Twitter: One million leave: BBC News Review
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- čas přidán 4. 06. 2024
- The story
Almost 1 million. That's how many Twitter accounts have been deactivated since Elon Musk bought the social media platform last month.
Musk's takeover has been controversial.
Some people are worried about his approach to free speech, thousands of staff have lost their jobs and there are plans to make some users pay a subscription.
Many users are moving to an alternative called Mastodon, a free social network platform, where posts are called 'toots'.
Eugen Rochko, the founder of the platform, tooted on Monday that the massive increase is "pretty cool".
Key words and phrases
flock
move together in a large group
· Fans of the musician flocked to the website to buy tickets.
· Eager shoppers flocked to the sales to grab a bargain.
on fire
impressive because something is done very well
· Your social media post is on fire - it's got almost 1 million views!
· He scored three goals in that football match - he was on fire!
mammoth
something very big
· It took me over two hours to get to work today - it was a mammoth journey!
· Moving house can be a mammoth job.
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0:00 - Introduction
0:24 - Story
1:35 - Headline 1: The National: Top Scottish Twitter users flock to Mastodon amid Elon Musk's Twitter takeover
3:40 - Headline 2: CNN: With Twitter in chaos, Mastodon is on fire
5:10 - Headline 3: Slate: Could Mastodon Really Become a Social Media Mammoth?
6:40 - Language summary
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Nice comment employing the vocab
You practiced with new vocabs , great 😂😊
Good technique to training new vocabulary
Flock of English learners come here every day to brush up their English skills.
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Thanks and good use of today's vocab!
1 million minus
5 million plus🤪
Learning English as a foreign language is a mammoth task, and BBC is on fire in helping learners to reach their goals, so we flock to BBC.
It’s a mammoth task for me to memorize all these three new words and use them naturally in my daily lives. Your program is on fire , can’t wait for the next one! Thanks for your great job!
You are so welcome!
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Twitter has gained FAR more users than it has lost. Mastodon is an unusable joke.
Hollywood Celebrities, Musicians, Artists, Athlete are not happy with pay subscription....😳 Some people are fine with it. Quality content.
Thank you from UZBEKISTAN❤‼️
You both are on fire with these mammoth knowledge you have taught us for a long time. Hope more and more people will flock to this channel to learn English.
Million leave? It is not the key point. In Million, how many account is real? Twitter don't need fake account and robot.
I'm on cloud 9! Thank you so much for this new vocabulary that will enrich the vocabulary I have at present. ⚘
We are people have been flocking to this channel it means on fire as well as you do a mammoth task for the world , thanks a lot
Always thank you!
we are with you Elon, keep going strong
Absolutely great for my memory. , thanks for sharing this video. 👌
Thank you
I love you all and I also miss Roy a man with beard and sweet smile.
Simply wonderful listening to YOU teachers from b.b.c. I really like the way how you present your work and more even your unique british accent. Regards from Trujillo- Perú.
Thanks, really essential words to know more vocabulary and understanding the headlines .
That's great to hear.
to me, this program is the best of BBC learning English, enjoy news and learn English
Thank you.
I liked ur video as per our instruction Mr Nail ....u both are on fire in today's lesson as usual... many thanks for such a nice explanation....
That's great to hear.
Both of you are really on 🔥.
Thanks
It's a mammoth opportunity to learn english and you guys set the channel on fire 🔥 . All the people who want to improve their english are flocking and subscribing your channel!!!!
Beth today in her job on fire!
I had never heard about mastodon before.
Good episode！
Best explanation
🧁 The tourists flocked to the World Cup of Africa.
🧁 Your show was on fire! That was clear as day.
🧁 Mammoth of people love football sports.
Amazing learning channel .. thanks 👍🏻
Love it. Subscribed. Your video is on fire.
Interesting, varied topics, important selection from daily life!
Thanks BBC volunteers
Very interesting!!❤
👍 excellent job!
Following? I don't like that the majority of people follow without understand. In my opinion, before judging, we must look closely and try to understand.
At weekends people flock to recreational areas to have a rest with their family or friends
What a headline! Although I don't like Twitter at all, I don't even use it, at least I can learn new words and expressions. Thanks for the video and report. 👍👍
You're welcome 😊
you are the best!
What a headline so that you can also get your channel
There are an amount of crazy people flocking in shops on Black Friday
i like both 💕
Dear BBC, I'd like to point out one problem you have in your videos, it is that when you see the summary at the end of the video the episode's words are at the left down corner and the exact place you put a thumbnail of some other video so you don't see the summary and can't screenshot it 😅
Thanks for your comment. Sorry about that, we've fixed it on this video now.
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BBC learning English is on fire as long as it keeps posting wonderful videos like this one
does it sound correct english in this sense?
thank you in advance.
1 million on Twitter has become cleaner, thanks to Elon.
I never understood why he paid so much for Twitter. In 10 years at the latest, Twitter, Facebook and Co. will only be small lights. The younger generation has long since moved on. These are platforms for old people like me (50). They play there for a few years, then it gets boring. And since we already own almost everything, advertising is hardly effective (except for cars and real estate - but you don't buy many of those)
Yes, nowadays people mostly on tiktok or Instagram.
Regards from Perú
flock and on fire and mammoth. I will probably never forget the meanings of these words :) thank you
Wonderful!
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Thank you so much 😀
Flock on fire brigade mammoth
This morning is so cool that my lecturer must flock all of the student to learn in another day. This makes us struggle with mammoth things due to the mid-term test is coming soon.
However, thanks to BBC learning English is on fire. So this problem is dealed with smoothly.
Vocabulary from this Video "Twitter: Millions leave"
deactivated - caused something to be no longer active or effective
deactivate (v); deactivation (n)
takeover (n) - replacement, get control of something
Controversial (adj) - causing disagreement or discussion
Subscription (n) the act of subscribing; Subscribe (v) - pay for the issues of something like a magazine/ youtube channel
1) Flock (v) to move together in a large group - meaning about the movement following each other. Flock (n) a group of birds or sheep. Exp: People flocked to the website to watch the video.
2) On fire - impressive because something is doing very well. Informal way to say something that we are impressed with. Exp: Your social media post is on fire. It's got almost 1 million views.
3) Mammoth (adj) related to something very big. Mammoth (n) a hairy big elephant that was extinct. Exp: I have a mammoth job at the weekend when we need to clean our house.
Thank you so much for this video. Love it!!!
Flock isn't a verb, it's noun
@@Sunny-fx3hc Flock is a noun, and also can be a verb. In the video, it was a verb. Example: People flocked to the website BBC Learning English to watch the video.
What's the meaning of amid?
In Germany there is the word "Schnee-flocken" --> "snowflakes". It's my donkey bridge 🙂
"Birds of a feather FLOCK together" 🐦
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now I truly understand the meaning of this song's title: "Girl on fire" :))))
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that's a mammoth task at the weekends
I'm on fire because of you're lessons 🔥🔥
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thank you BBC learning English team
Learning English is a very mammoth task as a new learner. But this chanel make us easy to learn English that is why it is on fire.
This man also need that...
My friend said me that teach about English is like a mammoth but he don't know the English is become easy with BBC
Invite him to join us!
I had some disorders on the previous week, so i have a mammoth job to do
One million leave? Can I take 10% of it?
A very useful program
Glad you think so!
I love how this biased news is reporting biased news.
Please make a video about the massive Meta layoff
nice way to promote mastadon
Lol, I also left twitter few day back but It's temporary and has nothing with elon musk or his ownership.
Me also....
Give us daily headline news like today
I have been following this channel since 3years ,so i can say that i have already learned flock words during the vedios .i am so greatful for that . BBC learning English channel are always on fire 🔥 though there are mammoth tasks for you.🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
“Mad Mad Muskx beyond Twitterdome” coined by Steven Lewandowski 11/9/2022
Not million users,its a million bots
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Actually wokies and bots are leaving....
No many people join more than millions
Really, BBC? How many have left you?
Twitter has been a whole lot more convenient since Elon’s takeover!
Thanks!😊
it is the effect of arrogance😄
Was this news or a classroom
Elon selling his Tesla stock to the tune of 4 billion dollars a bigger story. This after promising not to.
Eugen "Rochko was born in a Jewish family of Russian origin, and moved to Germany at the age of eleven..." So we can see why media is trying to rise this platform
I might need to open up a mastadon account myself
fire bridage is a metaphorial noun on fire is amazing they are flocking to this useful channel to grab a bargain flatform; mammoth absolutely enormous extinct animals
I once admired Elon Musk. Now he scares me.
Lol all of the bots in the comments section bellow is the reason Elon bought Twitter.
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Mastodon is creat by russian intelligence
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My Instagram post is on fire. Because it was seen by 1500 people
Great example!
Love the fact that Twitter is going to go down. It is the main reason for all the hatred in the world.
Elon is destroying twitter...
I dont see why its a bad thing tho:v
Elon not destroying twitter,he just modifying
Boycott Twitter
Priceless
You guys seem to be pretty excited about millions and millions leaving TWETER, IF YOU GUYS NEW , WHAT HES GOT IM MIND DOING ,WITH IT, YOU WOULD NOT ,MAKE THIS TYPE OF SILLY COMMENTS . REGARDS FROM COLOMBIA,,,
I always like your videos. Very helpful ...thank you very much😊
Thanks ❤❤❤
“Free platform”… until next week
Be smart quit twitter today.
Thanks