Posts by DataDrivenMD@mstdn.social
(DIR) Post #AQ1Tivm1DnHuOrcfyq by DataDrivenMD@mstdn.social
2022-11-27T06:33:02Z
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Tell me you're on psychedelics, without saying you're on psychedelics
(DIR) Post #AQ57suI6ASdUL2orgG by DataDrivenMD@mstdn.social
2022-11-28T23:57:40Z
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For totally legit reasons, I was sifting through Twitter's front-end code earlier today and noticed this new payment handler named "TwitterBluePaymentFailureFix". The bundle itself has code that deals with Twitter Blue payments through Apple and Google App stores.I'm not saying it's definitely related, but I wouldn't be suprised if that's why Elon is ranting about Apple's 30% fee on in-app purchases.
(DIR) Post #AQ6xgpjIgqdBUX4DDs by DataDrivenMD@mstdn.social
2022-11-29T18:57:20Z
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I'm seeing lots of breathless press coverage regarding Twitter's COVID-19 misinfo policy, which tells me lots of folks that follow me on Twitter (and on here) don't know about this article I wrote on Nov. 6th-- https://www.jorgecaballero.com/p/the-real-story-is-about-who-not-how
(DIR) Post #AQBRz0yJPBiUpOVutc by DataDrivenMD@mstdn.social
2022-12-02T03:30:20Z
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ngl this was the best and only response that came to my mind when I saw Ye's latest antisemitic post
(DIR) Post #AQDW1Vdf956MeTDhtQ by DataDrivenMD@mstdn.social
2022-12-02T23:09:00Z
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The decision to leave vs. stay at the fowl place shouldn't be framed as one about ceding ground because it's not— it's about complicity in proving a bigoted billionaire's business thesis.That thesis is simply that there are enough individuals and organizations willing to remain despite rampant racism, antisemitism, and other expressions of hate.Elon is banking on holdouts because he needs them to get advertisers to bend to his will. Staying on Twitter *is* ceding ground *and* fueling hate.
(DIR) Post #AQHmXdRC3oeE0NZHn6 by DataDrivenMD@mstdn.social
2022-12-05T04:08:17Z
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Hear me out: the COVID pandemic isn't over.
(DIR) Post #AQHmXe0dw10JmK9b2u by DataDrivenMD@mstdn.social
2022-12-05T04:13:32Z
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Bear with me: maybe COVID hospitalizations should be a bigger story than the hyped-up coverage of flu hospitalizations. Especially when COVID admissions are outpacing flu admissions 1.5 to 1, and this COVID surge is just getting startedsource: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm
(DIR) Post #AQHmXeWu04oBONFMKO by DataDrivenMD@mstdn.social
2022-12-05T04:25:14Z
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The most fucked up policy decision global leaders made vis à vis COVID was telling the public that it was safe to send kids to school and to return to work.We now have an entire generation of children and their parents who will suffer the effects of long COVID－ either directly or indirectly－ long after today's world leaders are long gone. smdh.
(DIR) Post #AQNBEROy3SMbopGrEO by DataDrivenMD@mstdn.social
2022-12-07T07:18:05Z
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Self-harm is never the answer. If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, dial the crisis hotline at 988https://abc13.com/ted-cruz-home-ella-lee-houston-river-oaks-police-activity-hpd-responds-to-neighborhood/12535892/
(DIR) Post #AQu9RtQrMS8upJ7VrM by DataDrivenMD@mstdn.social
2022-12-23T17:07:03Z
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@stux @SteveGarfield i could watch this this for hours
(DIR) Post #AR5lbTc29B36dmu22S by DataDrivenMD@mstdn.social
2022-12-29T07:13:35Z
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Kinda nuts how countries around the world just sort of decided that COVID was over and said, "Fcuk it, we can live with this."
(DIR) Post #AR6RNI1Mdw0Ui9fVwm by DataDrivenMD@mstdn.social
2022-12-29T06:29:06Z
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Bold prediction for 2023: At some point, El** will say something inflammatory about a nation-state (or an affiliated group) that will retaliate by DDoS'ing the fowl place into oblivion
(DIR) Post #AR7nvIZfUANImdikDI by DataDrivenMD@mstdn.social
2022-12-30T06:46:44Z
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At some point it becomes impossible to give people the benefit of the doubt. As it relates to generating content + revenue for a bigoted billionaire who is friendly with fascist regimes around the world, that point in time is fast-approaching.
(DIR) Post #AR8gh41uGBMd6D9cae by DataDrivenMD@mstdn.social
2022-12-30T07:38:01Z
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This is the reason he does shit like amplify RU mouthpieces claiming that the U.S. will devolve into a Civil War: when there aren't enough content creators generating engaging content, he literally steps in to juice the numbers. It's so fcuking transparent that it's laughable.Well, it would be laughable if he weren't cheerleading WWIII in the process, but that's who he is: an opportunistic narcissistic asshole who doesn't give a flying fuck what happens to the world so long as he's on top
(DIR) Post #AR8gh4VKUmtqZSv7S4 by DataDrivenMD@mstdn.social
2022-12-30T07:40:01Z
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His *entire* strategy is predicated on the notion that there are enough content creators with massive audiences out there who are willing to say, "Let's see how this plays out." time-and-time again until the advertisers start writing him checks again.
(DIR) Post #AR8gh4wGscRzv1WdRg by DataDrivenMD@mstdn.social
2022-12-30T07:46:48Z
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Twitter Blue? That's literally pennies on the dollar. 92% of the fowl place's $5 billion in revenue for FY 2021 stemmed from advertising. That's $4.6 billion.*Even if* every monetizable active user paid El** $8/mo, he'd be $3.9 billion in the hole *EVERY YEAR*The math doesn't work.sources: https://www.businessofapps.com/data/twitter-statistics/https://blog.hootsuite.com/twitter-demographics/
(DIR) Post #AR8gh5MVJ5QzENnaKm by DataDrivenMD@mstdn.social
2022-12-30T07:51:30Z
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So, as I said earlier in this thread, let's call a spade a spade: influencers who are generating original content for Twitter are the *only* reason that place is still around. They are literally enabling the hate and vitriol that they *claim* they are fighting against. Those claims are performative bullshit. The data makes it abundantly clear that they're doing abso-fucking-lutely nothing but keeping El** from bankruptcy, and selling out human rights in the process. That's it.
(DIR) Post #AR8gh7aP2Njy84JiHA by DataDrivenMD@mstdn.social
2022-12-30T07:52:57Z
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To those around to read this rant: Happy New Year! Thanks for ushering in 2023 on the right side of history. /X
(DIR) Post #AR9md9fo84RmKLISqu by DataDrivenMD@mstdn.social
2022-12-31T05:45:51Z
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My $0.02 regarding the Mastodon-wide search initiatives: y'all know that Google and Bing etc. exist, right? Y'all look at your server logs and see that they don't GAF what your robots.txt file says, right? Tell me you noticed that Go-HTTP-client header that *always* shows up just after Googlebot "goes away"I mean, come on.
(DIR) Post #AR9z286sHILKASdH84 by DataDrivenMD@mstdn.social
2022-12-31T05:13:22Z
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Hear me out: maybe no individual should have $200 billion to lose. I'm just saying...https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-30/elon-musk-becomes-first-person-ever-to-lose-200-billion