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This hyperbole does more to turn people away from Bluesky and other sites more than X to be honest. There are clearly lots of politically moderate, wholesome "p

This hyperbole does more to turn people away from Bluesky and other sites more than X to be honest. There are clearly lots of politically moderate, wholesome "politically inert," and international X users. The people who are vocal about having left seem more extreme and less tolerant to me. Perhaps for related reasons, I've also recently heard Elon Musk being described as a "literal Nazi" a lot, and I'm sure that kind of wild rhetoric has a similar backfire effect with anyone who has any familiarity with him.

rob74 6mo ago
Maybe describing him as a "literal Nazi" is a bit exaggerated (although there was that thing with the Nazi salute last year), but you only have to remember what he did at DOGE (https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/04/world/lancet-usaid-global-aid-cuts-intl https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/04/world/lancet-usaid-global...) and maybe take a look at what he posts (and reposts) on X to realize that it's not too far from the truth...
hsbauauvhabzb 6mo ago
The dude did a literal Nazi salute on stage. Twice. I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to call him a Nazi.
- eucyclos 6mo ago
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  - troad 6mo ago
    Yes, let's get the protractors out to find out if the man who's turned Twitter into a far right cesspool, and has served in a far right government, and constantly tweets far right things, may just have far right sympathies. /s Ceasing to believe what your own eyes and ears are telling you, in as far as those things may challenge your political beliefs, is generally a road that leads nowhere good.
    - eucyclos 6mo ago
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  - throwaway132448 6mo ago
    Are you proud of this comment? Is this the person you wanted to be when you were a kid? Disputing whether a Nazi salute was actually a Nazi salute because the executor of the Nazi salute doesn’t have the skill to execute it correctly?
OuterVale 6mo ago
> I've also recently heard Elon Musk being described as a "literal Nazi" a lot The chatbot run by his company has called itself 'MechaHitler' multiple times, and Musk himself did what is widely regarded as a Nazi salute during Trump's second inauguration.
- repsilat 6mo ago
  I guess to expand on my earlier post, it's generally a good thing that these kinds of absurd allegations are counterproductive and generally not convincing, because if they were more readily believable they would be quite irresponsible. Real violence has occurred because of beliefs (and posts) like this.
Pay08 6mo ago
> The people who are vocal about having left seem more extreme and less tolerant to me. That's because they are. Not all of them, of course, and not companies, but the general populace absolutely is.
lynx97 6mo ago
Well said. This is how I feel about Bluesky. I've read so many exaggregations from bsky users that I would definitely not want to join that sort of echo chamber. Better leave the extremists alone.

rob74 6mo ago

Maybe describing him as a "literal Nazi" is a bit exaggerated (although there was that thing with the Nazi salute last year), but you only have to remember what he did at DOGE (https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/04/world/lancet-usaid-global-aid-cuts-intl https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/04/world/lancet-usaid-global...) and maybe take a look at what he posts (and reposts) on X to realize that it's not too far from the truth...

hsbauauvhabzb 6mo ago

The dude did a literal Nazi salute on stage. Twice. I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to call him a Nazi.

eucyclos 6mo ago
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- troad 6mo ago
  Yes, let's get the protractors out to find out if the man who's turned Twitter into a far right cesspool, and has served in a far right government, and constantly tweets far right things, may just have far right sympathies. /s Ceasing to believe what your own eyes and ears are telling you, in as far as those things may challenge your political beliefs, is generally a road that leads nowhere good.
  - eucyclos 6mo ago
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- throwaway132448 6mo ago
  Are you proud of this comment? Is this the person you wanted to be when you were a kid? Disputing whether a Nazi salute was actually a Nazi salute because the executor of the Nazi salute doesn’t have the skill to execute it correctly?

OuterVale 6mo ago

> I've also recently heard Elon Musk being described as a "literal Nazi" a lot The chatbot run by his company has called itself 'MechaHitler' multiple times, and Musk himself did what is widely regarded as a Nazi salute during Trump's second inauguration.

repsilat 6mo ago
I guess to expand on my earlier post, it's generally a good thing that these kinds of absurd allegations are counterproductive and generally not convincing, because if they were more readily believable they would be quite irresponsible. Real violence has occurred because of beliefs (and posts) like this.

Pay08 6mo ago

> The people who are vocal about having left seem more extreme and less tolerant to me. That's because they are. Not all of them, of course, and not companies, but the general populace absolutely is.

lynx97 6mo ago

Well said. This is how I feel about Bluesky. I've read so many exaggregations from bsky users that I would definitely not want to join that sort of echo chamber. Better leave the extremists alone.