Twitter was far-left-biased, I thought y'all relieved now
Only in the US would anyone think of Twitter as far left biased.
McCathy left a long shadow and a truly bicameral insanity wrt political discussion.
Ask HN: Should I Leave Twitter (as a user) ?
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Re: Ask HN: Should I Leave Twitter (as a user) ?
#22Is there any downside to waiting and seeing?
I still have an account because I like to connect with other people of similar interests.
Re: Ask HN: Should I Leave Twitter (as a user) ?
#23You can leave if you want. I might create an account now. For the life of me I don’t see how anyone can think this is a bad thing, unless you enjoy being in a far left group-think echo chamber.
Re: Ask HN: Should I Leave Twitter (as a user) ?
#24Twitter was far-left-biased, I thought y'all relieved now
Only in the US would anyone think of Twitter as far left biased. McCathy left a long shadow and a truly bicameral insanity wrt political discussion.
Yeah, it's crazy how to the right their Overton window is, and it's only going farther right with the new brand of Republican candidates (note: i choose to classify empty narcissistic obviously wrong populism as a far-right thing, simply because it's politicians generally on the far-right that exhibit those traits (same as there's nothing particularly "lefty" about being environmentally conscious, but mostly people on the left seem to care, so "green" is considered "left").
From a French perspective, where there's a literal communist party, and empty far-right populists, and everything in-between, seeing what would be classified as center-right here be labeled as "far-left" is funny. The two party system really is a disaster.
Re: Ask HN: Should I Leave Twitter (as a user) ?
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Re: Ask HN: Should I Leave Twitter (as a user) ?
#26Twitter was far-left-biased, I thought y'all relieved now
Only in the US would anyone think of Twitter as far left biased. McCathy left a long shadow and a truly bicameral insanity wrt political discussion.
> Only in the US would anyone think of Twitter as far left biased.
Ironically, only people in the US would think it is not.
US politics is pretty dang progressive on the global scale.
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#28You can be on multiple platforms. So you should start looking for the best alternative platforms for your interests now and start participating in them. Then if Twitter gets bad drop it.
Re: Ask HN: Should I Leave Twitter (as a user) ?
#29Do you get any value from Twitter? Really? Or is it just something to do? I doubt you will miss anything important if you ignore Twitter. No one has to join any social media platform. If you have to ask if you should leave Twitter based on who owns it, ask yourself what you get out of it now.
Re: Ask HN: Should I Leave Twitter (as a user) ?
#30You should.
Elon Musk is a dick head and you shouldn't support his work.