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[–] 259 points 2 years ago (7 children)

If you didn't think Twitter sucked before, wait until half the ads are for Trump.

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  • [–] 160 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    It actually amazes me that people still use that cesspool.

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  • [–] 51 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah, also anyone who claims that they didn't switch to mastodon because it is too confusing, must have serious learning disability. I can understand that Lemmy is harder than traditional reddit, because the problem is more complex and the service still need a lot of polish, but mastodon is very simple to use.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yup. People have a mental block against it. They decided Mastodon was complicated, so even when confronted with its simplicity, they’re unwilling to deal with the first few minutes of uncomfortable novelty. I’ve talked to a few super-smart people who have this particular mental block and they still talk shit about Mastodon without genuinely trying it out first, while still railing against Twitter. People are irrationally stubborn.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    My sports news people are all still there. Wish they would join Mastodon but no luck yet 😩

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Who cares? Do they not have a website, or a YouTube show or something? There's still plenty of entertainers I like on there. Didn't stop me from deleting that Nazi cesspool and just getting that info elsewhere. You just have to want to actually quit and quit coming up with excuses. Sports ball is on other platforms, too.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I think part of the problem is so many things have relied on it up until now. I read how at a college shooting that was the main way they had to tell people to stay where they were. Which is a problem if that is your only way to communicate in an emergency situation.

    So much news is passed quickly from it or other social media. If you're not on it now you're often left in the dark. Which is good for mental well being for some of us (me), but bad at other times.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    People are starting to experience a real change right now. Those that are paying attention are trying to avoid Meta, X, formerly known as Twitter, Instagram, and a bunch of other partisan bs. The near-future will be interesting.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    Yeah, I might have to delete Twitter just to get away from political ads.

    I subscribed to YouTube premium specifically to avoid political adverts while still supporting content creators (political adverts are even more repetitive and uncreative than commercials, in my mind), and I actively avoid any room my parents are in when they’re watching any TV at all during campaign season.

    I’ll get my info on how to vote by actually looking up the candidates’ actions on databases, thanks.

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  • [–] 109 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The real problem at this point isn't twitter. it's idiots continuing to use and empower Twitter even though they know it's a problem.

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Same with reddit and other social media.

    People need to start owning their behaviors but keyboard warrior talks much, but got forbid they face any slight inconvience.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago

    Eh, at least with reddit you can stick to the niche subreddits there that don't have a large community anywhere else and avoid the political cesspool side of it. And if you use it on desktop in classic mode with ublock or other similar addons, it's still a pretty nice experience, all things considered.

    Twitter, on the other hand, shoves anything and everything in your face against your will.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    This Musk guy is gonna be surprised face when the fascists come for him because he's a sexual deviant and a drug user.

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  • [–] 83 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Translates to- twitter will only show pro trump ads.

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  • [–] 76 points 2 years ago* (6 children)

    Why are people still using Twitter/x.

    Puts on old man hat.

    People talk shit about Twitter and still use it. Is it really that hard to quit? Essentially that makes everything you say seem unbelievable.

    Don't talk about it, be about it!

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    [–] 50 points 2 years ago

    They desperately need money so yeah

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Muskrat needs to try to get some money flowing there somehow.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago

    I wonder what political party will be advertising alongside Nazi content? Hmmmm.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    People really need to just accept the fact that, for better or worse, "Twitter.com" as we knew it is dead and "X.com" is here to take all of the flaws and worst aspects of the old platform and turn them into the main selling points of the new platform. Extremist right-wing politics and disinformation are no longer bugs, but features.

    It doesn't make sense to be so attached to a social network that you're willing to constantly turn a blind eye to how toxic it is for society and democracy.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago

    Things went as predicably as we knew it would when Musk bought Twitter. He's always been an alt right sell out, and Twitter was a great way to broadcast alt right propaganda.

    He's part of the still ongoing coup with the GOP plus his direct communication with Putin of all people. It's fairly obvious at this point.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    LMAO of course it does, Elon is using the site to specifically foment disinformation and support right wing politics.

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    [–] 25 points 2 years ago

    Mush is probably desperate for every single cent he can wring out of Xitter. I'd guess that before they sold all the office furniture he went through every couch looking for loose change.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago

    And the collective IQ of this country just dropped another few thousand points.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    Twitter is none stop political ads. They ever had a "no political ads" policy to begin with?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    The 2024 election is all that Twitter needs to survive through. After that Musk will probably let it die.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    I definitely think he's trying to burn twatter down to the ground so he doesn't have to deal with it.

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