• mbirth@lemmy.ml
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    10 days ago

    Well, surprise, that’s what happens if you stop censoring stuff that isn’t legally prohibited.

  • LupusBlackfur@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    Well… Yet another case of research confirming the bleeding obvious.

    I guess having confirmation is good… 🤷‍♂️

    • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works
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      10 days ago

      I thought this rat made access for researchers difficult, just like on reddit, thus getting bulletproof evidence via data harvesting got complicated.

  • don@lemm.ee
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    10 days ago

    lol that’s like saying if someone eats shit, their breath’s gonna smell bad

  • Empricorn@feddit.nl
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    10 days ago

    Okay, sure. But only because he made them boost Alt-Right and conspiracy theory contact. And fired most of the content moderation team. And made it clear hate speech was tolerated. And made them stop fact-checking. And because of who he is and what he does. 🖕 Musk

  • glimse@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    I am an unabashed Twitter (not X.com) fan who continued to use it for a bit after he bought it and I feel like non-users don’t fully understand how fast it changed.

    It wasn’t a slow shift to the right, it was nearly instant. I saw the first rightwing shit on my apolitical timeline literally days after he bought it. I stopped using it when I started seeing straight up Nazi shit.

    As if I needed any more reason to hate them, Elon Musk, and to a lesser extent Donald Trump, ruined my favorite social media website.

    • locuester@lemmy.zip
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      10 days ago

      Strange. I’ve been a daily user for 4 years. I’ve still never seen Nazi stuff. It got more political in the past 6 months, but that’s expected.

  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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    10 days ago

    Is it really a surge when it goes up and stays there? It’s not like it has ebbed. There’s no reason to engage with it anymore.