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 "Twitter now works and feels very much like An Elon Musk Production. It mirrors all of his signature, load-bearing defects to such an extent that it feels not so much like something he owns or makes but like him, himself: futuristic in the tackiest and ugliest ways, janky and vicious, overtly criminal and predatory, but finally so luridly overbearing and tiresome that it beggars belief." https://defector.com/linda-yaccarino-is-the-last-funny-twitter-bit-left 
 @f8d9bc1c I laughed

"The tone is that of a parent, deliriously and very obviously high on a hallucinogen, somberly telling a child that she is a cactus."

On handling user complaints. 
 @f8d9bc1c now that’s some good writing!😘 
 @f8d9bc1c 

“The tone is that of a parent, deliriously and very obviously high on a hallucinogen, somberly telling a child that she is a cactus.”

Oh hey, that’s just like my mom! Yeah, can confirm this is *exactly* right. 
 @f8d9bc1c And the funniest thing is that it has barely changed from what it was like before he took over! 
 @f8d9bc1c  i still like it and use it it help me get followers and its not twitter anymore its x now

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/078/821/391/849/049/original/3dd84a315f784946.png 
 @f8d9bc1c 
Powerful article which nails it.
Nothing to add. 
 @f8d9bc1c I don't understand why organisations are not at least diversifying. But I guess that's the genius in killing the API, you break the ability to easily post across multiple platforms via a third party app. Thus trapping your users.

I doubt many Twitter users even realise the daily madness that Musk is involved in. To them their app got a weird rename, a bit buggy and they see some odd stuff in their feed here and there. The bigger picture stuff of Musk's antics is unknown to them. 
 @f8d9bc1c It is simply irrelevant by now…