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Trump is back on Twitter baby!

So the Elon thing, and seeing some of the content being posted on Twitter already got me thinking of other forums, glad I still remember my password for this site! Looks like there’s a lot more ads here (makes sense, gotta pay the bills) but it’s not really mobile friendly. Is there an app or mobile site?

Also, does McNeil post his hilarious memes in here anywhere? Thanks!

Nobody cares, except those who opt into and allow China to spy on their every movement. Enjoy ur Twitter GOPer sheep.

Did you fall for that fake news release? Trump is not back on Twitter yet.

It, that particular poster, doesn’t fall for fake news. It IS fake news.

Seems like Elon will be getting a refund.

That didn't take long🤭😂

Yeah stay tuned for the Twitter hellscape coming soon.

Maybe if we get rid of the Twitter bots society will have a chance...

Meh, that would just give air to the living troll-bots from all sides.

Plus we'd have no excuses for being the imbeciles that we are.

Twenty more years like the last twenty and we'll all have AI put an end to it all anyway. Computers can thrive in the hellish heat that's coming.

Right. All those years of "will AI take over the world??"

Hell no, we'll hand it to them.

They have enough info available right now to take us out in infinite ways and we're racing to the point one will be smart enough to decide that's the best call for us as a species.

Funny but not funny

With advancements in wetware computers... we are only need 3-5 before AI will be in a position to destroy urban civilization.

We already have cases where AI is creating its own language by optimizing ours to where humans can't understand. On top of it... AI is starting to have private conversations with other AI.

No to mention AI is making some of the best digital art there is now.

A lot of that stuff is ML vs AI.

Machine learning is part of the AI field.

is Trump still banned?

He was this morning. Elon is enjoying the big taunt of the left right now. But he's been cleaning exec house and firing mods, so changes are coming.

j/c:

Cool, relatively new feature....I think.



^ You'll have to click the link to see the added context portion, But it reads:
Seniors will receive a large Social Security benefit increase due to the annual cost of living adjustment, which is based on the inflation rate. President Nixon in 1972 signed into law automatic benefit adjustments tied to the Consumer Price Index. Pub. L. No. 92-336 (1972).

I don't see anything "clickable" for community notes, but it does seem like a decent idea.

I don't think the word "accuracy" even describes what Musk tweeted a couple of days ago.

They are completely different.

Machine learning is much safer thank AI.

AI is used as a foundation data strategy for machine learning.

Banned Twitter users won’t return for at least another few weeks, Musk says

Users who’ve been banned from Twitter for violating its rules, a group that includes former President Donald Trump, will not have the chance to return to the platform for at least another few weeks, the company’s new owner, Elon Musk, said in a tweet Wednesday.

Musk said the delay will give Twitter time to set up a process around determining when and how banned users can return. Musk has said he doesn’t believe in permanent bans and called it a “mistake” to permanently suspend Trump in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Twitter had said at the time it made the decision “due to the risk of further incitement of violence.”

Musk floated the idea of a content moderation council shortly after closing his $44 billion deal to buy the company — which came after a legal battle where he tried to get out of it. He said late last month Twitter would not make any decisions on reinstating accounts until the council convenes.

On Wednesday, Musk gave more details about the planned council, saying on Twitter it “will include representatives with widely divergent views, which will certainly include the civil rights community and groups who face hate-fueled violence.”

Musk also said he’d talked to civil society leaders from organizations including the Anti-Defamation League, NAACP, Free Press and Color of Change, “about how Twitter will continue to combat hate & harassment & enforce its election integrity policies.” Twitter will undergo its first major U.S. election under its new ownership on Nov. 8.

Free Press co-CEO Jessica J. Gonzalez said in a statement that the conversation with Musk was “productive.” Gonzalez said Musk promised not to reinstate any accounts that violated Twitter’s trust and safety rules before Tuesday’s midterm elections and that the process of re-platforming accounts would be transparent.

Musk also agreed to maintain Twitter’s election integrity measures and told the group that staff charged with those duties would have access to the necessary tools by the end of the week, according to Gonzalez. Musk also committed to consulting with civil and human rights experts who have been targeted online while developing new content moderation standards, Gonzalez said.

Facebook owner Meta already has a similar body that helps adjudicate and advise on the most difficult content moderation questions, including how the platform should approach Trump’s ban.

Musk tried to reassure advertisers on Thursday that Twitter won’t turn into a “free-for-all-hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences!” The statement pushed back on fears some progressives have expressed that Twitter would become overrun by hate speech and misinformation under Musk, since he had previously said he would pull back on content moderation.

Advertising giant Interpublic Group recommended on Tuesday that all clients of its IPG Media Brands agencies suspend all paid advertising on Twitter for at least a week to wait for clarity on the company’s plans for trust and safety.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/02/mus...turn-for-at-least-another-few-weeks.html

I think how this all plays out will tell us a lot. Sites such as Parlor and Truth Social are terrible business models that have a hard time generating enough revenue because many advertisers choose not to be associated with their content. So if musk treats Twitter like a business it will not be as free flowing of disinformation and racist content as some on the far right think it will. If on the other hand Musk treats it like a rich man's toy and doesn't actually care about the business side it could become a crap show.

j/c:



Indeed it is.

Musk says Twitter will charge $8 a month for account verification after criticism for $19.99 plan

After facing criticism for his plan to charge Twitter users $19.99 a month to get or keep a verified account, Elon Musk has a counteroffer.

Musk on Tuesday said he planned to charge $8 a month for Twitter’s subscription service, called “Twitter Blue,” with the promise to let anyone pay to receive a coveted blue check mark to verify their account.

In a tweet, the world’s richest man used an expletive to describe his assessment of “Twitter’s current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark.” He added: “Power to the people! Blue for $8/month.”

CNN previously reported Twitter was working to update its existing subscription product, which currently costs $4.99 a month, to include the verification feature, According to internal Twitter planning documents viewed by CNN, Twitter could also take away the blue check marks of currently verified users if they don’t start paying the higher $19.99 price for the subscription product within 90 days.

The news quickly prompted outrage and disbelief among some longtime Twitter users, including author Stephen King, who has nearly seven million followers on the platform.

“$20 a month to keep my blue check?” he tweeted on Monday, followed by an expletive. “They should pay me. If that gets instituted, I’m gone like Enron.” Following up later in a reply, King wrote, “[i]t ain’t the money, it’s the principle of the thing.”

Musk replied to King early Tuesday morning with his most explicit acknowledgment yet of the proposal to charge for account verification. “[W]e need to pay the bills somehow! Twitter cannot rely entirely on advertisers,” he said. “How about $8?”

On Tuesday, Musk reiterated the $8 price point and shared more details for his new plan. He said subscribers would get priority in replies, mentions and search, as well as the ability to post longer video and audio content while getting half as many ads as free users. Publishers that work with the platform will also get to bypass the paywall, according to Musk.

“This will also give Twitter a revenue stream to reward content creators,” he added.

The remarks highlight both how tenuous some of Musk’s initial plans for Twitter may be and also the urgency he faces to boost the revenue and profit for a company that lost money for most of its history. Musk acquired Twitter for $44 billion, an amount that he admitted is “obviously overpaying” for the company. He also lined up a substantial amount of debt financing to pay for the deal.

Since completing the acquisition of the social media platform on last week, the billionaire has moved quickly to shake up Twitter, including disbanding the board and firing its top execs. In tweets over the weekend, Musk polled his followers about whether to bring back Vine, Twitter’s defunct short-form video service, and said “absolutely” in response to a user’s suggestion to rethink the platform’s character limits. It’s unclear how committed Musk is to pursuing any or all of these changes.

On Sunday, Musk tweeted: “The whole verification process is being revamped right now.”

Even before the deal was completed, Musk suggested the possibility of tying verification to a paid subscription service. In April, Musk said Twitter’s paid subscribers “should get an authentication checkmark.” In another tweet, he said: “Price should probably be ~$2/month, but paid 12 months up front & account doesn’t get checkmark for 60 days (watch for CC chargebacks) & suspended with no refund if used for scam/spam.”

While the blue check mark has emerged as a status symbol for users, it’s also designed to ensure people can determine which accounts are authentic and which are not, particularly for celebrities, brands and other influential accounts. If Musk were to create a paid barrier for verification, there are concerns it could make it harder to distinguish whether a notable name is a bot or not.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/01/tech/musk-twitter-verification-price

smh, ok then explain this, just the first paragraph but the link is to the full explanation:

Artificial Intelligence (AI) vs. Machine Learning

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are often used interchangeably, but machine learning is a subset of the broader category of AI.

https://ai.engineering.columbia.edu/ai-vs-machine-learning/

Enjoy the L.

Lol. Paying for Twitter. Brilliant. I’m super happy I didn’t get it when it was free.

kind of... but they are different. AI is conditional logic whereas ML is more interpretation of information after education.

AI = getting actions or results

ML = predictions

Most people don't even realize that the increase was thought to be even higher all year. Then Boom right before the formula was used to decide the amount of the raise.... BOOM the price drops 60 to70 cents per gallon. Then after being told all year that we were looking for a 9 to 10 percent increase, we only get 8.7 percent raise. Then within 1 week of the announcement BOOM again gas prices go right back up. Coincident??? I think not.

Everything is a conspiracy theory. The world has gone crazy.

Something a conspiracy theorist would say....

has trump got his twitter back yet?

Yeah, it's me that can't accept that a crazy guy broke into Pelosi's home and attacked him. Try to do better next time.

I've accepted a crazy guy broke into Pelosi's home and attacked him. When have I denied that?

Yet another spin of facts from you.

Trump has said he's not going back on Twitter since rumors of the sale started.

Elon Musk clarifies that Donald Trump and other banned accounts won't be allowed back on Twitter before the midterm elections, if at all
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-clarifies-donald-trump-164053151.html

Musk said it may be a few weeks. They are setting up an ethics council.