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Off Topic Social Media and the death of Twitter

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  1. bradymk2

    bradymk2 Well-Known Member

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    Twitter is a cesspit like you say
    And im not even talking about poltical views or such

    Its absolutely full of bots etc
     
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    bradymk2, Nov 17, 2024
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  2. originalminority

    originalminority Well-Known Member

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    I appreciate that, the BBC has been good while it lasts for avoiding adverts also, let's hope bluesky lasts as long then.
     
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  3. originallambrettaman

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    I don’t think things have really even got started yet, Twitter is now a cesspit and I’d suggest that it’s Twitter that will end up the echo chamber.
     
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    originallambrettaman, Nov 17, 2024
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  4. Howdentiger2

    Howdentiger2 Well-Known Member

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    TBF all social media is to a certain type of person who can't accept or wants to see different views and opinions to their own.
     
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    Howdentiger2, Nov 17, 2024
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  5. Kevin Francis

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    Dunno what twitter is like now. I haven’t used it for years and I was more of a lurker than a poster even when I did. It was horrifically censored and leaving one way politically. It was a huge echo chamber for self serving righteous guardianesta types. I’m guessing from the comments here it’s done a complete 180 since musk bought it and it’s overrun by knuckle dragging EDL types posting nonsense?
     
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    TBF last time I went on it, it was total idiots from the far sides of both political views.
     
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  7. originalminority

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    Maybe, still the most instant media for all forms of news out to a wide readership, it would be a shame to lose that.
     
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  8. originallambrettaman

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    It wasn’t politically censored, it just had rules, like you couldn’t threaten to kill people, now scrapped in the name of free speech. It’s also now the main platform for the spreading of misinformation. It’s already been banned in several countries and if it remains as it is, it may well be banned in the EU.
     
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    originallambrettaman, Nov 17, 2024
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    That’s nonsense, there’s no other site that comes close to X for hate speech, misinformation, nonsense from bots, bias filtered news, mountains of ****e that have no relevance to you, forced in front of you by the owner of the platform.
     
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    I never said it wasn't all you just said, nor does it mean what I said is nonsense.
     
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  11. Ric Glasgow

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    Nobody forced you to go on Twitter..
     
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    An odd thing to say on the day he left it.
     
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    It was good, now it’s not.

    I used it all the time, I no longer do.

    Of course nobody forced me to go on it ffs.
     
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    So you've left it Today then?

    A lot of people are leaving it,it's a personal choice down to the individual.If people are more comfortable using something else,then why not...
     
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    Thanks for this enlightenment.
     
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    It all depends how you choose to use Twitter.
    There's 2 options - select 'For You' or select 'Following'.
    Selecting 'For You' exposes you to what some are calling the cesspit.
    Selecting 'Following' leaves you with a very good, very useful, free of charge app.
    If you get bored, maybe select 'For You' for a short while, but then switch it back when you're done.
    It really isn't difficult.

    Let's be honest, this sudden growth of Bluesky is mainly coming from a political reaction against Trump / Musk. I see absolutely no reason to join / use yet another platform.
     
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    Firstly, it defaults to For You, so you have to switch to Following and Following no longer just shows tweets from the people you follow (an ever decreasing number at the moment). You also have to scroll through mountains of Bitcoin and Crypto adds and Shein/Temu adds and a whole stack of other ****e (which now continues regardless of how many ‘do not show me this add’ notifications you send).

    It’s also impossible to avoid the nutters, there’s always someone you follow who feels compelled to counter whatever nonsense they’re spouting.
     
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  18. dennisboothstash

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    I’ll keep my account unless City go onto Bluesky cos it’s an easy way to get the line up as it’s announced.

    I don’t really care about the politics of people on Twitter. It’s just the functionality which got ****
     
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    It can’t

    It’s not Paul Daniels
     
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    I think it’s lost that already tbh
     
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