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regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts) Sat Dec 17, 2022, 04:47 PM Dec 2022

Abramson: Why you need to get off Twitter NOW... [View all]

If you are still on Twitter, you need to get off it immediately. Read this brief essay to understand why the new Twitter policy Elon Musk just announced today needs to be the last straw for everyone left on the platform who is not a far-right troll or neo-Nazi.

It’s hard to believe what I just read on the Twitter feed of Elon Musk.

On Twitter, a new algorithm will allow far-right trolls to band together en masse—something they have already been shown to have done repeatedly and systematically over the last 24 months—to make the tweets of Twitter Blue–verified left-leaning accounts disappear from public visibility permanently simply by muting or blocking them.

More at https://post.news/article/2J3AloOm0Fho4H1A0YFAy9nU3fS

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Abramson: Why you need to get off Twitter NOW... [View all] regnaD kciN Dec 2022 OP

Kicked secondwind Dec 2022 #1

Will become irrelevant and frustrating to be there bucolic_frolic Dec 2022 #2

I'm loving Mastodon. I joined Universodon. lindysalsagal Dec 2022 #3

Great to hear! ancianita Dec 2022 #14

I deleted my account the day he took over I'm not surprised that the muskrat is allowing kimbutgar Dec 2022 #4

seth being over the top as usual. mopinko Dec 2022 #5

I'm already gone 4now Dec 2022 #6

My new fave is cilla4progress Dec 2022 #7

Let me see if I understand the reasoning here? Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #8

I agree. this makes no sense. electron_blue Dec 2022 #11

OTOH, why be on something that makes you invisible? wnylib Dec 2022 #12

👍 Joinfortmill Dec 2022 #19

Do you understand that Musk controls what can be shown and by whom? And the content can be erronis Dec 2022 #13

Liberal or sane tweeters really should go like NOW because ancianita Dec 2022 #16

Don't forget, all the "clicks" on twitter generate ad revenue. Pobeka Dec 2022 #25

Kicking for visibility SheltieLover Dec 2022 #9

Been off for at least a month now and don't miss it. ananda Dec 2022 #10

To be honest... appmanga Dec 2022 #15

Unfortunately, Twitter is used for legitimate purposes by government and other organizations Poiuyt Dec 2022 #17

Like journalists and people organizing to fight against authoritarianism. OMGWTF Dec 2022 #21

Musk is killing Twitter, and quickly. Joinfortmill Dec 2022 #18

Drop the Bird. LudwigPastorius Dec 2022 #20

It's basically just supporting the delusional fantasies of a wannabe dictator ColinC Dec 2022 #22

He's simply wrong. WarGamer Dec 2022 #23

Has anyone taken Seth Abramson seriously for at least the past 2 years? CaptainTruth Dec 2022 #24

This is yet another thing Musk hasn't thought through, and the countermeasure is laughably simple: Emrys Dec 2022 #26

Wrong... lame54 Dec 2022 #27

Leaving and locking down Twitter: 15 steps ornotna Dec 2022 #28

Smart move ChcioInf Dec 2022 #29