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Slightly related: is Bluesky moderated good enough or do I get lots of rightwing and conspiracy crap like on twitter currently? I‘d really love to have some mo

Slightly related: is Bluesky moderated good enough or do I get lots of rightwing and conspiracy crap like on twitter currently? I‘d really love to have some more civilized hub again that isn’t full of hate and anti-intellectualism.

elAhmo 3y ago
I think it is still too small and people seem quite nice there. But, that has its drawbacks, as I keep returning to Twitter due to the slow migration in the recent months. It is a shame, as it seems like a nice alternative that has some cool ideas.
vehemenz 3y ago
It's anti-intellectual and uncivilized, but not because of rightwing conspiracy content. There is a strong culture of intolerance and censorship of viewpoints that diverge from the norm.
_heimdall 3y ago
Are you assuming that hate and anti-intellectualism are exclusively a rightwing thing?
- rchaud 3y ago
  On Twitter, the place that hired Tucker Carlson after Fox News dumped him? Yeah it is. No need for "both sides"-ing on this one.
  - _heimdall 3y ago
    One example is hardly proof of an absolute though. Assuming all conspiracy or anti-intellectual thought comes from one side because Tucker Carlson is a huge logical misstep in my opinion
- rsynnott 3y ago
  Not exclusively, but on the mainstream internet in 2023? Yeah, more or less, bar a few tankies.
nonethewiser 3y ago
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rsynnott 3y ago
It seems a lot nicer than Twitter. Though I'd wonder how much of that is just that it's invite-only right now. I haven't really gotten into it, for a variety of reasons (happy enough with Mastodon for most stuff, no decent client apps, vaguely suspicious of the involvement of Dorsey) but it seems... fine?
channel_t 3y ago
Haven't poked my head in there in a while, but in my experience it was more the opposite where much of the discourse is dominated by tech-left influencer types and their followers who migrated from Twitter. Choose your echo chamber I guess.

elAhmo 3y ago

I think it is still too small and people seem quite nice there. But, that has its drawbacks, as I keep returning to Twitter due to the slow migration in the recent months. It is a shame, as it seems like a nice alternative that has some cool ideas.

vehemenz 3y ago

It's anti-intellectual and uncivilized, but not because of rightwing conspiracy content. There is a strong culture of intolerance and censorship of viewpoints that diverge from the norm.

_heimdall 3y ago

Are you assuming that hate and anti-intellectualism are exclusively a rightwing thing?

rchaud 3y ago
On Twitter, the place that hired Tucker Carlson after Fox News dumped him? Yeah it is. No need for "both sides"-ing on this one.
- _heimdall 3y ago
  One example is hardly proof of an absolute though. Assuming all conspiracy or anti-intellectual thought comes from one side because Tucker Carlson is a huge logical misstep in my opinion
rsynnott 3y ago
Not exclusively, but on the mainstream internet in 2023? Yeah, more or less, bar a few tankies.

nonethewiser 3y ago

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rsynnott 3y ago

It seems a lot nicer than Twitter. Though I'd wonder how much of that is just that it's invite-only right now. I haven't really gotten into it, for a variety of reasons (happy enough with Mastodon for most stuff, no decent client apps, vaguely suspicious of the involvement of Dorsey) but it seems... fine?

channel_t 3y ago

Haven't poked my head in there in a while, but in my experience it was more the opposite where much of the discourse is dominated by tech-left influencer types and their followers who migrated from Twitter. Choose your echo chamber I guess.