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> Bluesky does't seem to be safe-for-work, so it's hardly a proper replacement for Twitter. Is twitter SFW? I constantly hear about "mechahitler" and all sorts

> Bluesky does't seem to be safe-for-work, so it's hardly a proper replacement for Twitter. Is twitter SFW? I constantly hear about "mechahitler" and all sorts of terrible bigotry, language, and dog whistles. I may be ignorant because I refuse to even go on there.

dkiebd 1y ago
I do not have an account on twitter but I’m sure you hear more about “mechahitler” on here than on twitter
- esseph 1y ago
  It was on the front page of most of the worlds news. If it's not discussed on twitter, there's a good chance that topic is suppressed.
  - slowmovintarget 1y ago
    I don't know what you mean by "not discussed on twitter." That's where it happened. There were follow up posts, including explanations of who and what goaded that particular output stream for Grok. There was also an incessant stream of memes by people making fun of Grok, Elon, and X (all of it allowed). The fact that LLMs become what is projected on them, in this case from outrage over a leftist saying how glad she was that white children died in a flood, was twisted to fit a narrative by the media. It was not suppressed. That woman did get her account nuked, but that was because of her own violations of the ToS.
    - esseph 1y ago
      Maybe you should re-read again what I was responding to They said: > I do not have an account on twitter but I’m sure
SomeUserName432 1y ago
> Is twitter SFW? I'd rate twitter about as safe-for-work as 4chan.
juneyi 1y ago
it comes down to who you follow, posts you comment on, and the type of posts you like. those who say it's filled with (insert some category) indicates that their past activities likely involved those entities or topics in some form. my feed is made up of rust stuff, databases, system designs, tech meetups, a few founders, OSS stuff, and some companies. even the other day, i came across a post from a dev at planetscale, ben dickens, who said he's going to livestream at a scheduled time to talk about some of the database concepts he recently read in the book DDIA. i watched it, and it was fantastic. bottom line, i would say what everyone has to say about X, based on their personal experience, are all completely correct, because it becomes (or can become) the environment you want it to be.
dmix 1y ago
You choose who to follow on twitter. It's also your choice to use the AI feed vs just who you follow. Mechahitler thing was a brief controversy that was turned off a while ago and the people I follow aren't getting spammed dumb questions to grok (although I find grok to be very good these days). The attention seeking right wing accounts are annoyingly prevalent but it's entirely possibly to not see their content. Just like on old twitter which was full of radical politics. Curate your follow list.
- mothballed 1y ago
  Even so being a nazi or having a feed of a bunch of hitlers or whatever is 1st amendment protected political activity that won't expose your employer to a successful hostile workplace lawsuit. Having a sexually provocative furry show up is not protected by the first amendment, since it appeals to prurient interest, someone passing by could argue they feel sexually harassed or find it hostile and have a much better chance at causing problems for your employer. Maybe I've worked for some weird employers but if I was caught on twitter posting Nazi salutes I would expect raised eye-brows, but for the stated reasons, if I was caught with a furry picture on display where someone else could see it I'd expect to be immediately terminated.
  - baggachipz 1y ago
    > I was caught on twitter posting Nazi salutes I would expect raised eye-brows, but for the stated reasons, if I was caught with a furry picture on display where someone else could see it I'd expect to be immediately terminated. Let me get this straight: you would get fired immediately for a picture that depicts a sub-culture of people that is often sexually deviant (but would include no nudity or anything in said picture), but it would be perfectly acceptable to promote a hate/terrorism group whose main purpose is to exterminate large parts of the Earth's population?
    - mothballed 1y ago
      There's pretty much zero chance of a hostile workplace lawsuit succeeding for Nazi activity, political activity is the absolute strongest 1st amendment protected activity. It is much easier to win a lawsuit on something appealing to prurient interest since the supreme court says it is not protected. Most people don't actually care if the people involved in making their products are murderous psychopaths, as long as you aren't putting Nazi symbols in their product or something. That's why what are essentially CCP owned chinese manufacturers run by a party that tank-rolls over people wanting basic civil rights is seen as no-fucking-problem, no one gives a shit and their sales are not meaningfully impacted. The only reason American employers care is if they're going to get sued, unless they are selling to rich people in San Francisco or something who can afford to pay more to buy something for moral reasons.
ilikehurdles 1y ago
Talking about the mechahitler bug is water cooler appropriate. Even funny. Talking about the sexcapades and fetishes you have at home is not.
- monkey_monkey 1y ago
  Ah, the puritan incel mindset that's taking over the USA.
  - fullshark 1y ago
    Huh? You talk about your fetishes/turn-ons and sexual experiences with your co-workers, or are you mocking something I'm not online enough to understand?
    - nobody9999 1y ago
      >Huh? You talk about your fetishes/turn-ons and sexual experiences with your co-workers, or are you mocking something I'm not online enough to understand? "Lotta straight guys like watching their buddies fuck. I know I do."[0][1] More seriously, on at least one occasion, a co-worker was showing a group of co-workers photos of their vacation at a swingers retreat. Let's just say nothing was left to the imagination. I'd add that this was an employee at the corporate headquarters of a Fortune 50 company. [0] https://www.moviequotedb.com/movies/repo-man/quote_37738.html https://www.moviequotedb.com/movies/repo-man/quote_37738.htm... [1] https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/50d10668-35f3-40bd-8fd1-c8c1aa6fddfd https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/50d10668-35f3-40bd-8fd1-c8c1aa6... Edit: Added detail about NSFW content at work.

dkiebd 1y ago

I do not have an account on twitter but I’m sure you hear more about “mechahitler” on here than on twitter

esseph 1y ago
It was on the front page of most of the worlds news. If it's not discussed on twitter, there's a good chance that topic is suppressed.
- slowmovintarget 1y ago
  I don't know what you mean by "not discussed on twitter." That's where it happened. There were follow up posts, including explanations of who and what goaded that particular output stream for Grok. There was also an incessant stream of memes by people making fun of Grok, Elon, and X (all of it allowed). The fact that LLMs become what is projected on them, in this case from outrage over a leftist saying how glad she was that white children died in a flood, was twisted to fit a narrative by the media. It was not suppressed. That woman did get her account nuked, but that was because of her own violations of the ToS.
  - esseph 1y ago
    Maybe you should re-read again what I was responding to They said: > I do not have an account on twitter but I’m sure

SomeUserName432 1y ago

> Is twitter SFW? I'd rate twitter about as safe-for-work as 4chan.

juneyi 1y ago

it comes down to who you follow, posts you comment on, and the type of posts you like. those who say it's filled with (insert some category) indicates that their past activities likely involved those entities or topics in some form. my feed is made up of rust stuff, databases, system designs, tech meetups, a few founders, OSS stuff, and some companies. even the other day, i came across a post from a dev at planetscale, ben dickens, who said he's going to livestream at a scheduled time to talk about some of the database concepts he recently read in the book DDIA. i watched it, and it was fantastic. bottom line, i would say what everyone has to say about X, based on their personal experience, are all completely correct, because it becomes (or can become) the environment you want it to be.

dmix 1y ago

You choose who to follow on twitter. It's also your choice to use the AI feed vs just who you follow. Mechahitler thing was a brief controversy that was turned off a while ago and the people I follow aren't getting spammed dumb questions to grok (although I find grok to be very good these days). The attention seeking right wing accounts are annoyingly prevalent but it's entirely possibly to not see their content. Just like on old twitter which was full of radical politics. Curate your follow list.

mothballed 1y ago
Even so being a nazi or having a feed of a bunch of hitlers or whatever is 1st amendment protected political activity that won't expose your employer to a successful hostile workplace lawsuit. Having a sexually provocative furry show up is not protected by the first amendment, since it appeals to prurient interest, someone passing by could argue they feel sexually harassed or find it hostile and have a much better chance at causing problems for your employer. Maybe I've worked for some weird employers but if I was caught on twitter posting Nazi salutes I would expect raised eye-brows, but for the stated reasons, if I was caught with a furry picture on display where someone else could see it I'd expect to be immediately terminated.
- baggachipz 1y ago
  > I was caught on twitter posting Nazi salutes I would expect raised eye-brows, but for the stated reasons, if I was caught with a furry picture on display where someone else could see it I'd expect to be immediately terminated. Let me get this straight: you would get fired immediately for a picture that depicts a sub-culture of people that is often sexually deviant (but would include no nudity or anything in said picture), but it would be perfectly acceptable to promote a hate/terrorism group whose main purpose is to exterminate large parts of the Earth's population?
  - mothballed 1y ago
    There's pretty much zero chance of a hostile workplace lawsuit succeeding for Nazi activity, political activity is the absolute strongest 1st amendment protected activity. It is much easier to win a lawsuit on something appealing to prurient interest since the supreme court says it is not protected. Most people don't actually care if the people involved in making their products are murderous psychopaths, as long as you aren't putting Nazi symbols in their product or something. That's why what are essentially CCP owned chinese manufacturers run by a party that tank-rolls over people wanting basic civil rights is seen as no-fucking-problem, no one gives a shit and their sales are not meaningfully impacted. The only reason American employers care is if they're going to get sued, unless they are selling to rich people in San Francisco or something who can afford to pay more to buy something for moral reasons.

ilikehurdles 1y ago

Talking about the mechahitler bug is water cooler appropriate. Even funny. Talking about the sexcapades and fetishes you have at home is not.

monkey_monkey 1y ago
Ah, the puritan incel mindset that's taking over the USA.
- fullshark 1y ago
  Huh? You talk about your fetishes/turn-ons and sexual experiences with your co-workers, or are you mocking something I'm not online enough to understand?
  - nobody9999 1y ago
    >Huh? You talk about your fetishes/turn-ons and sexual experiences with your co-workers, or are you mocking something I'm not online enough to understand? "Lotta straight guys like watching their buddies fuck. I know I do."[0][1] More seriously, on at least one occasion, a co-worker was showing a group of co-workers photos of their vacation at a swingers retreat. Let's just say nothing was left to the imagination. I'd add that this was an employee at the corporate headquarters of a Fortune 50 company. [0] https://www.moviequotedb.com/movies/repo-man/quote_37738.html https://www.moviequotedb.com/movies/repo-man/quote_37738.htm... [1] https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/50d10668-35f3-40bd-8fd1-c8c1aa6fddfd https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/50d10668-35f3-40bd-8fd1-c8c1aa6... Edit: Added detail about NSFW content at work.