I quit Twitter last year, partly because the constant doomscrolling was doing me no good, but mainly because I noticed that the 'Trending' section was increasingly pushing right-wing content and talking points at me, in a manner that simply couldn't be based on algorithmic analysis of my own useage of the platform.*
It seemed very obvious to me that, under Musk, the platform was being used to advance an agenda that I simply couldn't support or be passively complicit in.
Well, it certainly hasn't got any better since I left. This, from NBC:
Verified pro-Nazi X accounts flourish under Elon Musk
We're far beyond "freedom of speech" and "hearing both sides". If you're still using Twitter/X, I'd urge you to reconsider.
*Mostly comic stuff, occasional frothing lefty rants.
It seemed very obvious to me that, under Musk, the platform was being used to advance an agenda that I simply couldn't support or be passively complicit in.
Well, it certainly hasn't got any better since I left. This, from NBC:
Verified pro-Nazi X accounts flourish under Elon Musk
We're far beyond "freedom of speech" and "hearing both sides". If you're still using Twitter/X, I'd urge you to reconsider.
*Mostly comic stuff, occasional frothing lefty rants.