x is now a full blown propaganda app. if you pay attention to what your algo is serving you (beyond just the obvious political content), it's weaving in political apathy. there's a reason for this.
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Vigilance is wisest. I started getting follows from inauthentic accounts very early on, and I think they are more than half my total (blocking doesn't remove them as followers, though the block remains complete.)
Nearly all the posts I see in my feeds seem to be authentic, with the odd crypto scam.
I noticed the more I blocked and muted, the more I was shown. I’ll stay there sparingly because I have a lot of friends in DMs away from the timeline but it’s nice to not be ridiculed constantly
Yeah in the last 5 years I've been wary of any media app backed by venture capital, bsky included. These apps costs money, and investors will want a return eventually. Ask, "If I'm not paying, am I then the product? How am I being influenced?"
If you are still on the platform, why? The app is useless and in a few years, it'll be completely overrun with bots owned by conspiracy theorists. Do not engage, just walk away and never look back.
Right? I’ve had to remove
A dozen or more bot accounts every day since the election. There was a huge uptick with those bots with the women in the profile pic, following 7K accounts with no content. Creepy
I haven't seen a single uptick in bot activity even when this site was still invite-only, and if there was ever an uptick, chances are it's going to be a failed 4chan raid to make the site look bad and drag us back to twitter because people are unfortunately, stupid.
No not here, I meant over at X. There were bot accounts that I'd have to remove before the election, generally 1 or 2 a day. After the election, it went up to a dozen or more a day. I deactivated the X account this morning, though, so I'm officially only over here now.
Ah, okay. The bot situation was BAD bad there, especially when this can happen. These are all verified bots posted almost around the exact same time, saying the exact same thing.
All the followers with no face. Like, I've never had my photo in my Pic, but these were all, look I'm female, but I'm looking away. I always blocked them.
I felt targeted programming there which is why I left. Ain't no damn way I'll ever have empathy for those liars. Frankly I'm offended we're here. Its not in my control, so I choose to focus on things I can.
Instagram reels go SO MUCH more right wing overnight. Every other reel is some chud bragging a d saying awful things. I've doubled my block list in 2 days
i would say it's dangerous to stay on there even if some of your favorite creators are still there. it's not worth the risk. even if you're aware and smart, exposure influences.
Even if everyone is just using the following tab there, the system is still making decisions about what to show you when and what not to show ever. I've been surprised a few times by what important things I've missed from *mutuals* where I'd been online at the posting timestamp (in same time zone).
Literally first thing I saw when I went to go delete the whole thing was two videos of alt right influencers (I won’t pollute blue sky with their names) saying the most vile shit ever. No thank you, not interested in even having to scroll past this.
At some point for me (around a month ago) I would need to block at least 20 people within 5 mins of scrolling on X. I think that was the last straw and I closed my account. So much hate there.
I would say so, too. It’s been my little corner of the internet since the beginning, so it’s sad but omg it’s so horrible for your mental health, even if like you said you’re aware of it.
also a reminder that your fav creators are incentivized to stay due to monetization & a desire for close proximity to elon and the potential business opportunities that can come from that.
I was rarely using X but I finally deleted my account yesterday when I got a notification - about a Tim Pool tweet. I do NOT follow Tim Pool. Never did, not even a hate-follow. They are trying to force-feed you hate. Shoulda deleted my account sooner, but now it's finally done. Good fucking riddance
Literally won’t register that I’m muting specific creators! The same content continues to pop up even though I’ve made it abundantly clear to the algorithm i do not want to consume that content 🤬
Is there an algorithm here? Someone had said there wasn't and it didn't matter what you read or who you block. Im newish on here and don't know for sure. I keep getting the same posts five and six times.
this site operates more like Tumblr in that you're mostly shown posts from people you follow, meaning you have to put in effort into curating your own feed by following a lot of people!
Ah you know what you may need to change up your settings too. Tweak them a little that could also be why. Log into the browser version if you do. But im not sure why that is. All the philosophy and writing I chose shows up nicely here for me.
I thought I had beaten the algorithm because I kept myself within a little bubble but it was the fact that that bubble was dangerous. The pre election posts I saw were TOO hopeful and although good as a coping mechanism then, it was also insidiously bad in the long term
I never used it much, but I logged in recently out of curiosity. I didn't follow many people - some local news, some friends, a few people, neutral to liberal... my feed was full of right-wing garbage. It's insane. And trash.
I started getting so much right wing bullshit about 1 month ago in my feed--completely out of the blue. It's pretty obvious that the algorithm was changed to try to influence people.
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Nearly all the posts I see in my feeds seem to be authentic, with the odd crypto scam.
You don't have to abstain, but be mindful.
THROW OUR BODIES ON THE GEARS AND FORCE IT TO HALT
WE STAND FOR LIBERATION HERE!!!
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A dozen or more bot accounts every day since the election. There was a huge uptick with those bots with the women in the profile pic, following 7K accounts with no content. Creepy
But I'm not open to being programmed.
also they have ways of getting you back on the for you page.
also if the ppl you're following aren't just using the following tab, there will be eventual seep.
their morality is being bought, yours isn't.
It’s even more crazy when you remember that Twitter was a cess pool for years even before Elon bought it.
I didn’t think that app could get worse at that time, good lord did I end up being wrong.