Category Archives: Our Failed Social Media

NPR Escapes BirdChan

Posted on April 12, 2023 by tengrain

Guys, NPR has quit Twitter because Space Karen kept attacking them: NPR said it will stop tweeting after Twitter labeled its accounts as government-funded media, becoming the most prominent news organization to quit the social media platform since Elon Musk … Continue reading →

Posted in NPR, Our Failed Social Media, Twitter | 5 Comments

Space Karen’s War on Journalism

Posted on April 10, 2023 by tengrain

Over the weekend, I was having an online discussion wondering why Journalists were not getting off of Twitter. My take is essentially that they have developed tools and workflows that are not available elsewhere. I also think that they are … Continue reading →

Posted in Our Failed Social Media, Twitter | 6 Comments

News That Will Drive You To Drink

Posted on April 5, 2023 by tengrain

Happy Hour News Space Karen has decided that NPR is state media and the Nazis at Twitter need to be protected: NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter has labeled National Public Radio as “state-affiliated media” on the social media site, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Elon Musk, NPR, Our Failed Political Press, Our Failed Social Media, Twitter | 2 Comments

What AOC Said

Posted on March 27, 2023 by tengrain

I don’t know nothing about nothing about TikTok, but I agree 100% with AOC about protecting your privacy from Social Media. I mean, seriously, do you want Faceberg and Space Karen to have control over your own info?

Posted in Our Failed Social Media, TikTok | 4 Comments

Some Postprandial Stupid?

Posted on March 26, 2023 by tengrain

Super-jenius ™  move (gift link): Twitter Says Parts of Its Source Code Were Leaked Online It seems the source code was on GitHub for months, which, you know, probably would not happen if he did not fire 75% of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Our Failed Social Media, People Dumber than Dolphins, Twitter | 4 Comments

Area Billionaire Seeks Cash Flow For Doomed Vanity Project

Posted on March 24, 2023 by tengrain

Space Karen strikes again: On April 1st, we will begin winding down our legacy verified program and removing legacy verified checkmarks. To keep your blue checkmark on Twitter, individuals can sign up for Twitter Blue here: https://t.co/gzpCcwOpLp Organizations can sign … Continue reading →

Posted in Bastards, Billionaire Bastards, CEO Bastards, Elon Musk, Our Failed Social Media, Rat Bastards, Twitter | 4 Comments

It’s Not Your Imagination

Posted on March 20, 2023 by tengrain

Things are going swell at Space Karen’s joint: Antisemitic tweets soared on Twitter after Musk took over, study finds In the months after Elon Musk’s takeover, antisemitic posts on Twitter skyrocketed, according to a report shared first with The Technology … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Semitism, Bastards, Billionaire Bastards, Elon Musk, Our Failed Social Media, Rat Bastards, Twitter, White Punks on Dope | 2 Comments

‘Oops,’ Said Faceberg

Posted on March 15, 2023 by tengrain

Internet power-user Mark Faceberg bet the company on an ersatz Second Life, how’s it working out for him? Facebook-parent Meta plans to lay off another 10,000 workers, marking the second round of significant job cuts announced by the tech giant … Continue reading →

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Faceberg Wants The Fediverse

Posted on March 11, 2023 by tengrain

Mark Faceberg, who has never had an original idea, has a new idea: make a Twitter-like service now that Space Karen has basically destroyed Twitter: Meta is exploring plans for its own text-based social network similar to Twitter, the company … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook or Faceberg, Fediverse, Meta, Our Failed Social Media, p92, Social Media | 5 Comments

Look-out, Fox News, You Got Competition

Posted on February 22, 2023 by tengrain

Guys, Space Karen is playing 11-dimensional tidily-winks again: Russian propagandists said to buy Twitter blue-check verifications The verifications mean their tweets, mostly opposing U.S. aid to Ukraine, are given added prominence SAN FRANCSICO — Accounts pushing Kremlin propaganda are using … Continue reading →

Posted in Bastards, Billionaire Bastards, CEO Bastards, Elon Musk, Fox News, Our Failed Social Media, Pooty-Poot Putin, Twitter, Ukraine War, Useful Idiot | 8 Comments