Anthony Mountjoy

I guess the experiment is over. @elonmusk X/Twitter isn’t much better than old Twitter. I can’t earn anything here. Oh, I get millions of views but it doesn’t amount to anything other than hurt feelings and frustration when they suspend my ad revenue participation with no explanation of why the moment my viewership starts expanding. @Support on Twitter doesn’t really exist it seems. @Premium doesn’t seem to offer any additional information. They take my money, and look for every excuse to give nothing back. The entire time I’ve been on this premium program I’ve been spending extra time testing the return potential. There is almost none for me. Since Elon took over I have made around $100 total off add revenue and must have paid more than twice that by now in monthly fees. I applied for the subscription feature on day one, but they never approved it for me and I’ve inquired many times with no response. Since yesterday they decided to suspend my ad rev share after weeks of million+ plus views, it’s clear that anytime I get close to breaking through they will adapt to stop me. I’ll never make any real return investing my time or thoughts into Twitter/X. I won’t participate in a platform that takes away my earnings without telling me why or even what. So sadly I’m taking a break from Twitter. Gonna explore some other platforms. I’ll start by harvesting my old tweets as new posts somewhere else. They are after all MY thoughts, not Twitter’s. When/if I find a new social media home I’ll let you know…. but honestly I have a lot going on in the real world and maybe it’s time to accept that social media isn’t a place for people like me. For whatever reason “they” don’t want me making money the way millions of other people do every day. I am locked out. I am an outsider. There is no place here for me. I’ll miss you all, well most of you I won’t remember, but some of you I will sincerely miss. You know who you are. You can always check up on me at mountjoymusic.com or at my new studio in Yorkton starting April 1, 2024. And hey maybe I’ll be back someday… if Twitter/X shows even the slightest amount of sense and actually lets a real human talk to me about how they lost my investment in their brand. They can ask me directly why I’m not renewing my premium account. And why I suddenly stopped using the product when I was so active and such a big supporter of the new platform. To be clear. It isn’t the suspension that pisses me off. It’s the complete lack of explanation as to why, and the total lack of resort in the face of it. This is not acceptable for a PAID account on any kind of commercial service. I know I’m not owed anything or entitled to success, and if I sprain an ankle I understand that I can’t run the race. Most importantly I understand unless someone hobbles me on purpose a sprained ankle is a natural and understandable reason for not being able to run. But when some mysterious agent uses technology to flip a switch on my activity…. it feels like being deliberately hobbled. I didn’t break any laws, or even get a warning. There is no trial, not that it’d be fair if there were, and there is no meaningful complaint process. Just the flip of a switch and your income disappears. A friendly reminder that we have no power in this system. A system that doesn’t empower its users is just an MCP (Master Control Program) and I’m more of a TRON kinda programmer. #tron #MCP #Twitter #X #QuittingTwitter #goodbye

@elonmusk @RichardDawkins When Dawkins is getting pissed off you know they're going too far.

@RichardDawkins True

This ridiculous article (shame on the once-great Scientific American) ignorantly misunderstands the nature of the sex binary: “Actual research shows that sex is anything but binary”. Sex is not defined by chromosomes, nor by anatomy, nor by psychology or sociology, nor by personal inclination, nor by “assignment at birth”, but by gamete size. It happens to be embryologically DETERMINED by chromosomes in mammals and (in the opposite direction) birds, by temperature in some reptiles, by social factors in some fish. But it is universally DEFINED by the binary distinction between sperms and eggs. You may argue about “gender” if you wish (biologists have better things to do) but sex is a true binary, one of rather few in biology. blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/stop-us…

@Phil_Lewis_ This is a horror movie plot.

Kelvin Moore, who was incarcerated in Alabama, was returned to his family missing most of his organs. His family plans to sue “[University of Alabama at Birmingham] has been taking the organs of incarcerated people without family consent for years now” andscape.com/features/alaba…

@POTUS More trade with Canada please and thank you!

I know how hard it is some days to sweep the clouds away and get to sunnier days. Our friend Elmo is right: We have to be there for each other, offer our help to a neighbor in need, and above all else, ask for help when we need it. Even though it's hard, you're never alone.

@tshandazenzile They won't specifically tell me.

@asmotek What did you do?

Oops... I did it again. Said with a grin. Some Karen did me in. Is being funny such a sin?

X just emailed me my ad revshare is suspended because I violated Creator standards but it doesn't tell me what post or in which way. And given Ive gotten tons of views lately they picked a great time to screw me out of any earnings. @Support

@CollinRugg It's like mass hysteria meets suicide cult.

NEW: Migrant mob beats NYPD officers near Times Square, released days later without bail according to the New York Post. It's almost as if New York City is *encouraging* people to beat up their officers. After the beating, police chased down and found the men who were "asylum seekers": Darwin Andres Gomez Izquiel, 19, Kelvin Servat Arocha, 19, Juarez Wilson, 21, and Yorman Reveron, 24. The officers were beaten up simply for telling the migrants to move along. The four were charged with assault and released without bail. Absolutely insane.

@EdKrassen @elonmusk @RareImagery Too many repeat offenders bogging down the system with less sever crime. The pure volume is overwhelming.

@elonmusk @RareImagery Agreed 100%. That's the problem. It's extremely hard to solve given the US Constitution and laws surrounding Due Process. It's absurd that these people wait that long for a court date.

One can't claim asylum merely for economic reasons. They must show that they have a "well-founded" fear of persecution due to various factors. In order to get an asylum hearing instead of being deported, one must show there is a reasonable possibility of persecution. The reasoning for this is due to due process afforded by people on US soil.

@RonFilipkowski I'm sure the AI are only fake upset about being shamed.

Fox reaches a new low in their unrelenting attacks on Taylor Swift, airing a segment where they decided to comment on and body shame fake nude AI pics of the pop star circulating on social media. meidastouch.com/news/fox-body-…

@elonmusk I'd rather there were less shareholders and more direct owners.

I recommend incorporating in Nevada or Texas if you prefer shareholders to decide matters

@BillyM2k In the 90s they were transposing art and literature into a motion picture format. Now it's all politics or product placement.

@theJagmeetSingh How many of your houses are you donating to the cause?

Canadians deserve answers and solutions. The bottom line is: whether you work in an office or at a grocery store - no one in this country should struggle to find affordable housing. I'm on your side and I won't back down.

@dumbassgenius I'll look forward to my advanced copy! ;)

@asmotek I'm with you! Working on a near-future novel in which folks are cajoling her into joining a presidential ticket as a VP candidate, telling her she could still do some concerts as VP, given that it's a less important job than the president's.

Weird how MAGAs are mad at Taylor Swift when she's totally Donald Trump's type (for sexual assault).

@CelticsPost @CocoAbstrac @Phil_Lewis_ Committing crimes isn't the best way to take care of their families.

@asmotek @CocoAbstrac @Phil_Lewis_ ok so like i said you think the money should go to billionaires who own stocks in privately funded prisons instead of giving SOME of it for people to get on their feet or god forbid take care of their families?

A sweeping investigation into prison labor tied hundreds of millions of dollars to hundreds of popular foods brands. Prisoners are largely uncompensated and are often excluded from protections. “You can’t call it anything else. It’s just slavery.” apnews.com/article/prison…

@unusual_whales Maybe they can start another global plague and sell sugar water cures for a couple more years.

Chinese and Hong Kong stocks have erased more than $6 trillion from 2021 peak, per Bloomberg.

Some poor people deserve to be poor and some rich people deserve to be rich, but most poor people are poor because too many rich people didn't deserve to be rich.

@jordanbpeterson Every time I say Sorry I'm probably lying, but as a Canadian I fee obliged.

@peterboghossian At some point I plan to pay a small group of "trans" people to scream, burb, and fart in the faces of anyone I don't like. Ya'll been warned. Don't cross me when I'm rolling with my #transcrew.

True. This is the best argument I have heard in favor of there being a trans genocide. It’s not entirely clear what the rebuttal to this could be.