Elon's Twitter update will make Twitter completely unusable for women

[Ohio Joe]

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It seems Elon’s latest idea is to simply turn Twitter into Whatsapp, allowing users to send each other voice notes and, in a move that nobody seemed to ask for, Twitter will apparently let users call anyone on the app, whether you follow them or not.

This is bad news for women on Twitter, and quite frankly I shouldn’t have to explain why. A study across 51 countries shows that 38% of women have personally experienced online harassment, with only one in four women actually reporting it. Since Musk has taken over, there has been a noticeable surge in misogyny and other antisocial behaviors on Twitter, as reported by the BBC.

Of course, the announcement of voice and video calling features was met with confusion and much-bewildered anger as users came to grips with the possibility of their DMs blowing up with calls from absolute strangers. These new features essentially open the floodgates for women, professionals, small business owners, and prominent online figures to receive non-stop harassment.

https://www.techradar.com/opinion/elons-twitter-update-will-make-twitter-completely-unusable-for-women

Oh yeah... Letting people put a voice message in anyone's in box they want, yeah I'm sure that won't be abused

[Johonny]

1. He wants it to be like WeChat

That's his vision.

[BlueIdaho]

2. Twitter is dead.

Time to bury it. No reason for anyone to pump support into Elon’s fascist wet dream.

[ShazzieB]

3. So how do I get rid of my Twitter account now?

I haven't tweeted in years, but I've let the account stand for the convenience of being able to look at stuff over there occasionally. With this, I think Eloon may have finally found a way to run me off for real, not so much because I fear harassment myself (which seems unlikely as long as I continue not to post), but in protest of this outrageous move and in solidarity with all marginalized people whose safety is threatened by this.

[Ohio Joe]

5. Just don't log in

Social media platform Twitter Inc will remove accounts that have been inactive for several years, CEO Elon Musk announced in a tweet on Monday, saying that the action is "important to free up abandoned handles."

https://www.reuters.com/technology/twitter-remove-inactive-accounts-2023-05-08/

There is also a rumor I've seen that going forward, any user that does not log in for 30 days will get bumped to free up user names.

[GenThePerservering]

23. Just cancel your twitter account

when I did (I used Twitter for business, so it was a bit of a tough decision for me to delete it as I had my feed pretty well curated) I was told that my account would remain active for 30 days, then disappear.

As for reading stuff, you can still do that.

[CaptainTruth]

4. There MUST be a way to block this, right? Right?

[Tree Lady]

6. I can't imagine all the famous people wanting calls

of any type from strangers so there must be a way to block.

[CaptainTruth]

17. But let me guess, you can only block if you pay $8 a month...

That would be exactly the kind of thing Elmo would try to do, he's desperate for revenue, & it would generate a huge outcry from users.

[Joinfortmill]

7. How did this phuck up become a billionaire?

[Blue Jean]

12. Lucky Sperm Club

nc

[Bev54]

13. Inherited money and got lucky with his choices of companies to buy. He is no genius, he

uses the genius of others. His twitter purchase has stripped away all the bravado of what a great businessman he is.

[uponit7771]

15. Began with a crap ton of cash

[intheflow]

27. Daddy owned a precious stone mine in Africa.

So inherited exploitation made him a billionaire.

[MineralMan]

8. It's not just women, either.

If you hold positions on the left, expect death threats and crap like that from right-wingers. It's what they do.

[live love laugh]

10. ✔️ This is his primary purpose--enabling domestic terror. imho

[MineralMan]

20. Yes, I agree.

[FakeNoose]

21. I'm sure you're right about that

At the very least it will become an open invitation to the a-holes of America to scream abuse at everyone they don't like.
Even Facebook was never that bad. Normal people plus all women should get out now.

[MineralMan]

22. I disabled my account the day after Musk took over.

I hadn't used Twitter much, even then.

[tavernier]

9. Wow, how can I possibly live without it?

Oh wait… I have been!!

[Rebl2]

16. Same

Never had Twitter or Facebook.

[Bev54]

11. So what is it going to take to get people to stop using twitter. It is like Trump, people can't give

him up, no matter how bad it is for the country.

[orthoclad]

14. A Modest Proposal

In the footsteps of Major League Bezboll, I propose:
the Designated Twitter (tm)

There is inertia behind the muskcage's long history as the supposed public square. Turned out it was a private square all along, though. But in light of that inertia, which causes a lot of current breaking information to be posted there, I say that whoever comes up with something from the muskcage should act as our Designated Twitter and post or describe the contents.

Rather than give Musk hundreds or thousands of extra clicks, this will reduce his monetization to one or a few clicks. It takes only seconds to copy and paste, slightly longer to type a description.

Videos may be an issue. I ask that someone who belongs to twitter try an experiment: see if you can grab the address of the video itself, rather than just the link to the twit (oops, almost used the wrong vowel). I do this by control-clicking, which brings up a menu giving the option to copy the link address. Other devices should have a similar process. Maybe it's possible to post a link to just the video that way.

[Ohio Joe]

18. ok, so I tried copying the video source from a tweeted video

t just gave me the full address of the tweet so it looks like twitter is hosting the video and the tweet is considered the source.

[orthoclad]

19. Thank you for trying that.

[GenThePerservering]

24. There's a solution to this new stupidity

Rip the bandaid off - delete Twitter.

[Maraya1969]

26. If anyone calls just tell them you are sorry that they have a tiny penis.

[Bucky]

28. I'm not sure escalating a conflict with a compulsive harasser is a smart move

Those are the kind of people who are motivated to learn how to do doxing and other malicious remote aggressions. This seems like a good opportunity for consumers to just vote with their feet