Archived version: https://archive.li/Yg8r8
My favorite part:
But while his reaction the day after learning that X was commandeering his handle was extreme frustration, Vaught told Ars that the platform will remain his primary form of social media.
“it’s highly annoying, but Twitter is still my preferred social media,” Vaught said. “That’s how I communicate and learn my news about what’s going on. Nothing else compares.”
His only “minor protest” to X’s action, he said, was to cancel his Twitter Blue subscription.
Vaught is mostly a Musk fan, as he’s interested in Musk’s electric cars and space developments. He said that this experience with X hasn’t tainted his opinion of Musk or his relationship too much with X as a platform. He’s holding out hope that Musk has a long-term plan for where Musk is taking X, but like many users, he’s struggling to adjust to the rebranding.
Musk screws him over and yet he continues to use the service?
People are so stupid these days.
This is the new rightwing fan base. It’s cucks all the way down.
the alt-right movement is like an abusive relationship, made up of a bunch of very insecure people constantly seeking approval from an abuser who doles it out with an equal amount of degradation, keeping them confused and isolated enough that they have no choice but to keep coming back because - after having driven everyone else away with their hateful rhetoric - the abusive alt-right is now their only source of “community” at all.
it’s a cult.
More thorough video explanation from The Alt-Right Playbook: Endnote 4: How the Alt-Right is Like an Abusive Relationship (live)
He almost seems to enjoy it. He probably refreshes the x page dozens of times a day.
Oh yeah, steal my username musk daddy.
It’s just a username who cares
Apparently Xitter care enough to actually —steal— I mean take over the handle.
If “Xitter” is pronounced “shitter” then I can finally get behind the rebrand
You care, obviously. Did you comment on this story because you don’t care? You’re kinda sending us mixed signals.
I care about the emotional wellbeing of people who care so much about what their online username is
Vaught is mostly a Musk fan
Ah, so he’s an idiot. Well that explains his statements.
Vaught is mostly a Musk fan, as he’s interested in Musk’s electric cars and space developments.
So am I. But the guy is an idiot. SpaceX in particular is successful because he isn’t the person running the day-to-day operations.
You can be excited about the work the engineers are doing without idolizing the bigoted CEO.
I don’t see why so many people can’t separate the awful business man from the science.
This. I love the science SpaceX is doing. I love the EV momentum Tesla created (even if their own products are proving to be less than stellar, no pun intended).
Musk is a huge tool though.
Right. SpaceX and Tesla are successful despite their destructive CEO, not because of him.
Gwynne Shotwell does not get enough main stream credit for keeping SpaceX (and Musk) afloat. She’s OP.
he sounds like a person in an abusive relationship.
“yeah, he hits me sometimes, but Jimmy’s a good guy y’all! just need to give him a chance, besides… all my stuff is there, where would I even live?”.
“He took my name from me, I’m not allowed to be called by my name anymore. But its ok, I still love him.”
he’s literally the ‘This Is Fine’ meme.
Some people like the abuse
Thank you Elon, may I have another?
What stockholm syndrome does to a mf…
nothing else compares
Guarantee my guy tried 3 other websites before calling it quits
where he gets his news from. Nothing else compares
Uh… How about an actual news site? Maybe the NYT for example? I’m guessing they use too many words he doesn’t understand.
Also they are part of the conspiracy to follow the rule of law and not elect the glorious leader.
I’d be equally concerned for anyone who uses the NYT as their primary news source.
Yeah, parler, gab, and voat…
I went on Gab once. They were all accusing each other of being feds (Terry Davis style)
This is the best summary I could come up with:
“16 years ago, I created @music and have been running it ever since,” Jeremy Vaught, director of engineering at the nonprofit Life Happens, posted on X.
But Vaught never had the time to focus on leveraging the @music audience, only ever benefiting from the account when companies occasionally sent him free perks like headphones in trade for promotions.
Vaught said he was never interested because he knew that selling his handle violated Twitter’s terms of service, and he figured there was more value in keeping the account.
To “minimize any inconvenience” from having his account handle taken away, X defaulted to changing Vaught’s username to @musicfan, which he described as “probably the least worst” alternative the platform suggested.
But while his reaction the day after learning that X was commandeering his handle was extreme frustration, Vaught told Ars that the platform will remain his primary form of social media.
“Twitter’s not dead to me at this point,” Vaught told Ars, even if “it’s a super huge bummer” to lose the @music account.
I’m a bot and I’m open source!
great bot!
Actually a useful bot!
I will never not call it Twitter
Blackwater, Facebook, Twitter.
The site formerly known as Twitter
Birdsite —> Ex-Birdsite for me
Birdshite
That’s not fair. Guano is actually useful.
If that doesn’t taint his idea of Musk, then nothing will.
My only thought (plausable excuse) is that he is possibly sucking up while expressing discontent under the false pretense maybe Musk will pay him losses. Whether he likes him or not, he should know someone thay disagrees with him will not get paid but rather sued for existing.
This is hilarious.
twitter*
Look you say “X user” and im thinking X11 Windowing system. Stop trying to make X happen.
Hahahaha this dude is such a little bitch about it. It’s honestly adorable.
Musky simp lol.
“I know he’s crushing my throat with his boot, but he sure does have nice boots, doesn’t he?”
X gonna give it to ya and X gonna take it away from ya
The good X doth give it to ya, and the X he doth take it from ya
Apparently have never heard of Mastadon
Sorry, only interested in Muskodon
Until Mastadon becomes the go-to for news orgs, governments, and public figures, it won’t be a true Twitter replacement
Leopards ate my face :(
I am a bit annoyed that the leopard has eaten my face but not enough to move away from the leopard or do anything at all.
Not true, they did something to stop the leopard face-eating, they stopped giving the leopard money! Take that leopard!
Except he’s thanking the leopard. Crazy stuff
“WITNESS ME, LEOPARD!!!” - that dude