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Not a Musk fan myself but I echo your sentiment about Twitter. I have mostly used it to lurk and follow tech personalities that post things I enjoy reading. No
by devmor 2y ago
Not a Musk fan myself but I echo your sentiment about Twitter. I have mostly used it to lurk and follow tech personalities that post things I enjoy reading.
Now I can’t open it at work because the main page is likely to contain horribly racist or otherwise bigoted memes and diatribes from people I’ve never followed or interacted with.
- valval 2y agoSince there are so many horribly racist memes on there, you should be able to link one example?
- hooverd 2y agohttps://x.com/BorealBaron/status/1861563428462039440 https://x.com/BorealBaron/status/1861563428462039440 https://x.com/RedPillSayian/status/1861982472847716721 https://x.com/RedPillSayian/status/1861982472847716721 Deleted, but from a Warp affiliate, oof. https://x.com/CollieYimby/status/1832186179741253835 https://x.com/CollieYimby/status/1832186179741253835
- valval 2y agoI don't really understand the first picture since it has nothing to do with race or racism, and I'll bet you 100 million dollars the latter two won't appear on anyone's front page unless you're searching for exactly that.
- devmor 2y agoYour entire comment history on HN is trying to start political debates, what are you even doing here? This website is not for you.
- valval 2y agoDiscussing politics in political threads, with people who disagree with my own beliefs. I love going in echo chambers of people whose ideologies I don't agree with, and try to reason with them and understand them. I'm a software engineer who's already seen the field of software. Talking about it isn't that interesting to me. I make more money than I need selling a rather simple subscription service, written in an obscure language that never gets mentioned here. And finally, the obligatory "no u", since telling someone that this website is not for them is the epitome of this website not being for you.
- AlexeyBelov 2y ago> try to reason with them and understand them This is so rich. You know we can see your comment history?
- valval 2y agoIt doesn’t look like reasoning to you since your bias is so strong. You get no exposure to people challenging your ideals.
- devmor 2y agoHm, last time someone challenged you, you responded with >I’m not here to argue with socialists And told them to read a book instead of asking your opinions. Sounds like you’re just here to whine about things you don’t like and insert your opinions.
- valval 2y agoReally just depends on the quality of the other person's argument. Good to see that you're spending time going over my post history though, makes me feel special. Would never cross my mind in a million years to click on your profile and start scrolling.
- AlexeyBelov 2y agoWhat's my bias? How do you know whether I get exposure to people challenging my ideals? How do you know my ideals?!
- DonHopkins 2y agoWith so many of those horribly racist or otherwise bigoted memes being posted or promoted by Musk himself.
- danenania 2y agoThis. It's not a political issue at all for me. I just find that X has become full of dumb and trashy stuff, with no way to turn it off. The problem isn't that it's right wing or left wing or whatever—it's that it's lame.