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Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

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[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 13 points 1 month ago (4 children)
[–] maol@awful.systems 10 points 1 month ago

This is a license for stalkers & abusers ! No surprise from someone like Elon I suppose

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

He also put 'everything you post is now training data for ais' in his tos apparently. So nightshade poison those images and start building a following on other sites artists. (And as a non artist, reminder to self to like and repost more artists I like).

E: quick source

[–] saucerwizard@awful.systems 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I’m really really not happy about this. There is one person I’ve been trying to keep out for the last few years and now they can come crawl all my fucking posts?? And report my account!?

Edit: apparently being protected should offer me some protection still.

[–] mii@awful.systems 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I really wonder what the meeting looked like where they decided on that change, because I’m struggling coming up with a single argument for it that doesn’t boil down to giving abusive asshats more playtime.

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 11 points 1 month ago

my bet: tweets that came to felon's attention which he couldn't view because the poster had block felon