“We do sweeps for spam/scam accounts and sometimes real accounts get caught up in them,” Elon Musk wrote on X, responding to the temporary ban of at least 8 accounts, including those of a handful of journalists.

  • @FlexibleToast
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    Do you think it’s a coincidence that the left-wing bloc (in the US, at least) has become so fractured since the Twitter takeover?

    It’s been fractured since long before that. The fracture started around the Occupy Wallstreet movement.

    • @grue
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      2011 months ago

      Leftist movements have been continuously attacked, suppressed, and fractured since the '60s (see also: the assassinations of MLK Jr. and Fred Hampton), if not earlier.

      Nevertheless, the subversion of Twitter is particularly significant.

      • mo_ztt ✅
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        11 months ago

        Almost as if they spend significant time and effort strategizing how to interfere with threats to their dominant position 😕

      • @Eldritch
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        311 months ago

        Leftist movements have been kept fractured in the US since the start of the 20th century. The lefts accomplishments peaked in the 1930s and 40s with FDRs new deal. And has been on a steady fractured declined since.

    • @sighofannoyance
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      311 months ago

      Are you familiar with the phrase “divide and conquer”?

      Ask yourself how come there is always these fractures appearing out of nowhere as soon as leftists organize?

      • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】
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        411 months ago

        Well, a big part of it is that leftists are a coalition not a monolith, unlike Republicans, who all just voted for their team no matter what.

        • Sybil
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          i just made up this phrase that i think democrats could use to become even more like republicans:

          vote blue no matter who

          • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】
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            411 months ago

            Okay, not really because if you vote for a Republican in this upcoming presidential election, you probably will not vote again.

            • Sybil
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              -411 months ago

              it’s so catchy, i hope tehy try it out! maybe they can characterize their opposition as traitors to the country, and lock them up, too!