"X rewards assholery, shithousery, amateurish trolling and outrage baiting. That’s what brings in the bucks. X isn’t a shithole just because of who’s on there, or because Elon laid off lots of moderators. It’s full of ragebait because that’s what is rewarded." https://www.techtris.co.uk/p/musks-sadism-economy
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An argument could be that Musk has 'groomed' these teenagers and rewarded their need to be noticed and accepted in a 'group'
https://bsky.app/profile/stuzipants.bsky.social/post/3lbmlz3vyrc2r
So far Bluesky's reaction to people trying the same is a block (that actually blocks), and being added to block lists
..and the way it works most people will never be aware they exist, and they will see almost nobody
I find if disheartening that social media has been poisoned so apparently easily, been saying it for years.
Pump the poorly educated with rage and lies and watch them go and then distance yourself from their thuggery and violence.
It's what we saw recently.
Anyway, back to the normal scheduled programming ...