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slightlv

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14. I absolutely will NOT be a member of "X"
Fri Apr 11, 2025, 05:27 PM
Apr 2025

I'm not going to knowingly and willingly give of my money to musk in the form of advertising or anything else available on that platform. I am ideologically opposed to it. Any medium that allows and even encourages hate speech should be outlawed, IMO, but that runs afoul of the 1st amendment. So, the only thing I can do is not partake of it.

Anyway, jeez! Talk about a conflict of interest!! But the courts said that musk was smart enough to know when something was a conflict of interest and would take appropriate action. I think this announcement redlines that pollyanna statement. Besides, when we first began creating websites for the general population, we always knew to build for the "least" of us. X is definitely not usable for the least of us... let alone the target audience! The target audience, for the most part, is not tech savvy. This is every bit as much of a problem as closing our local SSA offices and making us hunt out and drive to other cities for an in person audience. This can not be legal, on so many different levels!

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Time to raise HELL IzzaNuDay Apr 2025 #1
No, the time to raise hell was back when the Timid 10 gab13by13 Apr 2025 #7
i get that sooner than later was the best place. IzzaNuDay Apr 2025 #8
Corruption. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2025 #2
Safe bet Musk's ultimate aim, once he can make X into the "everything app" he's said he wants it to be, highplainsdem Apr 2025 #4
Mucus is addicted to government cash. Wants to be THE government AI. Could anything go wrong with that? Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2025 #5
A shameless grab by musk. Klarkashton Apr 2025 #3
Propaganda at it's finest EarthAbides Apr 2025 #6
Screw Musk and ALL repugs & ex too Nigrum Cattus Apr 2025 #9
I don't see how this is legal................... Lovie777 Apr 2025 #10
Do they care about legality? vapor2 Apr 2025 #15
Legality isn't a relevant any longer. There is no agency willing to enforce... Magoo48 Apr 2025 #16
This precisely the result when you DENVERPOPS Apr 2025 #11
Illegal, TimeToGo Apr 2025 #12
So, we're picking "winners and losers" now, overriding the preferences of the gloriously unfettered Free Market ? eppur_se_muova Apr 2025 #13
I absolutely will NOT be a member of "X" slightlv Apr 2025 #14
I am going to work this into my sign for next Tuesday's protest. yellow dahlia Apr 2025 #17
Every so often I ask my networks, why is it that we can't get CDC announcements again? mahina Apr 2025 #18
Time for a lawsuit.............X is a unsecured site.................. turbinetree Apr 2025 #19
What was the Il Duce quote about the "merger of state and corporate power"? LudwigPastorius Apr 2025 #20
Most definitely a conflict and maybe criminal and if Musk is relying on a pardon it might not work. cstanleytech Apr 2025 #21
Is this even legal? Figarosmom Apr 2025 #22
And Musk genuinely wants to turn X into a payment/banking app too ToxMarz Apr 2025 #23
Fuck that shit... 2naSalit Apr 2025 #24
Never use X so I guess I'll miss everything. mdbl Apr 2025 #25
I can't tell anymore..., returnee Apr 2025 #26
Here is a scary take on what Musk is doing, gab13by13 Apr 2025 #27
Kick SheltieLover Apr 2025 #28
How is this not deeply expanding eloons reach and $$ and hurting almost every senior citizen. lark Apr 2025 #29
Anyone who doesn't use X will miss the information and be declared dead IronLionZion Apr 2025 #30
Next they will require signing up on X and paying a fee for it JI7 Apr 2025 #31
If it's on Xwitter, most of us will never see it FakeNoose Apr 2025 #32
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