Gene Scallop

@JoelWBerry Especially Isaiah...

I’ve read the Bible my whole life, studied it, and memorized large passages of it. This would absolutely still happen to me

@Jvnior @nikitabier

I’m going to say the truth. I’m a Muslim Palestinian on X. Yesterday my X payouts went from $8,000 every 2 weeks to $1,000. I complained about it to @nikitabier. Many Zionist accounts targeted me. Told him to remove my monetization. 3 hours later, my monetization is gone. Look… if it’s temporary, I get it. I deserve it. But if it’s a permanent ban, then hear me out: The rollout of creator payouts on X initially transformed the platform into a place where time invested actually paid off for many users. Engagement translated into real revenue, encouraging consistent posting, community building, and honest discourse. It rewarded creators who showed up daily, fostering an ecosystem that felt merit-based and alive. But now, the signals from the platform point in the opposite direction: reduced visibility for certain content, algorithmic tweaks that favor “original” or “high-quality” posts while punishing others, and reports of sudden drops in impressions for accounts that step outside approved lanes. We’re essentially being told we shouldn’t spend as much time here anymore, at least not in the ways that built the payout culture in the first place. That shift undermines the very incentive structure that kept users hooked and contributing. This creates a deeper problem. People won’t simply stop engaging because the algorithm or moderation policies discourage it; they’ll adapt in messy ways. Some will chase whatever metrics still reward visibility, leading to more performative, low-effort content or echo chambers. Others will grow frustrated, posting less or migrating frustrations elsewhere. The result is more division & chaos, not less. When the promise of open participation collides with opaque restrictions, whether labeled as anti-spam, anti-manipulation, or “freedom of speech, not reach”, trust erodes. Users feel gaslit: the platform profited from our time and attention when it suited growth and revenue goals, only to dial back the oxygen once that foundation was laid. We all know the trajectory this follows. It starts with throttled reach for posts that don’t align with evolving internal priorities. Then come temporary restrictions, demonetization, or “temporary labels.” Eventually, for too many, it escalates to full suspension or permanent silencing. Elon Musk positioned X as the free speech platform, a digital town square where ideas could compete without legacy gatekeepers. Yet persistent complaints about shadowbanning, especially for critics of the platform or its owner, alongside massive account suspensions (hundreds of millions cited for manipulation in recent years) and selective deboosting reveal the gap between rhetoric and reality. “Freedom of speech, not reach” sounds principled until reach becomes the quiet enforcer of conformity. Payout incentives pulled creators in; visibility controls risk pushing them out or forcing self-censorship to stay viable. That’s why I’m dropping all my links here: link.me/jvnior. I’m stepping back to focus on streaming. I will post a YouTube video that lays out everything that’s unfolded on X since January. The threats on my life, the defamation, the doxxing, the false reports, the bans. Everything. I truly appreciate every bit of support from everyone along the way. I love you all. I’m going take a break unless @nikitabier responds to me. This break is necessary for my mental health as this is weighing heavier than it should. I never did this for money. But if X genuinely wants to retain the creators who built its energy, it needs to confront whether it’s truly delivering on the free speech promise or just managing a more sophisticated version of a dictatorship. The chaos ahead won’t fix itself.

@jarvis_best She had her chance

This is the only correct way to talk to girls

@Christophe37461 @ingelramdecoucy

@ingelramdecoucy You know there’s gotta be at least a couple of cows spinning around inside that thing.

NEVER stop monitoring the situation

@ingelramdecoucy If you're manager class looking for a similar job, a sympathetic profile in the nyt is not a bad way to advertise your linkedin dms are open lol

(Most) People aren’t gleeful that these people lost their jobs, they’re gleeful that these jobs no longer exist. You’d have a point if they’d been canned then replaced with someone else, but as it is this is frankly a strawman argument you’re making

@hasanthehun Ok. Give your millions away to people who need it. Hire some doctors to do free care. Start a fund for unpaid medical bills. Open a non profit advocacy group for people fighting insurance companies. Go for it.

broke mfs would rather kills themselves than hear anybody say a better future is possible

@daniel_dsj2110 Whats this got to do with millionaires stealing for fun?

Proverbs 6:30: "People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving": theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/…

@DariBigMo @trsynwax @BridgetPhetasy Sure im agreeing. Meeting a crypto bro isnt impressive.

@AggregatorIr @trsynwax @BridgetPhetasy That IS his point. People doing crypto rugpulls or insider betting on Polymarket and that being the significant financial crimes of our time is lame AF

There is no such thing as too far left in America.

@squshy7 @eyeinthe__sky @KyleKulinski Without knowing the specifics of the litigation, Cole’s case sounds like a lazy pharmacist or tech. Generic advair is widely available and covered.

@eyeinthe__sky @KyleKulinski or Cole Schmidtknecht

@Noahpinion Something something bezos taxes…I dunno I gotta watch this show on prime…

How the fuck does Whole Foods steal from you

@billybinion Hasan has to dress up as a medieval fortune teller and steal jewels from the louvre.

The big takeaway from that NYT interview: We need to stop showing kids Robin Hood. It’s planting a brainworm burrowing so deep in some children’s brains that well-educated middle-aged people still think it’s cool to ~steal from the rich to give to the poor.~ Abolish Robin Hood

@ghetto_gronk *Remembers I need to use my Kohls cash*

Kohl’s employees in Las Vegas seeing Fernando Mendoza and Kirk Cousins on the Raiders

@DerekPederson3 These people are too stupid to argue with

Honestly, I'm fucking sick of arguing with leftists about Brian Thompson's death just impotently saying "murder is wrong." An equally strong point is that you don't fucking understand health insurance or what Brian Thompson did and so you shouldn't be commenting on it at all.

@TheAdamWaite @ingelramdecoucy

@AggregatorIr @ingelramdecoucy Youngkin is 6'6".

The joke is that Asian people are short so they’re unfit to hold elective office or be appointed to offices in government, in case it went over anybody’s head

@sunnyright Telling that the dem using it to read to their kids didnt want their name out there

"Schiff used it to make a living trust."

We are the party of redemption, believing you deserve a second chance if you made a mistake as a young person or deserve to make a life if you came here undocumented but work hard and play by the rules. Yet, when it comes to political disagreements, we have taken a very different attitude. If someone held political viewpoints we disagree with or said sensational or hurtful things, we feel vindication and moral certitude in our condemnation. Perhaps, we could learn from the great philosopher Ted Lasso, "Be curious, not judgmental." I'd like my party to lead in redeeming America to live up to our promise.

@jessesingal Opening twitter:

my entire timeline is about the nyt interview. i feel like i'm in that scene in star wars -- i'm trapped in a garbage room with my friends and the walls are closing in crushing us and the garbage together

@mattyglesias Always nice to have a periodic reminder never to subscribe to the nyt. I’ll just microloot a paper from the newsstand anyway.

It’s always culture writers practicing political punditry without a license

@wil_da_beast630 A chicken in every pot or something

What?