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The political effects of X's feed algorithm

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Re: The political effects of X's feed algorithm

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Post by fluoridation »

I honestly don't understand how or why people are using Twitter to keep up with the news. The only thing I use it for is to follow artists, and even that has been going down in recent weeks with most of my favorites moving over to BlueSky. Maybe I'm just a long-winded idiot, but the character limits barely let me have a conversation on either platform. How are people consuming news like this?

It just baffles me how different my experience of using the platform is. I literally do not see any news. I'm not entirely convinced that it's Twitter being biased and not just giving each person what they most engage with.

Re: The political effects of X's feed algorithm

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Post by jongjong »

barfiure wrote: post #3

This person is confused. Trump was a well known pussy grabber for decades. Epstein was anything but a secret, it seems, given how many politicians and celebrities and moguls he rubbed elbows with. Jerry stopping by the island for a lemonade and a spot of lunch with his high school aged girls? Yeah. It comes down to this: you can have visibility into things and yet those in power won’t care whatsoever what you may thi…

This is a defeatist attitude. Don't know what bubble you're in but these official revelations are driving real change in mine. It's kind of subtle at this point but it's the kind of change that cannot be undone.

Re: The political effects of X's feed algorithm

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Post by rishabhaiover »

fluoridation wrote: post #11

I honestly don't understand how or why people are using Twitter to keep up with the news. The only thing I use it for is to follow artists, and even that has been going down in recent weeks with most of my favorites moving over to BlueSky. Maybe I'm just a long-winded idiot, but the character limits barely let me have a conversation on either platform. How are people consuming news like this? It just baffles me how d…

It used to be self-expression in an oddly entertaining way but that Nikita Bier ruined the whole thing with his metrics chasing algorithmic shifts.

Re: The political effects of X's feed algorithm

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Post by joe_mamba »

fluoridation wrote: post #11

I honestly don't understand how or why people are using Twitter to keep up with the news. The only thing I use it for is to follow artists, and even that has been going down in recent weeks with most of my favorites moving over to BlueSky. Maybe I'm just a long-winded idiot, but the character limits barely let me have a conversation on either platform. How are people consuming news like this? It just baffles me how d…

>I honestly don't understand how or why people are using Twitter to keep up with the news.

Because the MSM news stations themselves pick up the stuff from twitter and just add their own spin flavor. A dozen phone videos from random citizens on-site is always quicker than the time CNN/FOX can send a reporter there. On twitter you at least get the raw footage and can judge for yourself before MSM try to turn it political to rage bait you.

Re: The political effects of X's feed algorithm

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Post by spankalee »

ppeetteerr wrote: post #12

Why anyone is still using X after 2025 is a mystery (I know, it's where everyone is, but the moral implications are wild)

Seriously. The CEO is opening posting white supremacist content like it's Stormfront. If you don't support that, you should get out.
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