Twitter obviously has always had huge downsides, but if you heavily curated your feed, it was sometimes ok. There were socialist/communist circles that had decent discourse.

Recently (last few months), I’ve noticed almost EVERY thread is infested with combative libs.

I also see literal pro-Nazi/fascist threads. I’m talking about praising Hitler and calling for ethnic cleansing. They never seem to get taken down and are very active (often with little resistance).

These threads are not something I’ve dug for either. They are easy to stumble upon.

This is almost exactly what happened to Reddit, which is pretty much worthless now. I haven’t logged on in weeks.

I need to research more, but I know most social media companies have been infiltrated by ‘former’ US security stooges from the CIA etc.

I know anything remotely left wing gets suppressed by the algorithms, but I’m pretty convinced they are pushing hard right content.

  • @marmulak
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    -172 years ago

    I just think it’s strange the poster introduced the concept of a sphere in the first place when it’s all the same

    • @i_must_destroy@lemmygrad.mlOP
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      52 years ago

      I specify western because that is all I have experience with. Yes, there are different social media platforms in other areas of the world. I don’t know enough about them to have an opinion.

      • @marmulak
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        12 years ago

        So is it just assumed that the East is otherised?