• intensely_human@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    I keep hearing about toxicity on X, then not seeing it. I’m starting to doubt this premise is true.

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      10 months ago

      I observed racism and toxicity on X. Reported a couple pretty bad posts (eg a user wishing for drowning of immigrants), but the platform decided they’re okay based their own moderation rules.

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      10 months ago

      Haven’t been on it since Elon purchased the company. I do know that Twitter by virtue of being powered by who you follow can have a vastly different feel to different people.

      If you start getting into political stuff, even in the before times, it could get pretty nasty. I can only imagine that’s worse now.

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      10 months ago

      Try following the blue checkmark folk, and you’ll soon be flooded with toxicity. Alternatively… avoid the blue like the plague it is, and you’ll find very little toxicity.

      X is “pay to troll”.

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      10 months ago

      There’s plenty, but there’s toxicity to be found on every platform. I interpret this as people being mad that Trump was unbanned, or maybe some other ideological issue that mainstream Liberals have.

      I think the bigger problem with twitter is that the bots have taken over and the content continues to spiral the drain (but again, happens on plenty of platforms).