Amsterdam public transport drops Musk's X over constant hateful messages
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So obviously on some of those posts you would see replies from people annoyed by specific disruptions.
The weird thing is that you actually need to spend time to find any replies - as most announcements didn't have replies.
And those I found only reached the "sarcastically formed hypothetical question". And still often being on point - e.g. why are there no fallback buses to cover tram/metro disruptions.
Considering all that - it seems "constant hateful messages" is at least a bit exaggerated.
Good point about turning off replies though, seems like a one-way communication method should meet their requirements if they can set it up that way.
That's said, GVBs announcement was mentioning lack of supervision/moderation, and they continue to use WhatsApp - so I don't think it was Twitter/X DMs but actual replies.
And yeah you can simply set who can reply for each post on X - e.g. only mentioned users, so for their announcements basically no one.
And while there's obviously a segment of X users that are the kind you imagine also trolls on 4chan - reporting posts/replies with racism/hate/etc usually results in their temporary or even permanent ban.
This, to me, seems purely political.
Some people form political identities around some values, and that will likely be seen in some opposition to this values-based action.
Worst I found are tweets about drivers that don't pick up travelers from a stop being called "jerks".
If you're open to someone showing you they do, would you accept their judgement in that regard, or would you want to apply your own judgement of their judgement?
I'm not too clear on what you were asking regarding judgment part?
> This does not connect with our societal values as an organization.
This feels quite vague and strangely worded. Is it organizational values or societal values, and what are they? All I found on their website is a somewhat generic DEI statement (https://werkenbijgvb.nl/over-gvb/diversiteit-inclusie/). Who decides what those values are for decisions like this? Or is it more like a personal/political decision made by a few employees on a marketing team?
"Must be a decision by the non-tweeting CEO Claudia Zuiderwijk , her predecessor is now doing something in politics."
No idea of there's any truth in that. OTOH it wouldn't be first time some executive is stacking cards in favor of their pet project (GVBs Gappie app).
Why the need to indicate this in the title? Would the results be different if they used a different platform?
Because X is a stupid name. Mentioning Musk along with X helps make the association between that stupid name and the man responsible for it.
(Still can't get over what a terrible rebrand that was.)