| Racism, misogyny, lies: how did X become so full of hatred? And is it ethical to on 23:14 - Sep 5 with 833 views | mrshallisfit |
| Racism, misogyny, lies: how did X become so full of hatred? And is it ethical to on 11:19 - Sep 5 by baxterbasics |
It's not perfect. The blue-tick bots thing does pee me off. But those are an annoyance rather than a threat to anyone's well being.
I understand the algorithm will just amplify whatever you have engaged with, even if you did so critically. So if you respond to Tommy Robinson to tell him he's a bellend, you might still end up seeing more of his content.
I follow a variety of content on there, left wing and right wing accounts and everything in between. From the likes of Owen Jones and Ash Sarkar to the Jordan Petersons and Douglas Murrays. I don't see one side being promoted over any other and I don't get the rush to silence opposing voices. I do think 'old Twitter' was too quick to ban or restrict accounts, and it led to 'report-wars' with opposing sides working to shut the other up en-masse. This is not the way.
And when I see politicians and governments saying they want to regulate or restrict online platforms, I get very very wary. They shouldn't have that power. |
I tell you what is a threat to people's well-being. Social media sites spewing out blatant lies purely to undermine social cohesion. And then an owner of one of those sites casually dismissing any responsibility by stating the UK is on the brink of civil war anyway. [Post edited 5 Sep 2024 23:15]
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| Racism, misogyny, lies: how did X become so full of hatred? And is it ethical to on 23:20 - Sep 5 with 798 views | victorywilhappen |
| Racism, misogyny, lies: how did X become so full of hatred? And is it ethical to on 23:14 - Sep 5 by mrshallisfit |
I tell you what is a threat to people's well-being. Social media sites spewing out blatant lies purely to undermine social cohesion. And then an owner of one of those sites casually dismissing any responsibility by stating the UK is on the brink of civil war anyway. [Post edited 5 Sep 2024 23:15]
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And this is the point.
Yet many want to ignore this as it is part of their daily ritual. So it is to be overlooked. excused or down voted when brought up. [Post edited 5 Sep 2024 23:22]
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| Racism, misogyny, lies: how did X become so full of hatred? And is it ethical to on 12:58 - Sep 6 with 626 views | Ryorry |
| Racism, misogyny, lies: how did X become so full of hatred? And is it ethical to on 22:08 - Sep 5 by Coastalblue |
I don't use the platform, so may completely wrong here, but, you're coming at this as a well balanced and liberal individual who is going to follow good people and decide to avoid things that aren't 'good people'
Does that work for the majority though who will potentially end up in an echo chamber who may not have such liberal views and be constantly fed ever hardening messages?
I genuinely don't know as I haven't used the platform in over 10 years. |
“Does that work for the majority though”.
Unfortunately I’m not in a position to conduct a wide scale survey., but by definition, the 2k accounts I follow are ‘good’ ones; and many of them are large (10k-500k followers) accounts.
One of the reasons I stay on there is to push back/counter the idiots so that it *doesn’t* become an echo chamber of/for them.
There’s no doubt the platform’s got worse under EM, many old buddies have got fed up & left, my tweets get fewer views than they used to, but I can be stubborn & determined not to let the eejits win! Plus I don’t think musk will necessarily last much longer as it’s owner.
As an aside, only one person’s mentioned fb on this thread - a far worse, more insidious platform esp for harvesting your personal info, imho. |  |
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| Racism, misogyny, lies: how did X become so full of hatred? And is it ethical to on 15:40 - Sep 6 with 572 views | Ryorry |
The replies are quite amusing (I didn't realise the OP was EM at first, as I had him blocked) -
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