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Maybe it’s holidays but I noticed my twitter feed getting filled up lately with various far right types posting crap. I guess these idiots were always there but

Maybe it’s holidays but I noticed my twitter feed getting filled up lately with various far right types posting crap. I guess these idiots were always there but somehow they were drawn out by saner content that I care about, not anymore it seems. I’ll probably delete twitter too if that’s the way it will continue on after another a couple of weeks.

woodruffw 4y ago
There has definitely been an "upwelling" of far-right and explicitly reactionary content over the last few weeks. Like you, I've assumed that it's always been there, but presumably was being auto-moderated and wasn't receiving mass engagement from the site's leadership.
Pxtl 4y ago
Basically the "free speech" Elon liberated was transphobia. Which, considering that his trans daughter no longer speaks to him and changed her last name away from Musk, and Grimes left him for a trans woman, and he's publicly posted anti-trans tweets, means he might have an axe to grind against the trans community. This has led to a lot of progressive twitter either exiting the site or switching to full-time culture war stuff, while the identity-conservatives are basically doing donuts in celebration.
- jringo 4y ago
Markoff 4y ago
I welcome this for change from far left woke crap dominating whole platform for years with any opposition against them silenced. In free platform you read crap from all sides, not just the one you like. But enjoy your new echo chamber outside Twitter. edit: for downvoters, yes, I'm aware this describes also majority of HN users and you just can't stand different opinion and try to silence it, thanks for proving me right
- sheeshkebab 4y ago
  - Markoff 4y ago
    the problem is you put all right wingers in same basket, while there is whole spectrum of people, but as others said, anything from center to right is nowadays automatically called alt-right or extreme/far right, there is only good left and then bad extreme (alt) right, nothing in between judging by MSM and big tech (with their 99% employees donating money to left, even in the most right wing company Oracle it was only 30% employees donating money to right, so it's not surprising why one group is so misrepresented in all social media owned by big tech until now where Twitter should be controlled by guy with right views (and for the record I can't stand Musk and I'm for instance for abortion choice (as in Europe, ofc not crazy time limits like killing baby which could live outside womb))
MikusR 4y ago
Twitter feed has only the people you follow.
- davidgerard 4y ago
  you've never used twitter, have you
  - haunter 4y ago
    I do and it only shows tweets that I follow. Top right corner > change away from Home, don't show top tweets https://i.imgur.com/wl91ONj.png https://i.imgur.com/wl91ONj.png
  - MikusR 4y ago
    I have used twitter since October 2007. And it has always (except for a time a couple years ago. Then i switched to https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/ https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/) showed only tweets/retweets by people i follow.
- dorkwood 4y ago
  That hasn't been true for a while. I regularly see tweets by people who have no connection to the accounts I follow. They'll often have accompanying tags like "Sports" or "Cryptocurrency" above their name, as if Twitter has decided I'm interested in these topics.
  - haunter 4y ago
    It only shows tweets that you follow if you opt-in that. Top right corner > change away from Home, don't show top tweets https://i.imgur.com/wl91ONj.png https://i.imgur.com/wl91ONj.png
    - dorkwood 4y ago
      Yeah I've tried the chronological timeline but it always seemed to switch back to the algorithmic one. To be fair, I haven't tried it in a while. Are you saying things like 'follow topic' suggestions don't show up at all on the chronological timeline? I'll need to test this.
rsynnott 4y ago
It's always been there, but it definitely does seem worse now. I've also noticed quite a lot more cryptospam.

woodruffw 4y ago

There has definitely been an "upwelling" of far-right and explicitly reactionary content over the last few weeks. Like you, I've assumed that it's always been there, but presumably was being auto-moderated and wasn't receiving mass engagement from the site's leadership.

Pxtl 4y ago

Basically the "free speech" Elon liberated was transphobia. Which, considering that his trans daughter no longer speaks to him and changed her last name away from Musk, and Grimes left him for a trans woman, and he's publicly posted anti-trans tweets, means he might have an axe to grind against the trans community. This has led to a lot of progressive twitter either exiting the site or switching to full-time culture war stuff, while the identity-conservatives are basically doing donuts in celebration.

jringo 4y ago

Markoff 4y ago

I welcome this for change from far left woke crap dominating whole platform for years with any opposition against them silenced. In free platform you read crap from all sides, not just the one you like. But enjoy your new echo chamber outside Twitter. edit: for downvoters, yes, I'm aware this describes also majority of HN users and you just can't stand different opinion and try to silence it, thanks for proving me right

sheeshkebab 4y ago
- Markoff 4y ago
  the problem is you put all right wingers in same basket, while there is whole spectrum of people, but as others said, anything from center to right is nowadays automatically called alt-right or extreme/far right, there is only good left and then bad extreme (alt) right, nothing in between judging by MSM and big tech (with their 99% employees donating money to left, even in the most right wing company Oracle it was only 30% employees donating money to right, so it's not surprising why one group is so misrepresented in all social media owned by big tech until now where Twitter should be controlled by guy with right views (and for the record I can't stand Musk and I'm for instance for abortion choice (as in Europe, ofc not crazy time limits like killing baby which could live outside womb))

MikusR 4y ago

Twitter feed has only the people you follow.

davidgerard 4y ago
you've never used twitter, have you
- haunter 4y ago
  I do and it only shows tweets that I follow. Top right corner > change away from Home, don't show top tweets https://i.imgur.com/wl91ONj.png https://i.imgur.com/wl91ONj.png
- MikusR 4y ago
  I have used twitter since October 2007. And it has always (except for a time a couple years ago. Then i switched to https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/ https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/) showed only tweets/retweets by people i follow.
dorkwood 4y ago
That hasn't been true for a while. I regularly see tweets by people who have no connection to the accounts I follow. They'll often have accompanying tags like "Sports" or "Cryptocurrency" above their name, as if Twitter has decided I'm interested in these topics.
- haunter 4y ago
  It only shows tweets that you follow if you opt-in that. Top right corner > change away from Home, don't show top tweets https://i.imgur.com/wl91ONj.png https://i.imgur.com/wl91ONj.png
  - dorkwood 4y ago
    Yeah I've tried the chronological timeline but it always seemed to switch back to the algorithmic one. To be fair, I haven't tried it in a while. Are you saying things like 'follow topic' suggestions don't show up at all on the chronological timeline? I'll need to test this.

rsynnott 4y ago

It's always been there, but it definitely does seem worse now. I've also noticed quite a lot more cryptospam.