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I read the article. When and how did Rose Wang reported the numbers? Over the phone? E-mail? Shows us the graph. The trends. At least something. I'm personally

I read the article. When and how did Rose Wang reported the numbers? Over the phone? E-mail? Shows us the graph. The trends. At least something. I'm personally no longer buying the "increase in hate speech on X".

minimaxir 2y ago
Probably some internal dashboard using Tableau. I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.
- andreygrehov 2y ago
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  - georgemcbay 2y ago
    I'm trying to make sense of someone being as irrationally skeptical of the reporting as you are who also somehow believes that a screenshot of all things proves anything and I just can't do it.
    - andreygrehov 2y ago
      BlueSky is a for-profit "Public Benefit Corporation". Let's be honest, it's in their interest to look as popular as possible to attract investors, partnerships, and users. Inflated numbers, if they existed, would be nearly impossible to detect from the outside. So why should I blindly accept these figures just because they’re reported? A screenshot doesn’t magically prove transparency, either. Companies can cherry-pick data or only show specific slices that make them look good. Real transparency would mean regular and verified reports accessible to the public, not just one-off announcements about user growth that we can’t independently verify. When I said, "Publish the screenshot. Not that hard," I wasn't implying a screenshot would be the ultimate proof, but more that if they claim these numbers are legit, they should be willing to share more than just a headline. If they're not, it's fair to question why.
      - mrtesthah 2y ago
        >Real transparency would mean regular and verified reports accessible to the public... And I'm assuming you hold all the other social media sites to this same high standard?
  - thowawatp302 2y ago
    You’d 100% say the screenshot is fake. I’m sure you could tell from the pixels or whatever
  - MadnessASAP 2y ago
    How would you verify the authenticity of a screenshot?
mrtesthah 2y ago
>I'm personally no longer buying the "increase in hate speech on X". I certainly don't need a news article to tell me that--it's immediately evident upon login. It benefits certain narcissistic billionaires to entangle themselves with the political identities of millions of people so that reality-blocking cognitive dissonance forms in response to even the most basic criticism.
jimjimjim 2y ago
But would you be happy with a graph? or would the goal posts then be moved to 'show us the data behind the graph'. and so on.
jrflowers 2y ago
>I'm personally no longer buying the "increase in hate speech on X". You used to believe that there was an increase in hate speech on Twitter but now you no longer believe that? What did you base your original belief about the amount of hate speech on? What led to your belief changing?

minimaxir 2y ago

Probably some internal dashboard using Tableau. I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.

andreygrehov 2y ago
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- georgemcbay 2y ago
  I'm trying to make sense of someone being as irrationally skeptical of the reporting as you are who also somehow believes that a screenshot of all things proves anything and I just can't do it.
  - andreygrehov 2y ago
    BlueSky is a for-profit "Public Benefit Corporation". Let's be honest, it's in their interest to look as popular as possible to attract investors, partnerships, and users. Inflated numbers, if they existed, would be nearly impossible to detect from the outside. So why should I blindly accept these figures just because they’re reported? A screenshot doesn’t magically prove transparency, either. Companies can cherry-pick data or only show specific slices that make them look good. Real transparency would mean regular and verified reports accessible to the public, not just one-off announcements about user growth that we can’t independently verify. When I said, "Publish the screenshot. Not that hard," I wasn't implying a screenshot would be the ultimate proof, but more that if they claim these numbers are legit, they should be willing to share more than just a headline. If they're not, it's fair to question why.
    - mrtesthah 2y ago
      >Real transparency would mean regular and verified reports accessible to the public... And I'm assuming you hold all the other social media sites to this same high standard?
- thowawatp302 2y ago
  You’d 100% say the screenshot is fake. I’m sure you could tell from the pixels or whatever
- MadnessASAP 2y ago
  How would you verify the authenticity of a screenshot?

mrtesthah 2y ago

>I'm personally no longer buying the "increase in hate speech on X". I certainly don't need a news article to tell me that--it's immediately evident upon login. It benefits certain narcissistic billionaires to entangle themselves with the political identities of millions of people so that reality-blocking cognitive dissonance forms in response to even the most basic criticism.

jimjimjim 2y ago

But would you be happy with a graph? or would the goal posts then be moved to 'show us the data behind the graph'. and so on.

jrflowers 2y ago

>I'm personally no longer buying the "increase in hate speech on X". You used to believe that there was an increase in hate speech on Twitter but now you no longer believe that? What did you base your original belief about the amount of hate speech on? What led to your belief changing?