390
submitted 7 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

An ‘official organization’ on X is just openly glorifying Hitler — X’s verification system is being exploited by accounts that pay to promote their views, including that Hitler wasn’t so bad::X's verification system is being exploited by accounts that pay to promote their views, including that Hitler wasn't so bad.

all 17 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] OpenStars@startrek.website 36 points 7 months ago

The system works as intended then.

It makes a twisted kind of sense: if you believe that "free speech" = you should be allowed to vote with your dollars, as in you having more dollars than most others (those who you choose to surround yourself with anyway, bc despite the facts of how millionaires are absolutely dwarfed by billionaires, somehow they don't seem to see that) should mean then your votes count more. And thus an enterprising little turd could sit there at the center of it all collecting the toll for all that "free speech". Within that worldview, it's entirely consistent.

It is only when that interfaces with the real world that it breaks down: bc no matter how much Nazis pay Musk to advertise their propaganda, we still don't have to choose to listen.

It's all advertising, all the way down.

[-] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 23 points 7 months ago

Why are y’all still on X?

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 17 points 7 months ago

I'm not. I still like reading about it, though.

[-] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

It's like a car crash you can't look away from

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago

The guy told advertisers to go fuck themselves. I don't care how crazy or stupid you think Elon is, nobody saw that coming.

[-] MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

I don't have an account, but I use squacker to follow artists I like.

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 17 points 7 months ago

An ‘official organization’

You mean the owner? Yeah, we know.

[-] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

He strengthened Germany's economy and had the Autobahn built ...

obvious /s

Pushing Nazi crap is exactly what Elon bought Twitter for.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 12 points 7 months ago

Just to be clear for those that don't know, the Autobahn was actually planned and almost entirely built by the Weimar Republic.

The economic successes are interesting because, other than their looting of the Austrian and Czech treasuries, it was actually based on a rejection of the austerity politics favored by modern conservatives and an emphasis on deficit spending, very much like in America under FDR.

Build infrastructure, build production, provide stable jobs and demand and the system will both right itself and allow you to pay your new debts.

The American model for solving the deficit was based on increasing tax revenue through the investments and the German was based on war looting, but the core idea was the same, borrow money and sink it into production.

The Germans, btw, also extensively privatized national industries during this time. Whether this was necessary or not is debatable, especially with Hitler and the Wehrmacht looking over their shoulders the whole time telling them what to do anyways, but what isn't debatable is that it outright proves they weren't socialists.

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

Well... he did kill Hitler...

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 months ago

Presumably from Twitter’s break room:

[-] c0c0c0@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

This is clearly by design.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Yeah but if you're still on Xitter at this point . . . y'know.

[-] ctkatz@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago

and what's elon going to do about it? fucking nothing.

chances are he's given them a follow.

[-] hemmes@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago

Everything's relative, I suppose /s

this post was submitted on 26 Jan 2024
390 points (97.3% liked)

Technology

58123 readers
4039 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots


founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS