Not my experience. Especially not after October 7. They hate rightwing fascism, but if their jew hating fascists can spout academic swill like decolonization they are cool with it.
Same. The good people I know in the “real world” have given up and gone silent on one side or remain hopelessly deluded on the other. As tough as it is to “rub my nose” in it this is my sane place.
coming here following cool, creative folks who also hate fascism gives me bubbles of hope. And validates the idea that no, I have not lost my mind. The US right now really is off-kilter, not me.
Thought: We have no idea what else is coming. I would rather be prepared and not need things, than need things and not be able to get them. Evidence based on the last Trump Administration & the first 10 days of the current Trump Administration.
I am so happy I’ll be taking home my total paycheck soon. Tariffs will prove TAXES were theft on the American people for almost 120 years. Taxes were supposed to be voluntary but the foreign agency the IRS made people fear arrest if they didn’t pay taxes. It’s been the biggest scam ever.
Other than the existential dread I have from my duty to be informed, I do agree. This place feels safer than any social media I've participated in in many years.
I've never *liked* social media, TikTok wasn't bad, but this one I'm actually pretty excited about! It feels like TT gave us a taste of what social media *could* be, so now we're building it that way on purpose rather than starting from a Techbro data collection, make more ads perspective.
Trump pledges 500 billion to fund A.I.? In other words, Siri, Alex, Cortina, Bixby and even Clippy will no longer be referred to as Information Gathering Whores. Hence forth they will be elevated to the designation of Elite Private Escorts!
A.I.? My Ass https://www.jjcunis.com/post/the-book-of-joe-chapter-3
I was never on Twitter, but I joined bsky, hoping to find a community just like the one you've described. It's been great so far, but the actual interaction is a bit spotty, IMO.
I stick with the cool, creative folks who aren’t hating, only expressing joy and compassion, making my social media experience not “bad.” After I cleaned up my feed, it is “good”.
According to Greg Palast who was on the Kyle Kulinski show Kamala was robbed of 3,565,000 votes; 1/28/25 show—Secular Talk. Watch it on YouTube! Harris and America were cheated by trump/musk/magats of the presidency. Don’t be afraid, watch the program. Palast is a reporter and statistician.
I agree! I find myself feeling happy seeing notifications again from a social media site. Where unfortunately over on X it has become such a toxic cesspool full of far right hatred towards people that just want to live in peace amongst them despite having different opinions like we used to do 😞
SM is what you put into it, imo. It's not all bad. I've made friends with some great folks. Some of them here have kept me sane for the better part of four years.
One thing I hope to never experience here is the same echo chamber effect as 'elsewhere'. I don't mind views contrary my own, but I do mind bots, shills, spam and endless streams of mindless braying.
I don't think it's social media that is inherently bad, it's the monetization of the interwebs that's bad. There are plenty of platforms that are still beneficial, e.g. Bluesky
SM is neither good nor bad. Xitter ( et al) uses the platform to drive their own narrative and divide the opposition. By advancing the least useful progressive causes and demoting the more useful he chooses his opponent. That was the trap we fell into.
Absolutely! I'm still working on ways to avoid seeing too much political stuff, but I'm re-invigorated by the ability to see cool stuff and connect with other creatives.
Me, too, but I wish folks would stop posting misinformation and altered pix as fact. The truth is bad enough. I expect better of everyone, but especially big accounts.
Panic not my dear friend
We are not yet at the end
Your self care, continue to tend
What breaks can always mend
Together we'll defend
Hope is around the bend
Social media in and of itself isn’t bad. The people who use it with evil purposes are bad. This would include those who intentionally spread lies and misinformation and those who are unwilling to listen.
I agree. I don't feel kicked in the teeth, and I dropped everything else. I'm back just reading the news. Finding I get a lot more done not engaging in the online ragefest.
All the cool kids have always hated fascism, in my experience, but now even the cool older people can join in on hating fascists. It can be a really big diverse group of cool people who truly hate fascism, which is great really when you think about it.
Social media is not that bad. Meta is 💩. X is 💩. And those are the socials fascists are... tik tok is also full of that apparently. It's right wing propaganda.
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Those are nice.
Make Washington hear our voices and feel our #RESISTANCE
#JoinUs
#Resist
#repost
and the cat pictures!
A.I.? My Ass
https://www.jjcunis.com/post/the-book-of-joe-chapter-3
#shutdown315
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If you still support Trump, you're a Nazi.
Is Anti-Social media.
We are not yet at the end
Your self care, continue to tend
What breaks can always mend
Together we'll defend
Hope is around the bend