I wonder if this is because many people on Twitter just automatically block anyone with a blue checkmark (paid) when they see a response and the trolls have their feelings hurt so they run to Musk shouting about how they paid to be heard so he should force people to unblock them. That’s the kind of childish argument I would expect.

I think that is just a happy coincidence for Musk. The park of Twitter hosted on Google is the part dealing with harassment and safety. Removing that means more money to piss away but also amplification of hate speech and trolling. I bet the EU will try to smack Twitter with another fine bigger than the bill for Google because of this.

I don’t think so. I’ve been trying to find a tool to export as much of a site as possible but haven’t found that yet. Bulk Downloader For Reddit, or BDFR might do the tick but I don’t have an instance running yet to see.

I believe it is to prevent getting your IP blocked. At least that is what I got from the FAQ.

Hard pass. Meta doesn’t need any more of my data.