You’d think I’m the core constituency of X.com, but I and a lot of libertarians and conservatives are certainly not treated that way.
How I escaped Twitter
Here’s a thought. How rich are billionaires? Think of it this way. Many people think $100,000 is a substantial sum—plenty to live on for a year, unless you’re in a very overpriced city or have high career expectations. If you have saved a cool $1 million, that pays your living expenses for 10 years. Unless you invest wisely, it probably wouldn’t last a younger person the rest of his life. But if you have $1 billion, it pays living expenses for 10,000 years. I mean, if you gave yourself an insane sum of $1 million per year to live on, your billion would enable you to live that way for 1,000 years. So, yeah. It’s a lot of money. And if you were as rich as Elon Musk, you could pay living expenses for 436,000 years. Or “only” 43,600 years if you spent “only” a million per year.
Thanks, I appreciate it. Either Elon is in charge or he isn’t. Either way, things are not good.
I explained why I’m moving to my own platform here: larrysanger.org/2024/12…
Well, I am thankful people aren’t really mad at Indian immigrants in tech here today.
No, none of those labels describe me, but I am looking forward to some calmer/more measured exchanges in general here!
I am equally interested in deep politics & ‘frivolous’ things like beauty & fashion.
Thanks for the reply, Adam.
Can they coexist? Well, sure, they can, and that was my intention when first starting Minifeed (2020-21). But, well, read the post. I’m disgusted, I feel manipulated and silenced, and I’m not going to play their game anymore.
I am actually pretty sure that in the long run, LarrySanger.org + SangerFeed.org will get me a bigger impact on the world than working in a deliberately silenced backwater on some spook’s carefully controlled website.
It’s true that a new login is friction. That’s the price you pay. I’m OK with paying it. I’m done with X.
I am glad to to join!
Hello fellows. Glad to be here
Sure, Jan.
Maybe for you. Not for me.
UPDATE: Did I perhaps misunderstand you? Are you saying “hey they’re returning to the bad old days and so you should get a bump in your reach now,” or “It’s actually a good time to get out, as it’s getting even worse”?
Reply thread!
I’m going to go through replies to me made on X.com, and reply to them here. For each, I guess I’ll post a link to the reply on X. I hope you’ll make an account and continue the discussion here, at least insofar as you want to chat with me.
I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore. Here is “Why I’m Moving from X.com to SangerFeed.org”: larrysanger.org/2024/12…
Inviting feedback from the easy grace camp and dispensationalists. 🧵
This, like some passages in Isaiah and Psalms, is taken as a key *Christian* prophecy (and I agree, it certainly is):
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Ezekiel 36:26-27 KJV
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. [27] And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
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Note what it doesn’t say. It doesn’t say, “I will give you a heart of flesh and I will put my spirit within you, and you will prosper.” Nor “…and you will believe fervently.” Nor “…and you will be free of the law.” No, it says, “…and cause you to walk in my statutes”.
James says as much; Paul does as well. Jesus certainly does, indeed it’s one of his main themes. The Gospel *is* the coming of the healing Spirit who fills us with faith indeed, but that leads to a faithful walk.
Svigel’s “Theology 101” posts are gold. (Until Minifeed supports importing tweets, I’ll just screenshot them like this.)
This from Elon Musk could explain why I am throttled on X.com.
But I humbly submit that my case shows the short-sightedness of the rule. Yes, it’s quite plausible that my account was blocked and muted a lot, because I do rub certain lovers of the Establishment the wrong way, let’s just say. But perhaps it’s mainly because I block and mute a lot.
In any case, what’s short-sighted is Musk’s failure to see that important voices can be blocked widely by one camp but highly valued by another. Musk’s policy treats the entire user base as a whole unified community, which of course it is not.
From a visit home (Alaska). Kenai Peninsula, late October 2016. #AlaskaBeauty
I’m excited to see the first new accounts and posts being made on SangerFeed.org! Welcome, everyone!