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We don’t need a new Twitter

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Re: We don’t need a new Twitter

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Post by minton »

chilmers wrote: post #37

The article presents small discussion forums as safe and cosy, which they can be, but their insular nature also makes them a perfect breeding ground for extremist views. We shouldn’t ignore that most of the radical politics and conspiracy theories swirling Twitter are born in such small forums.

I purposefully expose myself to alternate viewpoints from my own. It’s how to prevent the frog from boiling into an extremist (L or R) without noticing. I have enough conviction in my beliefs that I can read contradictory views without getting emotional. I don’t understand the desire to surround yourself with clones of yourself.

Re: We don’t need a new Twitter

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Post by Dan_Sylveste »

dotnet00 wrote: post #16
todd3834 wrote: post #3

Wow if I didn’t use the app every day I’d stay totally clear of it after reading these quotes right from the beginning of the article. This really doesn’t represent my experience at all. Am I alone or has the experience actually improved? I don’t follow people who are toxic because I don’t enjoy their content. It’s mostly software engineers and the #buildinpublic community and it’s a beautiful place with them. What h…

Twitter is great as long as you aren't following political accounts. I only follow the content creators I enjoy related to my hobbies, and unfollow anyone who tends to get into political slapfights too often. That's been part of why I've been so surprised by the reactions of people to the changes. Most of the changes have at worst had no impact on my experience. My opinion on them has largely been "at least they're t…

> That's been part of why I've been so surprised by the reactions of people to the changes. Most of the changes have at worst had no impact on my experience.

There's a big big narrative being pushed by people who, for one reason or another, really can't stand Elon.

A lot of them are absurdly far left.

Re: We don’t need a new Twitter

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Post by krapp »

INTPenis wrote: post #34
krapp wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Move to Mastodon.

Or rather; "Move to the appropriate bubble of Mastodon where the views align with your own"

Sure. Fans of anti-semitism can hang out in the cesspool with like-minded rats if they want. There's room for everyone.

Re: We don’t need a new Twitter

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Post by Dan_Sylveste »

ryandvm wrote: post #36
Covzire wrote: post #31

Free speech is a fundamental human right.

Making another company host your speech is not.

Making telcos carry your speech is, thanks to common carrier legislation.

I hope we can see the expansion of this legislation soon to cover the modern ways in which people communicate and the modern town square.

Re: We don’t need a new Twitter

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Post by ilikehurdles »

bdavisx wrote: post #44
klodolph wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Scientists are on average a little left-leaning but science denialism, somehow, is something that crops up in both far-left and far-right spaces (just not equally). If you were in a leftist bubble, you’d have been seeing science denialism for a while now. Far-left science denialism starts with the “only use natural products, chemicals are bad for you, vaccines are bad for you” crunchy lifestyle accounts. Sometimes I…

>If you were in a leftist bubble, you’d have been seeing science denialism for a while now. That's interesting, if you ask me: "are you in a leftist bubble" - I would answer "probably a little." But I've NEVER seen any science denialism, so I guess I'm not? What kind of denialism are you talking about wrt leftists?

Antivax views have long been present on the left. Quack medicine (like Homeopathy) has a big market on the left. There’s also no shortage of self-diagnoses especially regarding mental illnesses there, which some have taken to adoptint extreme covid paranoia, contrary to actual scientific guidelines.
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