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Usage Of Elon Musk’s X Dropped 30% In The Last Year, Study Suggests (www.forbes.com)

submitted 8 months ago by Hubi@feddit.de to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Mereo@lemmy.ca 91 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Ever since Musk's control of the company, Twitter (I refused to call it X) showed me multiple hate and racists posts. Basically, Twitter is showing me garbage. I now use Mastadon instead.

[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Mastodon has been great.

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Are there enough using it?

[–] victoitor@lemmy.eco.br 9 points 8 months ago

Yes!

[–] WaxiestSteam69@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I was never active in terms of posting but I followed several news outlets, local government agencies, and a few friends. Shortly after Musk took over I saw nothing but right wing nutjobs and a lot of posts from Musk. I tried unfollowing but nothing worked so I quit logging in. I need to cancel my account but haven't taken the time.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I had a Twitter account but rarely used it. Shortly after Musk took over, his account was in recommendations and his tweets were in my feed, even though I'd NEVER seen them before.

I blocked him.

He remained at the top of my recommendations.

I think I even occasionally saw his posts when they were retweeted or something by someone I didn't even follow, because the retweet was trending, I guess?

That's when I deleted my account.

[–] WaxiestSteam69@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's a shame because Twitter is a perfect platform for the kind of one-way communications required by a news agency or local government agency. Maybe Mastodon or Bluesky will fill that void.

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I would prefer RSS.

[–] WaxiestSteam69@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

So would I but good luck getting your average local sheriff or office of emergency preparedness to use RSS. Most of their "IT" staff is the deputy who is "good with computers" meaning they can open a PDF file.

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Facebook does that for me too, alongside flat earthers, anti EV crap and the occasional funny picture. It's depressing.

[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 6 points 8 months ago

Oh yeah, the flat earthers, the pictures with lens flare on it being proof of "planet X" and other insanity? The best comedy I've ever seen.