Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-3.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 13:44:57 +0000 From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) Subject: Re: How not to start the day Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action References: <2e8ukjtrd2g5ici7d8pamtvqs5jj5jfr0v@4ax.com> <34190efbe4d31eb6fdf8f650b7a277aa65def19c@i2pn2.org> User-Agent: tin/2.6.3-20231224 ("Banff") (Linux/6.11.10-300.fc41.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: <7c2cnQA0w9nEzMn6nZ2dnZfqn_GdnZ2d@earthlink.com> Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 13:44:57 +0000 Lines: 40 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.180.143.226 X-Trace: sv3-jloCN7IvtTqog4js8NANcGH/QMkL0GANp4RLyuIDbj9KHXpkMGsbZTQZ+iynqxC3YrSs8+a1Xe2WeNT!MrKi56qxj2fUjby/A3nbyqeahgj1ULIiRgTvSuQiSShQbhghhc3VOM0GVkSochvsJxAb/HLdUudw!3/iyY01T1xQc04+BvE0voFaUrLujYI7h X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3244 candycanearter07 wrote: > Ant wrote at 23:00 this Friday (GMT): > > candycanearter07 wrote: > >> Spalls Hurgenson wrote at 16:42 this Friday (GMT): > >> > On Fri, 6 Dec 2024 07:27:33 -0800, Dimensional Traveler > >> > wrote: > >> >>On 12/6/2024 3:31 AM, JAB wrote: > >> > > >> >>> In general I kinda agree with you that companies are more than happy to > >> >>> accept some users as collateral damage as long as they can avoid getting > >> >>> a reputation of allowing the likes of hate speech, well unless it's > >> >>> twitter, sorry X, which seems to embrace it with open arms. > >> > > >> > > >> >>Doesn't "seem to embrace", has been stated by the owner that it welcomes > >> >>and encourages it. > >> > > >> > To be fair, Twitter only embraces hate speech directed at people the > >> > owner himself dislikes. Say anything bad about him or his allies, > >> > though, and you're out on your ass. ;-) > >> > > >> > Fortunately, there are alternatives to Twitter, and those are becoming > >> > increasingly popular. > > > >> Bluesky is quite a nice platform. > > > > Try Mastodon! ;) > I don't like mastadon. So, did I but it's way better than X/Twitter(RIP) now. Even John Romero, Jordan Mechner, etc. are using it! ;) -- "Wicked men are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous stands firm." --Proverbs 12:7. Dorthy's KS house with witches in Oz? Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org. / /\ /\ \ Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. | |o o| | \ _ / ( )