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[–] usernameusername@lemm.ee 25 points 16 hours ago (8 children)

god, the replies to their tweet are awful...

[–] FFF982@lemmy.ml 12 points 9 hours ago

Why politicize everything?

Simps for X (formerly twitter)

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 17 points 12 hours ago

Those replies are why they are leaving. And good riddance to such a godawful platform.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 9 points 11 hours ago

That first reply highlights a major difference in how people approach the world.

Speaking very generally, conservatism and right wing politics seen to attract those who see everything as a competition and that dominating other people is what it means to be a good person. Funny that it also leads to frustrated, angry, isolated people.

So if we want to switch to using a website that doesn’t promote hurting/killing 2% of the population, we are now BOWING DOWN to the minority some of us would not rather murder.

It’s the same reason they hate DEI so much.

[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 18 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] IdleSheep@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

This is to me one of the major reasons Twitter discourse is completely ruined and the platform is mostly useless for seeing what people think now.

When the only people who get to be at the top of discussions are people who pay for twitter, the only opinions that get shared are those that are pro Twitter, pro Elon, etc. Because they have a direct stake in the game.

And that's if the accounts posting aren't all bots that pay for a checkmark to boost engagement, which is almost all I see when I occasionally have to check Twitter these days.

So glad more people are leaving it. There's nothing to gain from it anymore.

[–] Spookyghost@sh.itjust.works 24 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Corgana@startrek.website 14 points 15 hours ago

Honestly I had the same thought. But on the other hand, internet outrage talking points have also become extremely formulaic...

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 18 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

It is depressing, but I try not to forget we are seeing a sort of survivorship bias of stupidity on the former Twitter at this point. The cohort of remaining posting accounts is dumber and dumber on average. And this dynamic is magnified in the replies, because they are paid blue accounts at the top. Eg, self-selected losers. (The top account has likely just hidden their checkmark)

Edit: PS, are you still using Nitter? I thought it had died?

[–] usernameusername@lemm.ee 3 points 13 hours ago

There are still a few nitter instances alive

https://status.d420.de/

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 8 points 14 hours ago

The replies illustrate the problem nicely.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 8 points 15 hours ago

Ah, that captures such a stark answer to why people use xitter though.

It's not "so I can hear from you" it's "So YoU cAn HeAr FrOm Us!!!11oneone"

Walled gardens? More like prison yard. Lol