I stopped reading twitter a while back, but I still post anti-Tя☭mp, anti-MAGA, and anti- republican news/articles/&c. I’m pissing in the wind at this point, but I hate the thought of Elmo winning.
My experience going back earlier was that it’s a dead zone… only a few recognizable names now. Tons of Tweets by Musk- like he’s chattering to himself like some demented chicken.
This 100%. Once the dopamine rush wears off getting off Twitter for good helped my mental health and lot and it's good to know I'm not aiding the people starving to try to bully us on there. They need to be hostile to us or their world crumbles. They are very pathetic.
I read it and understood it, I noticed no typos. And yes same for me getting off of instagram and Facebook and “the news” 🧘🏽♀️ much needed peace, mental clarity and focus.
There is no point to Twitter anymore. If it's not the right-wing garbage, it's nasty vibes or relentless doomerism. It's truly only worthwhile for people with emotional and psychological deficiencies.
It’s become a kkk jungle. The South African brought apartheid style to it. Will get worse. Not sure why any democrat will be in twitter only except those democrats that voted for the convicted felon. Democrats in name only DINO
That's entirely up to whoever owns and/or manages the platform. If Blue Sky gets sold to someone like that owner, it could very well end up in the same place.
That's why I joined the Fediverse in the form of Mastodon. It's smallish for the time being but it's pretty reliable uncorruptible.
No. Sadly. When musk bought twitter To OwN teh Libs he essentially cut out whatever overlap there could have been between the conservative/liberal venn.
We run the risk of doing the same. I’m not talking about extremophiles of any ilk, but I’m wary
the moderation lists are a great feature. i’ve been adding accounts of people who almost exclusively engage in harassment so my friends can subscribe to it and auto block those accounts.
I am happily noticing that I see them fairly infrequently. I use skywatch's labeler and blocklists because they seem reputable enough and so far I haven't noticed any significant complaints about false positives from them.
It's wild how so many people are completely missing...not only being more logical and moral than you were yesterday but attempting to hold others to the same standard. Wild but not surprising.
Yes just block and move on. This place has a block button that works lol. You can also suggest to add them to anti maga block lists. Block all at once. It's very easy to neuter Trumptards on here. It's only going to get easier.
I just reported and blocked 4 troll just right here in this conversation...those peoples are so unhinged. All they have is their delusion and hatred...its kinda sad
Moderation (by both the team/its users) works wonders. A lot of people left Twitter because the block button is pointless/are prevented from protecting themselves from harassment. (Also not forcing artists to contribute to training an AI model, that helps tremendously as well.)
Moderation (blanket) can be counterproductive. There are many examples where, when used in extremis, it created a feedback loop so all you ended up with is an endless hall of parrots trying to outdo each other for good boi points.
Personally, I do t mind having my views challenged occasionally.
For my mental health I had to deactivate my account. I missed it at first but now I don’t think I could ever go back. Actually it bothers me when people post twitter screen grabs on here, leave that crap over there, this is our safe space!
There's a surprising amount of anger over there, oddly enough even after they won the election. It's like the anger they had at the opponent has nowhere to be directed at(which is concerning historically), especially with migrations to Bluesky and elsewhere.
What's hilarious is they're so desperate for attention so they can brag about being blocked here like they're cool or something for being insufferable.
It’s a Pandora’s box. Who knows what perils you have allowed to escape. We must seal it. Hermetically seal it until all inside die from lack of oxygen.
That they are! I’ve started unfollowing people big time. Only there because a couple of people I’m very fond of and close to are in a fragile state and as yet not prepared to be butterflies.
It's getting so much more aggressive.
It's insane. They naturally also want to claim this is the bad website, despite banning bad things, and twitter encouraging those same things
It's looking more like facebook for me- scam accounts, videos that I'm not interested in and maybe, MAYBE a post or two from someone I genuinely follow
And the AI art oh my gods-- I need eye bleach, I'm gonna stuff my face into my cat's fur
Yeah I mostly just use messanger and occasionally post on FB
It’s become a hell with all the fake shit and posts from groups and pages I don’t even belong to.
I have to search my friends to find them
Twitter is descending into raw madness
BlueSky is an oasis of sanity in a darkening world
Sometimes i doubt whether this is twitter or instagram alternative. May be my feed, but seems to me pictures take a bigger place. For interesting debate, let's hope it grows.
They want us to talk to them while they tell women “your body, my choice” and text black kids what plantation they are to report to.
No.
I don’t care if it separates us more. I’m not sacrificing any of my morals, ethics or compassion to make them feel comfortable.
These Cosplaytriots can drop dead
They can't string two sentence together without using some form of hateful talking point, bad faith argument, or plain personal attack🤷🏻♀️ they are not worth engaging...at all.
Talked with someone today to find out they'd moved the entire company over to Bluesky and out of Twitter. Much easier to weed out the signal to noise, and boost morale at the same time.
Been using my stealth account to lurk occasionally, I am unable to keep it open it's just too depressing, it's a cesspit compared to when I signed up with my main account in 2010, that's been deactivated, home is here now.
It's my civic duty to spend time every day holding my nose while I block MAGA trolls who have come over to Bluesky. There's no way in hell that I will comment on their posts, no matter how lizard-like their behavior is. They are seeking their narcissistic supply, and I'm glad to starve them of it.
Went on for the first time in ages to check on a friend.
Not as nasty as I thought, but boy, it is not a nice place. I can see a decline in “sensible “ posts and an increase in instantly blockable people/bots.
Made the suggestion they move to where the air is cleaner.
Say something negative about Elon and you will get a bunch of porn bot followers. Nothing but a free speech fraud that elevates every post he makes like it was manna from heaven.
My work kept insisting on using Facebook and I eventually just deactivated my account and sent them Signal links and told them i would no longer be available via Facebook. They now use Signal to talk to me.
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Are you saying that didn’t
fix the problems?
Let them eat cake.
That's why I joined the Fediverse in the form of Mastodon. It's smallish for the time being but it's pretty reliable uncorruptible.
We run the risk of doing the same. I’m not talking about extremophiles of any ilk, but I’m wary
Don’t feed them. #greyrock
That's thr only way.
Personally, I do t mind having my views challenged occasionally.
It's insane. They naturally also want to claim this is the bad website, despite banning bad things, and twitter encouraging those same things
And the AI art oh my gods-- I need eye bleach, I'm gonna stuff my face into my cat's fur
It’s become a hell with all the fake shit and posts from groups and pages I don’t even belong to.
I have to search my friends to find them
Twitter is descending into raw madness
BlueSky is an oasis of sanity in a darkening world
Idk with ads maybe but spam accounts
No.
I don’t care if it separates us more. I’m not sacrificing any of my morals, ethics or compassion to make them feel comfortable.
These Cosplaytriots can drop dead
I know it's only 1 in 300m but hopefully I'm part of a big movement that sinks the muskrats twitter.
Not as nasty as I thought, but boy, it is not a nice place. I can see a decline in “sensible “ posts and an increase in instantly blockable people/bots.
Made the suggestion they move to where the air is cleaner.
It’s Truth Social with a grand-fathered base that’s shrinking
The bot infestation is stifling.