I love him. We all deserve to be loved by someone like Doug. 🩵

Well, evidently he blocked me for responding to your comments. I did enjoy the conversation with you, though. Must be his first day on Twitter. 😆

But also, you don’t need to be a jerk about it. Rarely was there ever just a conversation between 2 people on Twitter, and this app works the same.

I think there is an issue with how the platform notifies of replies. If you look at the convo between me and @elizasan.bsky.social , it’s not disjointed. That’s also true of your and her conversation. I got notifications of a reply regardless, so sorry if you felt like it was ‘interjecting’.

It appears that perhaps you’re not aware of how Twitter threads work. They are rarely just a back and forth between two individuals. Sorry that you feel like I’m ‘interjecting’ when I responded to @elizasan.bsky.social ‘s comment, but that’s not really how this platform is designed.

Huh? You literally responded directly to something I said, which is why I then responded to you.

You’re responding to a thread under the main thread by Mark Cuban, which is why your comments are disjointed from ours.

I don’t think this will be a problem for long, honestly. This app works exactly like Twitter prior to Musk. I’m sure there are already several TikTok-like apps in development.

Absolutely agree. I can’t blame creators for doing what they have to do to keep their lights on. Staying on TikTok for them is far more practical than political, and I can’t blame them at all for staying while they rebuild their base elsewhere.

But how can a citizen do so when the Supreme Court upheld the ban? This shouldn’t be allowed to happen with the checks and balances in place in our governmental structure.

I get that too. It’s kind of like why I won’t buy anything else produced by JK Rowling, but I haven’t yet gotten rid of what I already own. I don’t want her to make any more money off of me, but I also like to keep up with what she’s doing to see if she’s still a terrible person.

California is successful on its own, often in spite of whomever is the governor. It’s a hugely diverse state with a myriad of income streams, and will likely continue to succeed no matter who is in office.

Democrats do *not* want Newsom. Stop trying to make ‘fetch’ happen.

Totally agree. I misread your first comment, so I amended mine. I’m hoping someone takes @mcuban.bsky.social ‘s offer and creates a new app.

Hard pass.

I was responding to the comment made by @elizasan.bsky.social regarding how this is disproportionately harming creators. I understand what you’re saying, though, & it’s why I used the word “creator” instead of influencer.

Also, Gen Z/Alpha over there learning Mandarin as an additional ‘f you’ to 45 is some pretty epic level trolling. I’m a millennial and I am *obsessed* and in awe of my younger generations.

Well said. The creators are the ones who are suffering here, as their small businesses were effectively tanked for a publicity stunt. I don’t know how he really thought Millennials/Gen Z would go along with this & not see right through it.