X adds video calling — and lets strangers ring you: Turned on by default, tool lets anyone you follow potentially call you up::Turned on by default, tool lets anyone you follow potentially call you up

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    2 years ago

    I’m going to go ahead and assume the one person on X that you can’t call is old Muck himself. Wonder why?

    Then again, X is such a shit show and Elon is so incapable of thinking two steps ahead of his feet that maybe you can call him lol

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      He might not consider it a necessary feature. I mean, not even his own kids want to talk to him.

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      My bet is he’d be too fucking arrogant and think people would genuinely call him out of admiration and he could create some viral moment showcasing how awesome he is.

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      To be fair anyone can already call me with my phone number. Although it’s pretty anoying too.

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        I remember years ago a high school friend of mine freaked out because her phone number and current address showed up in one of those free people search sites. I asked her “Are you listed in the phone book?” and she said “oh… yeah… I am”.

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      2 years ago

      Why would anyone want this functionality?

      I’m guessing this is so if Elon gets a negative reply to one of his tweets he can call that person up and threaten them or something?

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    2 years ago

    I can already make video calls from Signal, which isn’t run by neofarcists.

    (That was a typo, but it’s fitting.)

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    2 years ago

    Stragglers of a dying platform get new bait and switch service. Expect fees once enought people use it.

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    2 years ago

    Why do people still use X these days? Stop using and EM will eventually be forced to close the company down

  • RedditWanderer@lemmy.world
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    Anyone still on twitter who is actually affected by this deserves every bit of it. What else did they think Musky was going to do.