassures-staff-cries-during-meeting-about-musk-takeover-00027931


Musk keeps going after Twitter staff - no wonder they are afraid …
Twitter executive accuses Musk of MISOGYNY for criticizing firm's top lawyer- but Elon continues attacking Twitter and points out Trump's Truth Social is beating it


After Twitter buyout, firm’s India-born top lawyer attacked by conservatives
https://www.mid-day.com/technology/article/after-musks-twitter-buyout-firms-indiaborn-top-lawyer-attacked-by-conservative-trolls-23224705

I guess she should have done her job in a more even-handed manner. Clearly if ISIS is allowed on but Trump isn’t? Problem

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Anonymous wrote:Early signs of where Twitter will go under Musk - non-political users like Taylor Swift and Katy Perry lose significant numbers of followers as ordinary people are deactivating the accounts, which right wing extremists like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Bolsonaro see significant upticks from the RWNJs flocking to the site. Twitter will become what Truth Social tried and failed to be.

It will be interesting to see what this does to twitter’s ad revenue.

Celebrities often use bot farms to up their followers. They purchase them. I believe Musk is going to do away with that.

Twitter’s own analysis indicates these generally were not bot accounts.

So the same people who work there who censored are telling us what’s what? Um. No

There’s the MAGA playbook. When the facts conflict with your preferred worldview, baselessly deny they exist.

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Anonymous wrote:Early signs of where Twitter will go under Musk - non-political users like Taylor Swift and Katy Perry lose significant numbers of followers as ordinary people are deactivating the accounts, which right wing extremists like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Bolsonaro see significant upticks from the RWNJs flocking to the site. Twitter will become what Truth Social tried and failed to be.

It will be interesting to see what this does to twitter’s ad revenue.

Taylor Swift's twitter follower #'s: lost ~10k followers out of ~90Million. That's roughly 1/100th of 1% of her total followers. Though she seems to have been losing followers in the previous weeks. Don't follow her so I have no idea why.
https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/taylorswift13

Katy Perrys: lost ~5k followers out of 110Million. That's less than 1/200th of 1% of her total followers.
https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/katyperry

Like so many things, it depends on what one's definition of "significant numbers of followers" is. It's possible that Katy Perry will de-activate her Twitter account that's she's had for 13+ years and leave over that loss but the data seems to suggest that these mega stars will be able to handle losing 5 or 10k followers. And the people that unfollowed will likely be back anyway. Let's be honest here...

Katy Perry lost 200,000 followers, not 5,000.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/twitter-says-mass-deactivations-musk-news-organic-rcna26182

She still has 110 million followers. In the grand scheme of things, that’s a blip on the radar.

Do you also think it’s nothing that Marjorie Taylor Greene picked up 95k followers?

As for Perry, Swift, etc., it is a dramatic swing for two days. The level of deactivations and new account creation was high enough that it got Twitters attention and they felt it was worth analyzing. So you can keep trying to minimize it, but it is still a sign that a lot of people are very uneasy about the idea of participating in a platform run by Musk and giving him access to their personal data.

A bunch of republicans joined due to the news of Elon taking over and wanting free speech. It makes sense to me. I think Tucker Carlson even came back.

Yes, because they think that Twitter will now let them engage in the kind of indecent, hateful behavior that wasn’t tolerated the past few years.

I mean, the awful, racist, misogynistic and violent tweets at Vijaya Gadde that started moments after Musk went after her yesterday tell us we need to know about what Twitter will be if Musk has his way.

Yah - No wonder Twitter staff are upset … already Twitter’s moral voice of reason is under siege by Musk and conservatives …
Elon Musk boosts criticism of Twitter executives, prompting online attacks. The targeting of employees by Musk’s massive Twitter megaphone is a major concern for workers

Elon Musk has tweeted criticism of top Twitter lawyer Vijaya Gadde, raising further questions about her future at the company

https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-condemns-twitter-lawyer-vijaya-gadde-1701343


Here’s the article that Musk tweeted angrily in response to …
Twitter’s top lawyer reassures staff, cries during meeting about Musk takeover
Vijaya Gadde, a key executive involved in decisions to remove former President Donald Trump and ban political advertising, expressed uncertainty about the future of the platform.

Gadde, who has worked at Twitter since 2011, is the key executive charged with overseeing Twitter’s trust and safety, legal and public policy functions. She is seen internally as Twitter’s “moral authority” and the executive tasked with handling sensitive issues like harassment and dangerous speech.
Gadde played a leading role in negotiating the deal between Twitter and Musk, according to one person familiar with the dynamics.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/26/twitters-top-lawyer-reassures-staff-cries-during-meeting-about-musk-takeover-00027931


Musk keeps going after Twitter staff - no wonder they are afraid …
Twitter executive accuses Musk of MISOGYNY for criticizing firm's top lawyer- but Elon continues attacking Twitter and points out Trump's Truth Social is beating it


After Twitter buyout, firm’s India-born top lawyer attacked by conservatives
https://www.mid-day.com/technology/article/after-musks-twitter-buyout-firms-indiaborn-top-lawyer-attacked-by-conservative-trolls-23224705

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Anonymous wrote:Early signs of where Twitter will go under Musk - non-political users like Taylor Swift and Katy Perry lose significant numbers of followers as ordinary people are deactivating the accounts, which right wing extremists like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Bolsonaro see significant upticks from the RWNJs flocking to the site. Twitter will become what Truth Social tried and failed to be.

It will be interesting to see what this does to twitter’s ad revenue.

Taylor Swift's twitter follower #'s: lost ~10k followers out of ~90Million. That's roughly 1/100th of 1% of her total followers. Though she seems to have been losing followers in the previous weeks. Don't follow her so I have no idea why.
https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/taylorswift13

Katy Perrys: lost ~5k followers out of 110Million. That's less than 1/200th of 1% of her total followers.
https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/katyperry

Like so many things, it depends on what one's definition of "significant numbers of followers" is. It's possible that Katy Perry will de-activate her Twitter account that's she's had for 13+ years and leave over that loss but the data seems to suggest that these mega stars will be able to handle losing 5 or 10k followers. And the people that unfollowed will likely be back anyway. Let's be honest here...

Katy Perry lost 200,000 followers, not 5,000.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/twitter-says-mass-deactivations-musk-news-organic-rcna26182

She still has 110 million followers. In the grand scheme of things, that’s a blip on the radar.

Do you also think it’s nothing that Marjorie Taylor Greene picked up 95k followers?

As for Perry, Swift, etc., it is a dramatic swing for two days. The level of deactivations and new account creation was high enough that it got Twitters attention and they felt it was worth analyzing. So you can keep trying to minimize it, but it is still a sign that a lot of people are very uneasy about the idea of participating in a platform run by Musk and giving him access to their personal data.

A bunch of republicans joined due to the news of Elon taking over and wanting free speech. It makes sense to me. I think Tucker Carlson even came back.

Yes, because they think that Twitter will now let them engage in the kind of indecent, hateful behavior that wasn’t tolerated the past few years.

I mean, the awful, racist, misogynistic and violent tweets at Vijaya Gadde that started moments after Musk went after her yesterday tell us we need to know about what Twitter will be if Musk has his way.

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Anonymous wrote:Early signs of where Twitter will go under Musk - non-political users like Taylor Swift and Katy Perry lose significant numbers of followers as ordinary people are deactivating the accounts, which right wing extremists like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Bolsonaro see significant upticks from the RWNJs flocking to the site. Twitter will become what Truth Social tried and failed to be.

It will be interesting to see what this does to twitter’s ad revenue.

Celebrities often use bot farms to up their followers. They purchase them. I believe Musk is going to do away with that.

Twitter’s own analysis indicates these generally were not bot accounts.

So the same people who work there who censored are telling us what’s what? Um. No

There’s the MAGA playbook. When the facts conflict with your preferred worldview, baselessly deny they exist.

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Anonymous wrote:Early signs of where Twitter will go under Musk - non-political users like Taylor Swift and Katy Perry lose significant numbers of followers as ordinary people are deactivating the accounts, which right wing extremists like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Bolsonaro see significant upticks from the RWNJs flocking to the site. Twitter will become what Truth Social tried and failed to be.

It will be interesting to see what this does to twitter’s ad revenue.

Celebrities often use bot farms to up their followers. They purchase them. I believe Musk is going to do away with that.

Twitter’s own analysis indicates these generally were not bot accounts.

So the same people who work there who censored are telling us what’s what? Um. No

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Anonymous wrote:Early signs of where Twitter will go under Musk - non-political users like Taylor Swift and Katy Perry lose significant numbers of followers as ordinary people are deactivating the accounts, which right wing extremists like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Bolsonaro see significant upticks from the RWNJs flocking to the site. Twitter will become what Truth Social tried and failed to be.

It will be interesting to see what this does to twitter’s ad revenue.

Celebrities often use bot farms to up their followers. They purchase them. I believe Musk is going to do away with that.

Twitter’s own analysis indicates these generally were not bot accounts.

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Anonymous wrote:Early signs of where Twitter will go under Musk - non-political users like Taylor Swift and Katy Perry lose significant numbers of followers as ordinary people are deactivating the accounts, which right wing extremists like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Bolsonaro see significant upticks from the RWNJs flocking to the site. Twitter will become what Truth Social tried and failed to be.

It will be interesting to see what this does to twitter’s ad revenue.

You truly know nothing about how business works. This entire musk saga has generated so much buzz. People who haven’t been interested in twitter ever are now checking out the platform. This is keeping things fresh. Twitter was in decline for quite a while now. If anything, this will boost Twitter up and keep it to stay more relevant.

Losing a few 100k bot accounts that never used the site to begin with don’t matter much in the long haul.

Twitter put out a statement that their analysis indicates they were not bot accounts, it was organic changes from real users deactivating their accounts.

If Twitter becoming another Parler is your idea of staying relevant, well, we will have to agree to disagree. But I certainly won’t be using it anymore if that’s where it goes.

Parler failed because the app platforms dropped them. Nasty behavior but expected from leftists.

False. Parler used bad technology and design, was repeatedly hacked with private user details accessed, and had a whole host of other major problems and red flags.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, both Apple and Google stores require app developers to moderate content. Elon will need to moderate content, lest Twitter become flooded with kiddie porn

Elon Musk has made it clear that any illegal postings will not be tolerated. Goes without saying that any CP should be removed and IP logs turned over to law enforcement. The majority of this country thinks that this takeover is a good thing.

I have no idea why this a radical or right wing notion. The “liberals” who are so against such a doctrinaire answer about free speech are telling on themselves and alienating a large majority of this country. They shriek hysterically at their own political peril.

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Anonymous wrote:Early signs of where Twitter will go under Musk - non-political users like Taylor Swift and Katy Perry lose significant numbers of followers as ordinary people are deactivating the accounts, which right wing extremists like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Bolsonaro see significant upticks from the RWNJs flocking to the site. Twitter will become what Truth Social tried and failed to be.

It will be interesting to see what this does to twitter’s ad revenue.

Taylor Swift's twitter follower #'s: lost ~10k followers out of ~90Million. That's roughly 1/100th of 1% of her total followers. Though she seems to have been losing followers in the previous weeks. Don't follow her so I have no idea why.
https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/taylorswift13

Katy Perrys: lost ~5k followers out of 110Million. That's less than 1/200th of 1% of her total followers.
https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/katyperry

Like so many things, it depends on what one's definition of "significant numbers of followers" is. It's possible that Katy Perry will de-activate her Twitter account that's she's had for 13+ years and leave over that loss but the data seems to suggest that these mega stars will be able to handle losing 5 or 10k followers. And the people that unfollowed will likely be back anyway. Let's be honest here...

Katy Perry lost 200,000 followers, not 5,000.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/twitter-says-mass-deactivations-musk-news-organic-rcna26182

She still has 110 million followers. In the grand scheme of things, that’s a blip on the radar.

Do you also think it’s nothing that Marjorie Taylor Greene picked up 95k followers?

As for Perry, Swift, etc., it is a dramatic swing for two days. The level of deactivations and new account creation was high enough that it got Twitters attention and they felt it was worth analyzing. So you can keep trying to minimize it, but it is still a sign that a lot of people are very uneasy about the idea of participating in a platform run by Musk and giving him access to their personal data.

A bunch of republicans joined due to the news of Elon taking over and wanting free speech. It makes sense to me. I think Tucker Carlson even came back.

Yes, because they think that Twitter will now let them engage in the kind of indecent, hateful behavior that wasn’t tolerated the past few years.

I mean, the awful, racist, misogynistic and violent tweets at Vijaya Gadde that started moments after Musk went after her yesterday tell us we need to know about what Twitter will be if Musk has his way.