Targeting / HarassmentSo Musk owns Twitter as of today

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[–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi.[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah I was not enthused about this news when he started attempting to buy it. The current situation is one we pretty well have figured out and can navigate even with the disruptions Twitter gives TRAs the power to inflict.

So yes, it is not gonna be pretty in some ways, I suspect. Unfortunately. Musk is a loose cannon and full of himself and likes to put his dick in random places he isn't qualified to stick it, because he's a vainglorious narcissist.

There's currently debate going on in GC Twitter circles about whether or not to stay. Many of us will stay and see how it goes because it's a powerful tool (far more so than your "it's cool that GCs and LGBs will (hopefully) be able to call a man a man and a woman a woman on Twitter now without getting banned" summary would suggest—I invite you to actually know what's going on over there before being this dismissive; do you really think that's all that's going on, after what I just said?).

[–]TransspeciesUnicornI sexually identify as a mythical sparkly equine 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I wasn't being dismissive though. I think people being banned for stating basic facts is actually a pretty huge deal. That's 1984-espque 2+2=5 type shit. And fair enough, I don't use Twitter. However, I do use Tumblr and Ovarit (to a lesser extent) and I've seen GC and LGB Twitter users venting on those platforms. The impression I've gotten is that TRA Twitter users can basically get away with bloody murder while GC users can get banned for the slightest infraction. Like TRAs can openly call for the beating, rape, or murder of "TERFs" while GC users get banned just for saying Caitlyn Jenner/Riley J. Dennis/Yaniv/whoever is a man. I also heard about stuff like the incident with J.K. Rowling getting bombarded with dick pics from transwomen.

My main point was that whatever good the Musk takeover will do for GC Twitter users is just incidental, and may end up being a wash because of the probable influx of right wing nutjobs. Like the presence of ACTUAL neo nazis on Twitter now is something TRAs can use as ammo to push their narrative that GC people are just a punch of hateful Nazis who want Trans people dead.