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Because it's a dumpster fire of shrill partisan US politics. I'm following only SF/hn flavoured tech crowd on there - the thinking being that it'll be about te
by Havoc 2y ago
Because it's a dumpster fire of shrill partisan US politics.
I'm following only SF/hn flavoured tech crowd on there - the thinking being that it'll be about tech. An intentional attempt to buy into a bubble if you will. That used to work well.
Since musk take-over and the current election cycle even that is intolerable. Tech gang no longer tweet about kubernetes etc, instead it's about immigrant, Joe Rogan and whatever has Marc Andreessen's knickers in a twist today.
- cgh 2y agoBluesky awaits your arrival. Unfortunately, there's a lot of the creepy anime avatar crowd there already but luckily the nuclear block exists on that platform.
- toenail 2y agoYou chose who you follow, and you can block any words you like. I see basically zero politics.
- jarjoura 2y agoAndreessen and Co. have always been part of this strange utopian Libertarianism where they believe with all their hearts, that tech sets you free. I say the word strange, because it's optimistic, and forward looking, and not cynical. Peter Thiel used to be the main "villain" while the others kept to themselves. Seems that's not the case anymore, and they are more comfortable speaking their minds. Realistically though, as an outsider, I think X.com has just become their echo chamber and they've all lost the plot.
- Gigachad 2y agoBefore leaving Twitter, my feed was almost entirely American politics, street fight videos, and content farm bots. Yet I only followed Australian artists and Australian furries. I watched someone else scroll Twitter and they had the exact same slop posts on their feed. Now I’ve switched to Bluesky and my feed is immensely better.