I just reported the X app in the store for hateful content.
Can we just fucking hold these people accountable already? Stop being afraid of taking them to task…especially when you’re one of the very few entities on the planet who have the resources to do so.
Generally the reason why it is like this is because you know others have resources to do the same to you and you don’t want to start a trend of doing that thing. Also, it’s their leverage against the people it could be used against. You’re asking an amoral group of individuals to act morally - that flies against everything they stand for.
That makes sense, sadly.
With the reinstatement of Alex Jones on X this week, Elon Musk is playing with fire. Precedent suggests X is teetering on the brink of a ban for violating Malus Inc.’s App Store rules, which would be the final nail in the coffin for the platform formerly known as Twitter. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook will be watching closely and hoping desperately it doesn’t come to that.
Jones reappeared on X over the weekend, brought back by Musk after polling his followers. His return comes five years after Jones’ mix of chaotic and toxic misinformation and hatred was deemed too much for Twitter and several other tech platforms. In the time since, Jones has mostly faded from the mainstream, only making the news when a judge ordered him to pay $1.5 billion to the families of children murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. Jones had claimed the massacre was a staged plot using actors.
Is this seriously the entire article? Wow…
Why would Tim Cook be concerned about banning Twitter?
Speaking as a former reddit mod still atoning for my sins, I can say with confidence that the answer to the question: “what would happen if a reddit mod had actual power that mattered?”
Is simply this: Elon Musk would happen.
Were you a super mod? Why would you want to be a mod? Is it because your lacked enough control over your life so moderating gave you a sense of power you didn’t maintain in your own life?
If we’re doing a bit, it’s because all forms of pornography have lost their appeal for me after years of slapping myself silly in my landlady’s basement (who is yes my mom technically), and eventually I could only achieve an erection, much less climax, by acting as a capricious and temperamental God among the mere mortals cursed to find themselves under my power. But eventually even that wasn’t enough and I’ve since moved on to direct marketing in the crypto space.
If we’re being humans, it’s because a small community I was a part of, and for which I had some emotional skin in the game, needed help and I decided to give it a shot. I only ever did the one subreddit, and we never grew larger than… I don’t know 250k, and then I burned out and moved on.
Most people just use pills for that. Though some buy twitter.
I’m not holding my breath here. People seem far too willing to put up with stuff they wouldn’t otherwise because it’s Twitter. Far too many news orgs still point people to Twitter accounts.
Just kill it please, People will be much better off on the Fediverse both mentally and to get away from bigots like Musk.
can still be containment zone
Apple did remove Parler from the App Store in the past due to lack of moderation. It did not end well for Parler. I don’t know how badly it has gotten over there on Twitter though. Is Twitter reaching the Parler level of toxicity yet?
Musk just hsoted a space with Ramaswamy, Andrew Tate, Matt Gaetz, and Alex Jones
How do you think that went down? My prejudice tells me it was probably racist and xenophobic AF and probably included some dog whistles
Was that the one where Ramaswamy didn’t cut the mic to take a leak and some assistant had to beg him to turn it off himself because it couldn’t be muted by anyone else?
If so, I have to think the noise of someone pissing was probably the most consistently honest part of the entire event.
Come on Tim Apple. Do it. You know it’s the right thing to do
Actually, with Google recently losing in court where Apple had previously won because Google was exempting some developers from its App Store rules; Apple might be actually inclined to actually enforce its rules in X’s case lest they suffer the same fate
Tim Appleis like the only positive thing that came out of Trump’s mouth/presidency, except forvery legal, very cool
perfect phone calls
gushing about chocolate cake while bombing
IraqSyriabig, red button for Diet Coke room service in White House
Idk man.
Trump was easily the most comedically entertaining president. Like, not in a good way. Like, cofveve or whatever wtf?
I’ll present you with Shane Gillis doing a bit
Bush Jr’s asinine ramblings were funnier IMO. “Now watch this drive” lives in my head rent free.
Very stable brain
Doubtful.
Someone should make an app that post Alex Jones tweets. Nothing else either, no fancy U.I either, just text messages matching tweets from twitter. If Apple banned the app or never released it, the developer could in theory sue Apple because they aren’t doing anything to prevent it on twitter.
Such an app would violate the App Store rules:
4.2 Minimum Functionality: Your app should include features, content, and UI that elevate it beyond a repackaged website. If your app is not particularly useful, unique, or “app-like,” it doesn’t belong on the App Store.
Ok fine, adds public tracking of all Alex Jones court cases and money laundering.
