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Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic' (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 2 days ago by mesamunefire@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] SleafordMod@feddit.uk 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

People thought the first Trump presidency was a politically divided time, but maybe we're now entering an even more divided time, given that social media is now fragmenting along political lines, more prominently than it did before.

[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When a Maga billionaire buys a large social media platform... that will cause the divide. And it is.

[–] SleafordMod@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Sure. Maybe it's worrying though that social media is splitting on ideological lines. This didn't really used to be the case. Twitter was intended for everybody, so was Facebook, etc.

Maybe the divisions in western societies are becoming sharper and more bitter. That's probably not a good thing.

[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Why do people have to listen to toxicity they don't like in their social media entertainment platform? I don't want to hear it all the time in real life.

[–] SleafordMod@feddit.uk 1 points 48 minutes ago

I'm not saying you do. I don't use Twitter anymore. What I was trying to say is that I find the state of the world worrying.

[–] ribboo@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What’s worrying is social media being politicised. There was a time when it was not, and it was hell of a lot better than what we have now.

I’m not on Bluesky because it aligns with my political views. I’m there because I do not have to look at, or engage in politics. I can speak about my interests. Really quite lovely.

[–] SleafordMod@feddit.uk 1 points 18 hours ago

I looked a Bluesky but I noticed a lot of MAGA people trolling in the comments. Maybe they can be hidden with account settings probably but I haven't looked into that.