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John Oliver's Show covered what's happening with X/Twitter.

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  • Frank HeijkampA This user is from outside of this forum
    Frank HeijkampA This user is from outside of this forum
    Frank Heijkamp
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    #31

    @kauer
    Geoblocking is indeed not cool.
    By the way, where is Oz? I presume it is a real place, not a place of wizardry?
    @hpod16

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    • Hannah GraceH Hannah Grace

      John Oliver's Show covered what's happening with X/Twitter. How it's algorithms are designed to push right-wing content, and how people don't just get away with, but get paid for inciting violence and hate speech. His advice? Leave X.
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG_xWYLzI

      #SocialMedia #LeaveTwitter #LeaveX

      freelunaB This user is from outside of this forum
      freelunaB This user is from outside of this forum
      freeluna
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      #32

      @hpod16 or was the video a lesson in how to get rich by betraying your principles? Saw most of it. Fascinating that people would by the bullshit so easily.

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      • Hannah GraceH Hannah Grace

        John Oliver's Show covered what's happening with X/Twitter. How it's algorithms are designed to push right-wing content, and how people don't just get away with, but get paid for inciting violence and hate speech. His advice? Leave X.
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG_xWYLzI

        #SocialMedia #LeaveTwitter #LeaveX

        Brad RosenheimB This user is from outside of this forum
        Brad RosenheimB This user is from outside of this forum
        Brad Rosenheim
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        #33

        @hpod16
        I have long thought that Huxley's Soma from A Brave New World, in our world, would be the dopamine addiction to social media. I guess in some ways it is more useful than a simple chemical high because someone like Musk can dial it up situationally.

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        • Frank HeijkampA Frank Heijkamp

          @kauer
          Geoblocking is indeed not cool.
          By the way, where is Oz? I presume it is a real place, not a place of wizardry?
          @hpod16

          kauerK This user is from outside of this forum
          kauerK This user is from outside of this forum
          kauer
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          #34

          @alterelefant @hpod16 Australia 🙂

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          • Hannah GraceH Hannah Grace

            John Oliver's Show covered what's happening with X/Twitter. How it's algorithms are designed to push right-wing content, and how people don't just get away with, but get paid for inciting violence and hate speech. His advice? Leave X.
            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG_xWYLzI

            #SocialMedia #LeaveTwitter #LeaveX

            BenjaminKB This user is from outside of this forum
            BenjaminKB This user is from outside of this forum
            BenjaminK
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            #35

            @hpod16 having watched the piece I think his advice is actually we need to do something about this, leaving is not enough. Propaganda hurts you and your society even if you don't read it. X is the factory polluting the water supply, it's not enough to boycott it's products, they need to pay damages and fix it.

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            • kauerK kauer

              @alterelefant @hpod16 Australia 🙂

              Frank HeijkampA This user is from outside of this forum
              Frank HeijkampA This user is from outside of this forum
              Frank Heijkamp
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              #36

              @kauer
              Ah, check. ✅
              @hpod16

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              • Hannah GraceH Hannah Grace

                John Oliver's Show covered what's happening with X/Twitter. How it's algorithms are designed to push right-wing content, and how people don't just get away with, but get paid for inciting violence and hate speech. His advice? Leave X.
                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG_xWYLzI

                #SocialMedia #LeaveTwitter #LeaveX

                DrainD This user is from outside of this forum
                DrainD This user is from outside of this forum
                Drain
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                @hpod16 wow, welcome to 3 years ago.

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                • Hannah GraceH Hannah Grace

                  John Oliver's Show covered what's happening with X/Twitter. How it's algorithms are designed to push right-wing content, and how people don't just get away with, but get paid for inciting violence and hate speech. His advice? Leave X.
                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG_xWYLzI

                  #SocialMedia #LeaveTwitter #LeaveX

                  zbrandoZ This user is from outside of this forum
                  zbrandoZ This user is from outside of this forum
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                  @hpod16 I've been on Twitter almost since the beginning and when Musk took over and showed his real face I pulled the plug. No amount of nostalgia and network effect can justify being there IMO. I still use Meta for work related posts but for personal things I'm only here. And maybe one day I will delete even this account and will have a normal life: we can have social media but we don't need it.

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                  • Hannah GraceH Hannah Grace

                    John Oliver's Show covered what's happening with X/Twitter. How it's algorithms are designed to push right-wing content, and how people don't just get away with, but get paid for inciting violence and hate speech. His advice? Leave X.
                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG_xWYLzI

                    #SocialMedia #LeaveTwitter #LeaveX

                    Leif SamuelssonL This user is from outside of this forum
                    Leif SamuelssonL This user is from outside of this forum
                    Leif Samuelsson
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                    #39

                    @hpod16

                    Please use content warning for this kind of post. Parts of the video contains pictures of a very disturbed individual. It can cause nightmares.

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                    • Leif SamuelssonL Leif Samuelsson

                      @hpod16

                      Please use content warning for this kind of post. Parts of the video contains pictures of a very disturbed individual. It can cause nightmares.

                      Hannah GraceH This user is from outside of this forum
                      Hannah GraceH This user is from outside of this forum
                      Hannah Grace
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                      #40

                      @leffe that’s fair! I’m sorry you had to see this man on your feed

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                      • Leif SamuelssonL Leif Samuelsson

                        @hpod16

                        Please use content warning for this kind of post. Parts of the video contains pictures of a very disturbed individual. It can cause nightmares.

                        Thomas TanghusT This user is from outside of this forum
                        Thomas TanghusT This user is from outside of this forum
                        Thomas Tanghus
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                        #41

                        @leffe @hpod16 Am I too thickheaded to get the sarcasm once again?

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                        • Hannah GraceH Hannah Grace

                          @maumau not an expert on FOSS; but there's some more info on funding for this kind of thing here: @EC_NGI

                          everton137E This user is from outside of this forum
                          everton137E This user is from outside of this forum
                          everton137
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                          #42

                          @hpod16 @maumau @EC_NGI the Fediverse is a matter of public digital infrastructure, and its ecosystem should be duely funded by the EU

                          https://social.vivaldi.net/@everton137/116053448009650994

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                          • Jeff AtwoodC Jeff Atwood

                            @hpod16 people still use txwitter? News to me.

                            Leave X - Protect DemocracyL This user is from outside of this forum
                            Leave X - Protect DemocracyL This user is from outside of this forum
                            Leave X - Protect Democracy
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                            @codinghorror @hpod16 they do

                            https://leavex.eu/politicians

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                            • everton137E everton137

                              @hpod16 @maumau @EC_NGI the Fediverse is a matter of public digital infrastructure, and its ecosystem should be duely funded by the EU

                              https://social.vivaldi.net/@everton137/116053448009650994

                              everton137E This user is from outside of this forum
                              everton137E This user is from outside of this forum
                              everton137
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                              #44

                              @hpod16 @maumau @EC_NGI in my opinion, we should also find ways to fund and strengthen its communities. Here are some ideas of successful cases

                              https://social.vivaldi.net/@everton137/116028993057524907

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                              • Thomas TanghusT Thomas Tanghus

                                @leffe @hpod16 Am I too thickheaded to get the sarcasm once again?

                                Leif SamuelssonL This user is from outside of this forum
                                Leif SamuelssonL This user is from outside of this forum
                                Leif Samuelsson
                                wrote last edited by
                                #45

                                @tanghus @hpod16

                                Absolutely no sarcasm intended. Musk is an enemy of the people, and should not be quoted or allowed to speak on public media. My own opinion of course.

                                Content warnings for sensitive material is a general rule on Mastodon, which many users forget about.

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                                • Hannah GraceH Hannah Grace

                                  @Eetschrijver I think people are still there because they love to watch the drama? Or perhaps they are attached to what twitter user to be?
                                  Personally I can't bring myself to delete my account, it was a huge part of my life. I'm just inactive & linking to Mastodon on there.
                                  The people I know who still prefer Twitter as a news outlet are pretty unhappy characters, I wonder if there is a link?

                                  Renke MeuweseM This user is from outside of this forum
                                  Renke MeuweseM This user is from outside of this forum
                                  Renke Meuwese
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                                  #46

                                  @hpod16 @Eetschrijver it's rather stunning how many news media and politicians are still *very* active there. And then you get effects like news articles with videos embedded which are all hosted on Twitter because they are in large numbers *still* putting their statements and evidence there, instead of an alternative or their own sites...

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                                  • Hannah GraceH Hannah Grace

                                    John Oliver's Show covered what's happening with X/Twitter. How it's algorithms are designed to push right-wing content, and how people don't just get away with, but get paid for inciting violence and hate speech. His advice? Leave X.
                                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG_xWYLzI

                                    #SocialMedia #LeaveTwitter #LeaveX

                                    Deb Nam-KraneD This user is from outside of this forum
                                    Deb Nam-KraneD This user is from outside of this forum
                                    Deb Nam-Krane
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                                    #47

                                    @hpod16 But but but--reach! Stay where the eyeballs are! Blah blah blah

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                                    • Hannah GraceH Hannah Grace

                                      John Oliver's Show covered what's happening with X/Twitter. How it's algorithms are designed to push right-wing content, and how people don't just get away with, but get paid for inciting violence and hate speech. His advice? Leave X.
                                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG_xWYLzI

                                      #SocialMedia #LeaveTwitter #LeaveX

                                      Jo Kingly :verified:J This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      Jo Kingly :verified:
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                                      @hpod16 Already left a long time ago. Turns out: good riddance.

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                                      • Maximilian Overdraft, Esq.A Maximilian Overdraft, Esq.

                                        @PeachMcD @hpod16 @ThomHartmann

                                        He's selling books and making bank. Shillin'.

                                        PeachMcDP This user is from outside of this forum
                                        PeachMcDP This user is from outside of this forum
                                        PeachMcD
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                                        #49

                                        @aka_quant_noir @hpod16 @ThomHartmann

                                        He's never pretended not to be a businessman. But he does play a Person of Integrity' for a living

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                                        • Leif SamuelssonL Leif Samuelsson

                                          @tanghus @hpod16

                                          Absolutely no sarcasm intended. Musk is an enemy of the people, and should not be quoted or allowed to speak on public media. My own opinion of course.

                                          Content warnings for sensitive material is a general rule on Mastodon, which many users forget about.

                                          Thomas TanghusT This user is from outside of this forum
                                          Thomas TanghusT This user is from outside of this forum
                                          Thomas Tanghus
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                                          @leffe @hpod16 It's your choice to watch the video, and the mention of X is a content warning in itself.

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