tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post7824645831511865654..comments2024-03-25T18:49:00.608+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: Getting the birdCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-80924564256320301642022-12-10T18:06:18.338+00:002022-12-10T18:06:18.338+00:00And now Musk has released a huge amount of evidenc...And now Musk has released a huge amount of evidence of political manipulation and suppression by Twitter. Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-90597586938524921672022-12-10T17:22:36.152+00:002022-12-10T17:22:36.152+00:00If you are expecting a crash, that’s not how it wo...If you are expecting a crash, that’s not how it would fail at this point. Upgrades and new features would be likely culprits. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-6615961826077948442022-12-09T12:26:04.487+00:002022-12-09T12:26:04.487+00:00So, a month after its sale Twitter is still workin...So, a month after its sale Twitter is still working perfectly normally.<br />Seems like another Project Fear is turning out to be as risible as the last one ...Professor Pie-Tinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-56598046600217710262022-12-04T10:35:04.441+00:002022-12-04T10:35:04.441+00:00It puzzles me how software fails. It isn't l...It puzzles me how software fails. It isn't like a piece of machinery where parts wear out, where bearings seize. If it works once it should continue to work for all timedcbwhaleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02585310584555592882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-80746099535542470812022-12-03T12:37:39.265+00:002022-12-03T12:37:39.265+00:00An interesting point in your first paragraph, stym...An interesting point in your first paragraph, stymaster, as this recent article Technology Review shows. https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/11/08/1062886/heres-how-a-twitter-engineer-says-it-will-break-in-the-coming-weeks/Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-11590372431184929142022-12-01T19:13:55.268+00:002022-12-01T19:13:55.268+00:00Of course a man can not be a women and \i would no...Of course a man can not be a women and \i would not call you a Nazi and a fascist for saying so. Indeed \I would be unlikely to call anyone a Nazi dcbwhaleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02585310584555592882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-38438773169800615362022-12-01T18:23:54.024+00:002022-12-01T18:23:54.024+00:00The other key point about free speech is that it d...The other key point about free speech is that it does not allow you to call me a nazi and a fascist if I say a man can not be a woman. That was allowed for many years, and now suddenly people come from the woodworks to free speech is a danger to democracy.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10603987317820861401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-54272242088526497252022-12-01T17:08:21.507+00:002022-12-01T17:08:21.507+00:00The other key point about free speech is that it d...The other key point about free speech is that it does not allow you to shout Fire! in a crowded theatre.<br />\nor should it extend to allow Musk to call people who disagree with him paedophiles, as he did when Vern Unsworth turned down his offer of a mini-sub for use in the Thai cave rescue in 2018dcbwhaleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02585310584555592882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-74618712150785488992022-12-01T16:43:52.469+00:002022-12-01T16:43:52.469+00:00I would have thought you'd love Twitter - it i...I would have thought you'd love Twitter - it is after all the natural home of the virtue-signaller.<br />Personally I'm not on any social media mainly because I don't trust myself not to cause havoc when I'm pissed but also because I've no interest in when someone's child has its first bowel movement.<br />But I'm a huge fan of Musk. The man is a genius but also even-handed in disliking the woke smuggeratti as much as the right-wing mob. Your can see why the snowflakes are whining like they've had a smacked arse - their echo chamber is under assault.<br />The way social media has been politicised and, in America, has become the Democrats twin trained monkey along with CNN makes me delighted to see Musk getting in among them.<br />As someone wrote recently - Twitter has gone to the dogs since Musk took over, say 75 million tweets.Professor Pie-Tinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-44031720984115263952022-11-30T20:22:09.616+00:002022-11-30T20:22:09.616+00:00Hmm, it's not just moderation staff. Large amo...Hmm, it's not just moderation staff. Large amounts of engineering have gone too, and the danger there is that if Musk, who is almost certainly no engineer, removes too many of them, the platform itself will start to creak. Huge systems like Twitter are very difficult to cold-start if there is a big issue, and Mush has already demonstrated a lack of understanding when he broke 2FA.<br /><br />As to the free speech issue, well, there's a balance to be found and the problem is avoiding an echo-chamber and only the free speech we (or Musk) agree with. Largely that's quite manageable.<br /><br />As to Mastodon and different instances having different policies- in actual fact this is a real win for free speech; if you have the skills and the bandwidth, you can host your own instance should you so wish, and define whatever policies you see fit- and you can still join the federation of other servers, so you're never beholden to Musk, Zuckerberg, or anyone else, unless you do something dodgy enough to upset your hosting provider. If you don't have the skills/bandwidth, then you can try to find an instance that suits your views- and still participate with the rest of the Fediverse. <br /><br />Whether Twitter fails or Mastodon starts to dominate is anyone's guess, but the fact this is being discussed atall is significant. 12 months ago, we'd find it unbelievable, but nothing is too big to fail, you can read all about it on my MySpace page ;-) stymasterhttps://www.piglet-net.net/pigblog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-27879388351564920462022-11-28T11:23:41.607+00:002022-11-28T11:23:41.607+00:00In my opinion you are better avoiding Twatter and ...In my opinion you are better avoiding Twatter and Farcebook et al.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-74273726089295503552022-11-28T08:28:08.063+00:002022-11-28T08:28:08.063+00:00Hi Mudge, the smiley didn't show up on my phon...Hi Mudge, the smiley didn't show up on my phone, which is the only device available to me, whilst traveling.<br /><br />However, my opinions of the platform, and Elon Musk, remain the same. 😀Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-19290116167346383032022-11-27T17:19:26.584+00:002022-11-27T17:19:26.584+00:00Oh, I was being slightly tongue-in-cheek, hence th...Oh, I was being slightly tongue-in-cheek, hence the smiley. But AIUI you are not a user of Twitter, so wouldn't it have been better just to say "It's not my thing". "I wouldn't be sorry to see the back of it" implies animus rather than indifference. Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-2300131167717887462022-11-27T17:06:26.149+00:002022-11-27T17:06:26.149+00:00That's rather a crass and very judgemental com...That's rather a crass and very judgemental comment to make Mudge. My dislike of Twitter, is related to the trivial and transient nature of the whole platform.<br /><br />I suppose it's fine for people with too much time on their hands, but meanwhile, back in the real world.....<br />.Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-58641604658736439172022-11-27T16:33:31.003+00:002022-11-27T16:33:31.003+00:00Laughable how all the wokies are flouncing off to ...Laughable how all the wokies are flouncing off to Mastobate but keeping posting on Twitter to let us know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-7438167021131036472022-11-27T16:09:55.753+00:002022-11-27T16:09:55.753+00:00Sounds like you're not much of a fan of free s...Sounds like you're not much of a fan of free speech either :PCurmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-6892276796220987242022-11-27T15:22:05.412+00:002022-11-27T15:22:05.412+00:00I'm not a fan of Twitter, nor Elon Musk, so wo...I'm not a fan of Twitter, nor Elon Musk, so wouldn't be sorry to see the back of both. 😡Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.com