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Stephen King leaves X, describing atmosphere as 'too toxic'

39 points by gniting 2y ago

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mountainriver 2y ago
Bluesky is actually a lot of fun right now!
- gniting 2y ago
  Yeah. Spending time here over the past few days. Seems less... toxic
iancmceachern 2y ago
I think that we should all put this nonsense down and: Just Go Outside
- e1gen-v 2y ago
  After deleting my instagram and Snapchat accounts I’ve realized that life isn’t too shabby. :)
  - gniting 2y ago
    yeah, got rid of FB years ago... was a good choice.
    - iancmceachern 2y ago
      I'm literally "sittin' on the dock of the bay" with my relaxed dog sipping a hot tea watching the ferries leave. He doesn't even know what X is.
polski-g 2y ago
It certainly seems like he was a contributor to said toxicity.
ImJamal 2y ago
Stephan King leaving will help X become less toxic. Seems like a win for those who want a less toxic X.
- dyauspitr 2y ago
  You can’t just say “no you” every time you’re criticized for something.
  - incrudible 2y ago
    Ordinarily I would agree, but Stephen King is a no holds barred shitbait poster. Not that there is anything inherently reprehensible about that, but then leaving for toxicity just seems self-unaware.
  - ImJamal 2y ago
    I wasn't criticized for anything. I don't have a Twitter account and only view posts when somebody links it or send it to me.
- spacedcowboy 2y ago
  Twitter has been a cesspool ever since Musk bought it. It wasn’t great before, but now - yeesh. Looks like he’s not the only one, the Grauniad newspaper announced [1] they’re leaving too a couple of days ago, because (wait for it) it’s toxic as hell. ‘The US presidential election campaign served only to underline what we have considered for a long time: that X is a toxic media platform and that its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse.’ You might say: “X is right at the center of all things toxic” 1: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/why-the-guardian-is-no-longer-posting-on-x https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/why-the-guardi...
  - ImJamal 2y ago
    My point is that Stephen King is partially responsible for the increase in toxicity. Instead of being the change he wanted to see, he just made the platform worse in the exact way he was complaining about. He comes off as a hypocrite and it isn't a good look for him. If you think toxicity is bad and is ruining the platform then don't be toxic.
dyauspitr 2y ago
What’s preventing Bluesky from eventually getting all the same trolls and being just as toxic?
- SR2Z 2y ago
  The fact that it's not run by a "free speech absolutist" who actually just wants to see more conservative attacks on liberals on the platform.
  - lazyeye 2y ago
    Or to rephrase "who wants to see the platform not limited to attacks on conservatives only"
    - hn_acker 2y ago
      What kind of platform are you talking about? Not pre-Elon Musk Twitter, I hope [1]. > We have, of course, discussed all this before, but now the Washington Post got its hands on a video recording of an internal Twitter meeting right before the January 6th attack on the Capitol, in which they discussed how to handle the growing calls for violence. > Nothing in the video is surprising, as it all confirms what’s been said before, but it does provide more evidence. The video, and testimony from some people involved in this and related meetings, were part of why the January 6th Committee highlighted just how far Twitter staff bent over backwards to protect Trump and conservatives on the platform. > And, it’s confirming what a former Twitter trust & safety employee testified under oath, about how when they saw a tweet by Donald Trump that clearly violated the site’s policies, the decision Twitter’s leadership made was to rewrite the rules to effectively exempt Trump’s tweet. > That’s not even getting into the many studies, both internal and external to Twitter, that showed no evidence of anti-conservative bias in Twitter’s moderation policies. In fact, Twitter’s own research showed that it favored conservative tweets, with its algorithm promoting them more than non-conservative tweets. [1] https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/29/internal-twitter-video-reveals-twitter-bent-over-backwards-to-protect-trump-and-pro-trump-insurrectionists/ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/29/internal-twitter-video-r...
    - 2y ago

39 points by gniting 2y ago

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mountainriver 2y ago

Bluesky is actually a lot of fun right now!

gniting 2y ago
Yeah. Spending time here over the past few days. Seems less... toxic

iancmceachern 2y ago

I think that we should all put this nonsense down and: Just Go Outside

e1gen-v 2y ago
After deleting my instagram and Snapchat accounts I’ve realized that life isn’t too shabby. :)
- gniting 2y ago
  yeah, got rid of FB years ago... was a good choice.
  - iancmceachern 2y ago
    I'm literally "sittin' on the dock of the bay" with my relaxed dog sipping a hot tea watching the ferries leave. He doesn't even know what X is.

polski-g 2y ago

It certainly seems like he was a contributor to said toxicity.

ImJamal 2y ago

Stephan King leaving will help X become less toxic. Seems like a win for those who want a less toxic X.

dyauspitr 2y ago
You can’t just say “no you” every time you’re criticized for something.
- incrudible 2y ago
  Ordinarily I would agree, but Stephen King is a no holds barred shitbait poster. Not that there is anything inherently reprehensible about that, but then leaving for toxicity just seems self-unaware.
- ImJamal 2y ago
  I wasn't criticized for anything. I don't have a Twitter account and only view posts when somebody links it or send it to me.
spacedcowboy 2y ago
Twitter has been a cesspool ever since Musk bought it. It wasn’t great before, but now - yeesh. Looks like he’s not the only one, the Grauniad newspaper announced [1] they’re leaving too a couple of days ago, because (wait for it) it’s toxic as hell. ‘The US presidential election campaign served only to underline what we have considered for a long time: that X is a toxic media platform and that its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse.’ You might say: “X is right at the center of all things toxic” 1: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/why-the-guardian-is-no-longer-posting-on-x https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/why-the-guardi...
- ImJamal 2y ago
  My point is that Stephen King is partially responsible for the increase in toxicity. Instead of being the change he wanted to see, he just made the platform worse in the exact way he was complaining about. He comes off as a hypocrite and it isn't a good look for him. If you think toxicity is bad and is ruining the platform then don't be toxic.

dyauspitr 2y ago

What’s preventing Bluesky from eventually getting all the same trolls and being just as toxic?

SR2Z 2y ago
The fact that it's not run by a "free speech absolutist" who actually just wants to see more conservative attacks on liberals on the platform.
- lazyeye 2y ago
  Or to rephrase "who wants to see the platform not limited to attacks on conservatives only"
  - hn_acker 2y ago
    What kind of platform are you talking about? Not pre-Elon Musk Twitter, I hope [1]. > We have, of course, discussed all this before, but now the Washington Post got its hands on a video recording of an internal Twitter meeting right before the January 6th attack on the Capitol, in which they discussed how to handle the growing calls for violence. > Nothing in the video is surprising, as it all confirms what’s been said before, but it does provide more evidence. The video, and testimony from some people involved in this and related meetings, were part of why the January 6th Committee highlighted just how far Twitter staff bent over backwards to protect Trump and conservatives on the platform. > And, it’s confirming what a former Twitter trust & safety employee testified under oath, about how when they saw a tweet by Donald Trump that clearly violated the site’s policies, the decision Twitter’s leadership made was to rewrite the rules to effectively exempt Trump’s tweet. > That’s not even getting into the many studies, both internal and external to Twitter, that showed no evidence of anti-conservative bias in Twitter’s moderation policies. In fact, Twitter’s own research showed that it favored conservative tweets, with its algorithm promoting them more than non-conservative tweets. [1] https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/29/internal-twitter-video-reveals-twitter-bent-over-backwards-to-protect-trump-and-pro-trump-insurrectionists/ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/29/internal-twitter-video-r...
  - 2y ago