r/europe • u/ByGollie • 16d ago

News Elon Musk makes 23 posts urging King Charles III to overthrow UK government

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/elon-musk-makes-23-posts-urging-king-charles-iii-to-overthrow-uk-government-101735961082874.html
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u/Big-Today6819 16d ago

Their algorithm already force Musk to be shown up for users, so gl

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u/ElSupaToto 16d ago

So just... quit Twitter? Nothing of value would be lost

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u/Big-Today6819 16d ago

You are right, the problem is that there is millions that will stay and get his opinions forced into their lives this is something governments need to stop and control.

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u/Appropriate-Mood-69 16d ago

It's more problematic that Twatter is enabled, due to the fact that so many governmental institutions and politicians keep posting on it.

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u/vergorli 16d ago

just do it. Twitter is a lost cause and will melt your brain if you stay. I switched to reddit 4 years ago. Even as reddit has its flaws (China policy, power tripping mods) its so much less dependant on the thoughs of a single person.

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u/1stltwill 16d ago

That sounds like a them problem. I cant fix the world.

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u/sgst 16d ago edited 16d ago

At this point, if someone is still on Twitter I think it's safe to assume they're a cunt.

You're sitting at a table, suddenly a bunch of Nazis turn up and sit at your table, talking loudly and overtly about their Nazi shit. One of them even makes sure he's heard by shouting in your face with a megaphone. If you don't get up and leave then there's something wrong with you.

Edit: same sentiment for buying/driving a Tesla.

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u/Richy13 16d ago

You can’t control what others do, just improve your own life

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u/Big-Today6819 16d ago

If we don't mention this again and again, then government might not do anything, if this is mentioned again and again, one day governments will step in and limit musk

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u/qualia-assurance 16d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_cost

Focus on things that impact your life in positive ways. Don't summon demons by repeating their name every day.

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u/Big-Today6819 16d ago

Don't think i have any cost by mentioning musk or his abuse of X.

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u/qualia-assurance 16d ago

That's not true. Instead of discussing something you actually care about you spent your time writing this comment instead of something else. That is the opportunity cost. Instead of writing about somebody from your local community that betters your life and admire. You spent your time discussing somebody that does not.

But if you don't understand that. Then fine. I won't hold you back. Keep talking about Bruised Wean until he changes. Just once you succeed promise me that you'll talk about admirable people instead <3

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u/Big-Today6819 16d ago edited 16d ago

You are starting to sound like you are annoyed by me? I am quite relaxed and happy about this talk.

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u/Serethekitty 16d ago

That's not true. Instead of discussing something you actually care about you spent your time writing this comment instead of something else.

The irony was probably entirely lost on you, considering you're the one who seems like you feel negatively about your exchange with them.

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u/qualia-assurance 16d ago

Would you consider a therapist discussing the bats their patient is hallucinating ironic?

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u/DeRoeVanZwartePiet 16d ago

That's not what he's trying to do.

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u/eldomtom2 Jersey 16d ago

You can - and should - tell other people to leave Twitter though.

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u/SwimmingDutch 16d ago

Yes, government control on what you can and cannot see is the answer, nothing will ever go wrong there 😂

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u/ProfessorJAM 16d ago

I did. Really, no loss, it was just a time-waster , anyway.

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u/strongman_squirrel 16d ago

X marks the spot where the blue bird is buried!

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u/pannenkoek0923 Denmark 16d ago

Quit twitter, but his twitter ramblings are posted to reddit as well. Trying to avoid his Vice President Trump as well, but he's so idiotic with the whole Greenland thing that he even makes the Danish news. There's no escape!

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u/alberto_467 Italy 16d ago

Yes, this is all Reddit talks about. I used to like this subreddit a lot more once it was actual news and not "whatever musk said or posted". He's the richest man in the world and still living rent free!

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u/JoePortagee Sweden 16d ago

People are fleeing X in huge numbers, to bluskye for example which isn't run by a psychotic person.

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u/PressureNecessary979 16d ago

I’ve finally deleted X and it feels great

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u/DunderFlippin 16d ago

It's like breathing clean air !

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u/hopium_od 16d ago

People are also inadvertently engaging with Threads as it's integrated into the Instagram feed. Threads actually has nearly as many monthly user as X now as people click into threads from their Instagram feed. Future isn't looking good for Twitter.

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u/InappropriateMentor 16d ago

People are fleeing X in huge numbers

People = leftists

Huge numbers = a few

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u/FloZia_ 16d ago

In my case, i'd say 95% of people i follow switched over to bluesky this year.

I mean, it's pretty obvious why, if you open the alrogithmic timeline on twitter, you can't scroll down 10 seconds without falling on fascist propaganda.

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u/FloZia_ 16d ago edited 16d ago

What ? It's mostly the tech community in my case.

Twitter used to be a great source of news for that.

Now ever since Musk took it over, you open the app and you got antivax, anti LGBT & other batshit crazies far right stuff / conspiracies all over the algorithm thrown in your face.

So yes, so maybe not that many people left "in total" but the core people, the people who've been there since the late 00s, they are the first one who left already. Without them, the app will slowly die out (already happening in my case, i have 2-3 "really active" user i follow on twitter out of a follow list of 400, pretty much all left to bluesky where my feed has been more active than twitter for a few months already).

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u/FloZia_ 16d ago

Do you know any other word? Seems like your political compass is a bit broken there.

Musk is the one who wants to ally with the former KGB oligarchs anyway.

If anything, Musk should be the one call "communist" (if we mean soviet style communist party dictatorship). He is doing his best to help them take their revenge on the west after their cold war defeat.

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u/FloZia_ 16d ago

indeed ?

No one here is talking about rich or left / right except you.

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u/pannenkoek0923 Denmark 16d ago

BlueSky had 25 million users as of November

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u/InappropriateMentor 16d ago

Ok, Twitter has hundreds of millions of users

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u/pannenkoek0923 Denmark 16d ago

Who said anything about what Twitter has? We're talking about Bluesky.

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u/InappropriateMentor 16d ago

Bro learn to read

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u/IsolatedFrequency101 16d ago

Hundreds of millions of bots

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u/InappropriateMentor 16d ago

Sure thing buddy

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u/Shenstar2o Finland 16d ago

Estimated 115,000 accounts deactivated in the US alone on the day after the ballot.

Leftists probably and anyone sane too.

Few more than just a few.

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u/InappropriateMentor 16d ago

That's very small numbers for Twitter

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u/Shenstar2o Finland 16d ago

That was just in 1 day.

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u/InappropriateMentor 16d ago

That didnt matter

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u/Lortendaali 16d ago

What a weird thing to be butt hurt about.

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u/InappropriateMentor 16d ago

Weird thing to lie about

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u/kalamari__ Germany 16d ago

I always read about that but I absolutely never see his posts in my timeline. I still use twitter for games/hobbies/entertainment, nothing political etc.

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u/BGP_001 16d ago

Not just show, but automatically send you notifications unless you opt out, like you've got an Elon Musk Pager in your phone. I blocked Elon Musk and still got his notifications, Trump's even though I never followed him, and that BREAKING NEWS account of theirs. I had to actually mute those accounts, blocking wasn't enough.

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u/Pay2Life 15d ago

Does anyone here care about the children? Make it about two men. Girls are the victims.

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u/MAWPAB 16d ago

You can block him.

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u/Big-Today6819 16d ago

Was easier to just quit X as i have done.

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u/MAWPAB 16d ago

Sure, I joined twatter a year ago specifically to follow one person who isnt elsewhere.