Twitter was great. It really was. What ultimately killed it was the decision-making of Sir Elon "Doge Mc'Fuckin, The Meme God Emperor" Musk deciding all people deserved to have a platform, good or bad, free speech and hate speech, all intertwined in a "public town square of ideas". - ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

maximumadhd.github.io • 22 days ago

Twitter was great. It really was.

What ultimately killed it was the decision-making of Sir Elon "Doge Mc'Fuckin, The Meme God Emperor" Musk deciding all people deserved to have a platform, good or bad, free speech and hate speech, all intertwined in a "public town square of ideas".

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maximumadhd.github.io•22 days ago

All while Twitter's algorithm is brain-fucking you to death trying to maximize your engagement, like all big tech social media companies do.

Normally I could tolerate it. But once Trump was put in office and I had to see just how cruel that half of the country could be...

maximumadhd.github.io•22 days ago

It made me feel a different kind of anger. One I had tucked away as intrusive thoughts or just as some kind of defensive instinct. I genuinely wanted to punch in some of the faces of these despicable evil blue-checkmark fuck-heads. And I'm not even a violent individual. I'm just that pissed off.

maximumadhd.github.io•22 days ago

I don't get angry to this degree unless I feel like my friends or my family are in danger.

My parents both have jobs that I fear are at risk of being deemed as unnecessary inefficiencies to Elon's DOGE bullshit, I have lots of trans friends in the industry and in my private friend circle.

maximumadhd.github.io•22 days ago

Meanwhile I have extended family that is ecstatic over what's currently happening, and I can only make angry posts on Facebook hinting in their direction that I despise their views and the damage it's causing.

maximumadhd.github.io•22 days ago

The fucking dipshit anti-vaxxer Kennedy who had a worm in his brain is probably going to label me and all other neurodivergents who are on ADHD medication as drug addicts and they're going to take away those medications that we genuinely need to function properly.

maximumadhd.github.io•22 days ago

All the while, the passion project that I poured my heart and soul into last year hasn't been doing well so far, and suffice it to say my health could be a lot better right now.

So yeah, I have good conviction to want to get away from Twitter. It's an intolerable cesspool right now.

tenebrisnoctua.bsky.social•22 days ago

It's a literal echo chamber. Trust me, the only way I can use Twitter right now is through the "Control Panel for Twitter" allowing me to hide checkmarked replies. Even then it's not enough sometimes. I don't think many of them are real either. Some have extremely suspicious AI behavior.