Elon f*cks Twitter

[Jopsy Pendragon]

Twitter disappears from Mac App Store

Searches for both “Twitter” and “X” on Apple’s platform no longer surface the app.

... I don't have any apple devices to check from, but it still finds it if you search for 'twitter' on their web based store page.

‎X

‎The X app is the trusted global digital town square for everyone. With X, you can: - Post content for the world to see and join public conversations - Stay up to date on breaking news and follow your interests - Stay better informed with extra context from Community Notes - Go live with...

apps.apple.com

 

[Isabeau]

I think they are speaking about Twitter for Mac, and not for iOS (phones, iPads, etc.)

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Twitter disappears from Mac App Store

It's second item under Instagram on the App Store on my iPhone, in our country at least.

Edit: simultaneous posting, leaving this up

 

[Jopsy Pendragon]

I think they are speaking about Twitter for Mac, and not for iOS (phones, iPads, etc.)

I wasn't aware there was a mac app for it... I always just used a browser on my pc for twitter, and assumed mac users did the same.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

I know there used to be one but it hasn't been available for a long time. They may be talking about Tweetdeck? That seems to have vanished.

 

[Veritable Quandry]

I know there used to be one but it hasn't been available for a long time. They may be talking about Tweetdeck? That seems to have vanished.

Unofficial apps disappeared because they started charging for access.

 

[Wesleytron]

They may be talking about Tweetdeck? That seems to have vanished.

Yeah, Tweetdeck is now "X Pro" and Elon wants you to pay for a blue tick now to use it.

 

[Noodles]

I know there used to be one but it hasn't been available for a long time. They may be talking about Tweetdeck? That seems to have vanished.

I think Tweetdeck has been renamed and is part of Twitter Blue.

 

[Free]

Musk declares war! By suing...apparently everybody.

Elon Musk declares “it is war” on ad industry as X sues over “illegal boycott”

“We tried peace for 2 years, now it is war,” Musk writes.

arstechnica.com

 

[Noodles]

If in some insane bizzaro Twist Musk won this and advertisers had to buy ads, they should totally just all run ads like, "Bring in your phone and delete you Twitter in front of the employees and get a free Big Mac.". Style ads.

 

[Jopsy Pendragon]

Musk declares war! By suing...apparently everybody.

Elon Musk declares “it is war” on ad industry as X sues over “illegal boycott”

“We tried peace for 2 years, now it is war,” Musk writes.

arstechnica.com

Aww Pooor Elon ... show me on the little dolly where the bad free market touched you.

 

[Free]

 

[Isabeau]

Getting new people on Bluesky coming from Brazil.

Elon Musk’s X to shut operations in Brazil amid bitter legal fight

Social media platform says shutdown ‘effective immediately’ but Brazilian users will still have access to X.

www.aljazeera.com

On Saturday, X claimed Moraes secretly threatened one of the company’s legal representatives in Brazil with arrest if it did not comply with legal orders to take down some content from its platform.

The social media giant published pictures of a document allegedly signed by Moraes that says a daily fine of 20,000 reais ($3,653) and an arrest decree would be imposed against X representative Rachel Nova Conceicao if the platform did not fully comply with Moraes’s orders.

Brazil’s Supreme Court told the Reuters news agency that it would not speak on the matter and would not confirm nor deny the authenticity of the document shared by X.

 

[Free]

Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover Is Now the Worst Buyout for Banks Since the Financial Crisis

The $13 billion that Elon Musk borrowed to buy Twitter has turned into the worst merger-finance deal for banks since the 2008-09 financial crisis.

The seven banks involved in the deal, including Morgan Stanley and Bank of America, lent the money to the billionaire’s holding company to take the social-media platform, now named X, private in October 2022. Banks that provide loans for takeovers generally sell the debt quickly to other investors to get it off their balance sheets, making money on fee

The banks haven’t been able to offload the debt without incurring major losses—largely because of X’s weak financial performance—leaving the loans stuck on their balance sheets, or “hung” in industry jargon. The resulting write-downs have hobbled the banks’ loan books and, in one case, was a factor that crimped compensation for a bank’s merger department, according to people involved with the deal.

Musk is making history here.

EDIT: Somehow got past the subscription wall before. Here's another write-up that references the WSJ piece:

Elon Musk’s Twitter buyout is the worst deal for banks since GFC - WSJ By Investing.com

Elon Musk’s Twitter buyout is the worst deal for banks since GFC - WSJ

www.investing.com

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Isabeau]

Oh no that’s terrible.

 

[Isabeau]

A court filing unmasked the 100 investors in Elon Musk's X: a Saudi prince, major VCs, Diddy, and Jack Dorsey

A federal judge ordered the social-media platform to unseal the list of X shareholders.

www.businessinsider.com

The document includes some of Silicon Valley's biggest names like Andreessen Horowitz, Fidelity, Sequoia, alongside asset managers including Fidelity. Wealthy individuals also invested, including Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal al Saud, American rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs, and X's founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey.

Bluesky

bsky.app

 

[Free]

Oopsie.

World Bank halts paid advertising on X after CBS News finds its promoted ad under racist content

The World Bank has ceased all paid advertising on Elon Musk's social media platform X, which was formerly Twitter, after a CBS News investigation found promoted advertisements from the organization showing up under a racist post from an account that prolifically posts pro-Nazi and white nationalist content.

CBS News found a verified X account with more than 115,000 followers that had posted a racist image alongside a post praising Europe's colonization of Africa. CBS News is not publicly identifying the accounts spreading racist content on X.

A promoted advertisement for the World Bank showed up in the comments section below the post.

I guess another business to add to Musk's war on advertisers lawsuit?

 

[Free]

This week in "Grok is shit."

X’s Grok will direct users to Vote.gov after bungling basic ballot question

After falsely stating that ballot deadlines passed, Grok sends users to Vote.gov.

arstechnica.com

 

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