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Why the hell are people still using that shitty site?
Because they're addicted.
Like any social media, they make themselves irreplaceable through addiction than users feel like there is no alternative and the company can abuse users as they will.
I signed up when borderlands 2 came out. They would give away gold keys every couple of days. I think I maxed them out. I stayed for sports scores and left because of Elon.
I use it exclusively for porn, honestly
I mean at least you're being honest. Cheers mate, have a nice wank on me! 🌟
Are you sure you want it on you? If so, ASL?
Yes, I'm sure. Let's go! ☺️
ASL; I've been burned before by a twelve year old woman
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/PIY6Xfe97fM?si=M64wz52XTrMs5GWu
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.
Say what now?
Wtf show me.
Because its still the best (or only) place to get specific news and updates immediately. I mainly follow various sports teams, athletes, and small sports media people. I tried the same on Mastadon but most people are not there. I have not posted anything in many years.
This biometric stuff is no good though and I will not be participating in that.
Using social media for news has been a bad idea way before the Muskrat had anything to do with it, but sure
Good! Then convince all those companies and celebrities to use some better platform. Until then that's what we have.
There's actual news outlets whose entire thing is sharing properly researched news. Anything else is a crapshoot at best.
Companies and celebrities who use X exclusively, well idk. Sucks, right?
LMAO "properly researched news". What alternative universe do you live in?
Also, where do you think those actual news outlets get their information from? Most of the time it's twitter again.
I never said every news outlet does good work, did I.
Yes, many people who call themselves journalists for some reason don't look further than Twitter, and that's a problem too
Maybe you're better at finding news sources but I laughed because I can't really think of event a decent outlet, let alone one where I'd think they do genuinely good work.
Many people who call themselves journalist nowadays are just literal bots with a tiny bit of editorial oversight.
If you desperately need Twitter to view something, use Nitter
FYI, nitter doesn't work anymore or, at least they're having a very hard time trying to make it work again and again.
It works for me.
Sure, but if you rely on Nitter in any way, you may want to have a look at their GitHub issues page. I really hope they can still provide the service as long as X exists.
Not worth the hassle for the 5 mins a day I use it on my phone.