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Trying to prep myself for when they foxify all social media platforms.

Edit: you all better be careful saying you don't see any of it. Leon might catch wind.

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 2 months ago (3 children)

My husband stayed on there. Luckily, it's just for the porn.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So like, lots of trans stuff? (joking~sortof~)

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I freaking wish! Then at least I'd have someone to fawn over F1nnster with :(

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

F1nnster the W1nnster

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago
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[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Just use it for the porn. Occasionally will click on a trending tweet and immediately get bombarded with tons of Russian propaganda. "Ukraine are Nazis" "America first!" "Look at this poor starving (white) american child, Biden just approved 60 billion to Ukraine!"

All shit like that, it focuses very strongly on what Russia wants Americans to believe, in my experience.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago

It’s wild to me that so many people trust Elon with their porn viewing habits 👀

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Gross

Not the pron of course

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Don't forget endless AI generated images that morons just eat up

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You know you can just... stop visiting all social media sites right? Its not easy but its very doable. Ive mostly done it (significantly reduced to almost nothing).

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 months ago (12 children)

We are on social media right now?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, but lemmy is awesome

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm on Mbin, but I don't disagree with you: Lemmy is awesome!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Again, I have to agree.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Touché @[email protected]

You can’t argue with that logic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

You can, but you'd be wrong.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Sometimes this feels like antisocial media.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

It's pretty much just a forum with voting.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That's what blocking is for:-)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I said I reduced mine, not eliminated.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Fair enough. Fediverse is just better anyways IMO, barely counts as social media lol

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm just here on lemmy. I've been lurking reddit just to see more breaking news but that will stop come novemeber.

[–] Primer81 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why November? Is something happening?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Finally, the End of all things.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago

I won’t even click on Twitter links, let alone actively visit. You should do the same.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm still pissed at the way Reddit was celebrating Musk's takeover, as if it was some big loss to him. Oh boy, a billionaire lost some money that he would have wiped his ass with, this is great as long as the fascist doesn't turn the biggest social media platform into a fascist mouthpiece!

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

funnily enough, my twitter feed doesn't have any conservative media.

it is full of gay bara scalie porn, though.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I recently had to login in to update to a new 2FA app and oh my was it a wasteland. No one I had followed was still on it. And I mean that after scrolling for 5 minutes. It was just terrible.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean, if they left it, possibly went to Mastodon, that sounds wonderful to me:-).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

It’s not perfect, but Mastidon is starting to pass the tipping point for content.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I like to clown on nazis

Especially when they're shitting bricks in the reply section of a post from either Mark Hamill or Stephen King

Edit: We need a collab

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

That's the neat part, I'm not.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I follow scientists, virologists, epidemiologists, etc and get tweets with the latest covid research. I also see a lot of stuff from Gaza and a few things about movies. I'm moving off there but while some people are only on there and giving me information, I'll keep going back.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Be the change you want to see. Those people will never leave the platform as long as people like you still engage with them there.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

I don't see any of it really, my feed is all gay stuff lol

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Not on Twitter but lol, what a leading question

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

I installed a extension to block everyone with a checkmark after Elon introduced paying for them. My feed has even less shitters then before its amazing. If I ever want to add more I just go to any AOC tweet and let the extension work.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Allright knuckleheads, here's what you do:

  1. Follow people who's content you're interested in

  2. Browse Following and not For You

  3. That's litterally it

I get so peeved when people browse algorithmic feeds and then complain that they see bad content. You fools. You cretins. I'll have you know that i actually have a pleasant experience on Twitter AND THAT'S NOT A JOKE, i genuinely have a good time on a bad website purely because i stay away from the For You feed. It's literally that simple. The only time i get conservative propaganda is when someone i follow quote tweets it with a snarky response.

I've had someone assume i was a nazi because i'm still on Twitter and i got a little (too) mad at them because we clearly don't share the same reality. They browsed For You and quite rightfully left the site never to return, and they don't understand how i'm able to stay; no shit, i'm able to stay because i don't browse Following.

Now the thing is, this is how i've always used the internet, from the start i've built my follows list with this browsing habit in mind so i only follow like 200 people with the specific purpose of seeing their content; but for a lot of users, following is more like pressing "like" on a profile, and they end up following 5000 accounts. In that case you're gonna get way too much content sprayed at you and pruning your follows list is going to take forever. I don't know what to do in that situation tbh

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Musk still forces his own tweets, his advertisers, and whatever else he chooses into your feed, even your "following" page. You can't block it.

*EDIT: maybe not anymore? See replies.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is just a lie. Have him muted and never see his tweets.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Not a lie, it's how I remember it working (and complained about at the time) but it's entirely possible they changed things since I deleted.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

They would need to be force feeding me conservative content in order for me to be able to answer the question. They're not and never have been. Same applies to ads.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

i kept using it for the few mildly high quality posts by queer people, but it feels like it almost stopped. might delete my account now

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