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I feel the exact opposite and have been a Twitter user for about as long, starting when it was SMS-based. Most posts I see now are flooded with replies from On

I feel the exact opposite and have been a Twitter user for about as long, starting when it was SMS-based. Most posts I see now are flooded with replies from Only Fans girls. There are constantly tweets in my feed from guys I don't follow with greek or roman statue profile pics, posting about how western civilisation is in decline with 20-photo threads of European architecture or other really silly examples. Half of the promoted tweets I see (a significant portion of my feed now) are for "10 ways you need to us AI or be left behind!" or similar. It's really low signal to noise for me, but I guess if you're looking for listicles on why western culture has been ruined by "cultural marxism" it's never been a better time to be on Twitter. Examples: - I encounter numerous account like this per day on my "For you" tab: https://twitter.com/aitoolreport/status/1671606160313696256 https://twitter.com/aitoolreport/status/1671606160313696256 - this sort of thing is constantly in my feed (I don't follow these sort of meme accounts, but I can see why the algorithm might boost them now ): https://twitter.com/engineers_feed/status/1676231624881737731 https://twitter.com/engineers_feed/status/167623162488173773...

2OEH8eoCRo0 3y ago
> There are constantly tweets in my feed from guys I don't follow with greek or roman statue profile pics, posting about how western civilisation is in decline I've noticed that and I wonder what their agenda is. To radicalize western men?
- Analemma_ 3y ago
  I think that’s probably overthinking it. I think most of these accounts are just chasing engagement, and they’ve figured out a solid formula: post something really stupid (the tweets by statue PFPs inevitably contain basic factual mistakes), get QRT’d by people dunking on how stupid it was, boom: instant viral spread and engagement. It’s the utterly standard griefer playbook that’s been on forums since the internet began, just with new contemporary culture war material.
  - 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y ago
    It's more than just twitter users, a friend sent me this for example: https://intellectualtakeout.org/2016/04/are-we-the-last-men/ https://intellectualtakeout.org/2016/04/are-we-the-last-men/ Which is part of Charlemagne Institute https://charlemagneinstitute.org/intellectual-takeout/ https://charlemagneinstitute.org/intellectual-takeout/ Which is Koch Brothers backed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockford_Institute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockford_Institute
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dhfbshfbu4u3 3y ago
Fwiw, I found that zero engagement led to a really bad experience. As soon as I began contributing content on a couple of specific topics, the TL skewed hard towards things I actually liked.

2OEH8eoCRo0 3y ago

> There are constantly tweets in my feed from guys I don't follow with greek or roman statue profile pics, posting about how western civilisation is in decline I've noticed that and I wonder what their agenda is. To radicalize western men?

Analemma_ 3y ago
I think that’s probably overthinking it. I think most of these accounts are just chasing engagement, and they’ve figured out a solid formula: post something really stupid (the tweets by statue PFPs inevitably contain basic factual mistakes), get QRT’d by people dunking on how stupid it was, boom: instant viral spread and engagement. It’s the utterly standard griefer playbook that’s been on forums since the internet began, just with new contemporary culture war material.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y ago
  It's more than just twitter users, a friend sent me this for example: https://intellectualtakeout.org/2016/04/are-we-the-last-men/ https://intellectualtakeout.org/2016/04/are-we-the-last-men/ Which is part of Charlemagne Institute https://charlemagneinstitute.org/intellectual-takeout/ https://charlemagneinstitute.org/intellectual-takeout/ Which is Koch Brothers backed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockford_Institute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockford_Institute
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dhfbshfbu4u3 3y ago

Fwiw, I found that zero engagement led to a really bad experience. As soon as I began contributing content on a couple of specific topics, the TL skewed hard towards things I actually liked.