John Oliver's Show covered what's happening with X/Twitter.
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@ianto_jones @hpod16
Choice is exactly the problem. People don't "choose" to use X or Insta or Windows. It's the "de facto standard" you never have to think about.
Moving to ethical alternatives is a choice, that involves effort and taking responsibility for that choice. Nobody wants that.@jkn
Not taking responsibility is probably key here.
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@hpod16 video has not been made available in (at least) Oz. You'll need a VPN.
Why do people do that?
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John Oliver's Show covered what's happening with X/Twitter. How it's algorithms are designed to push right-wing content, and how people don't just get away with, but get paid for inciting violence and hate speech. His advice? Leave X.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG_xWYLzI@hpod16 or was the video a lesson in how to get rich by betraying your principles? Saw most of it. Fascinating that people would by the bullshit so easily.
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John Oliver's Show covered what's happening with X/Twitter. How it's algorithms are designed to push right-wing content, and how people don't just get away with, but get paid for inciting violence and hate speech. His advice? Leave X.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG_xWYLzI@hpod16
I have long thought that Huxley's Soma from A Brave New World, in our world, would be the dopamine addiction to social media. I guess in some ways it is more useful than a simple chemical high because someone like Musk can dial it up situationally. -
@alterelefant @hpod16 Australia
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John Oliver's Show covered what's happening with X/Twitter. How it's algorithms are designed to push right-wing content, and how people don't just get away with, but get paid for inciting violence and hate speech. His advice? Leave X.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG_xWYLzI@hpod16 having watched the piece I think his advice is actually we need to do something about this, leaving is not enough. Propaganda hurts you and your society even if you don't read it. X is the factory polluting the water supply, it's not enough to boycott it's products, they need to pay damages and fix it.
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@alterelefant @hpod16 Australia
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John Oliver's Show covered what's happening with X/Twitter. How it's algorithms are designed to push right-wing content, and how people don't just get away with, but get paid for inciting violence and hate speech. His advice? Leave X.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG_xWYLzI@hpod16 wow, welcome to 3 years ago.
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E energisch_@troet.cafe shared this topic
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John Oliver's Show covered what's happening with X/Twitter. How it's algorithms are designed to push right-wing content, and how people don't just get away with, but get paid for inciting violence and hate speech. His advice? Leave X.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG_xWYLzI@hpod16 I've been on Twitter almost since the beginning and when Musk took over and showed his real face I pulled the plug. No amount of nostalgia and network effect can justify being there IMO. I still use Meta for work related posts but for personal things I'm only here. And maybe one day I will delete even this account and will have a normal life: we can have social media but we don't need it.
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John Oliver's Show covered what's happening with X/Twitter. How it's algorithms are designed to push right-wing content, and how people don't just get away with, but get paid for inciting violence and hate speech. His advice? Leave X.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG_xWYLzIPlease use content warning for this kind of post. Parts of the video contains pictures of a very disturbed individual. It can cause nightmares.
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Please use content warning for this kind of post. Parts of the video contains pictures of a very disturbed individual. It can cause nightmares.
@leffe that’s fair! I’m sorry you had to see this man on your feed
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Please use content warning for this kind of post. Parts of the video contains pictures of a very disturbed individual. It can cause nightmares.
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@hpod16 people still use txwitter? News to me.
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@Eetschrijver I think people are still there because they love to watch the drama? Or perhaps they are attached to what twitter user to be?
Personally I can't bring myself to delete my account, it was a huge part of my life. I'm just inactive & linking to Mastodon on there.
The people I know who still prefer Twitter as a news outlet are pretty unhappy characters, I wonder if there is a link?@hpod16 @Eetschrijver it's rather stunning how many news media and politicians are still *very* active there. And then you get effects like news articles with videos embedded which are all hosted on Twitter because they are in large numbers *still* putting their statements and evidence there, instead of an alternative or their own sites...
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John Oliver's Show covered what's happening with X/Twitter. How it's algorithms are designed to push right-wing content, and how people don't just get away with, but get paid for inciting violence and hate speech. His advice? Leave X.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG_xWYLzI@hpod16 But but but--reach! Stay where the eyeballs are! Blah blah blah
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John Oliver's Show covered what's happening with X/Twitter. How it's algorithms are designed to push right-wing content, and how people don't just get away with, but get paid for inciting violence and hate speech. His advice? Leave X.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG_xWYLzI@hpod16 Already left a long time ago. Turns out: good riddance.
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@PeachMcD @hpod16 @ThomHartmann
He's selling books and making bank. Shillin'.
@aka_quant_noir @hpod16 @ThomHartmann
He's never pretended not to be a businessman. But he does play a Person of Integrity' for a living
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