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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

Trying to prep myself for when they foxify all social media platforms.

Edit: you all better be careful saying you don't see any of it. Leon might catch wind.

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[-] weeeeum@lemmy.world 49 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Just use it for the porn. Occasionally will click on a trending tweet and immediately get bombarded with tons of Russian propaganda. "Ukraine are Nazis" "America first!" "Look at this poor starving (white) american child, Biden just approved 60 billion to Ukraine!"

All shit like that, it focuses very strongly on what Russia wants Americans to believe, in my experience.

[-] kobra@lemm.ee 33 points 2 years ago

It’s wild to me that so many people trust Elon with their porn viewing habits 👀

[-] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Gross

Not the pron of course

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[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 7 points 2 years ago

Don't forget endless AI generated images that morons just eat up

[-] semperverus@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago

You know you can just... stop visiting all social media sites right? Its not easy but its very doable. Ive mostly done it (significantly reduced to almost nothing).

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 35 points 2 years ago

We are on social media right now?

[-] ChaoticCookie@sh.itjust.works 30 points 2 years ago

Yeah, but lemmy is awesome

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 19 points 2 years ago

I'm on Mbin, but I don't disagree with you: Lemmy is awesome!

[-] ChaoticCookie@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 years ago
[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 7 points 2 years ago

Again, I have to agree.

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[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 3 points 2 years ago

You can, but you'd be wrong.

[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago

Sometimes this feels like antisocial media.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 4 points 2 years ago

It's pretty much just a forum with voting.

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 3 points 2 years ago

That's what blocking is for:-)

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[-] semperverus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I said I reduced mine, not eliminated.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 4 points 2 years ago

Fair enough. Fediverse is just better anyways IMO, barely counts as social media lol

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I'm just here on lemmy. I've been lurking reddit just to see more breaking news but that will stop come novemeber.

[-] Primer81@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago

Why November? Is something happening?

[-] atocci@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Finally, the End of all things.

[-] TehWorld@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago

I won’t even click on Twitter links, let alone actively visit. You should do the same.

[-] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm still pissed at the way Reddit was celebrating Musk's takeover, as if it was some big loss to him. Oh boy, a billionaire lost some money that he would have wiped his ass with, this is great as long as the fascist doesn't turn the biggest social media platform into a fascist mouthpiece!

[-] HatchetHaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 2 years ago

funnily enough, my twitter feed doesn't have any conservative media.

it is full of gay bara scalie porn, though.

[-] rammer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

For me it's Russian invasion of Ukraine. With a few local politicians doing stupid things mixed in.

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[-] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I like to clown on nazis

Especially when they're shitting bricks in the reply section of a post from either Mark Hamill or Stephen King

Edit: We need a collab

[-] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

I recently had to login in to update to a new 2FA app and oh my was it a wasteland. No one I had followed was still on it. And I mean that after scrolling for 5 minutes. It was just terrible.

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 6 points 2 years ago

I mean, if they left it, possibly went to Mastodon, that sounds wonderful to me:-).

[-] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

It’s not perfect, but Mastidon is starting to pass the tipping point for content.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago

That's the neat part, I'm not.

[-] insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

I follow scientists, virologists, epidemiologists, etc and get tweets with the latest covid research. I also see a lot of stuff from Gaza and a few things about movies. I'm moving off there but while some people are only on there and giving me information, I'll keep going back.

[-] kobra@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago

Be the change you want to see. Those people will never leave the platform as long as people like you still engage with them there.

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[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Not on Twitter but lol, what a leading question

[-] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 years ago

I don't see any of it really, my feed is all gay stuff lol

[-] Stern@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

I installed a extension to block everyone with a checkmark after Elon introduced paying for them. My feed has even less shitters then before its amazing. If I ever want to add more I just go to any AOC tweet and let the extension work.

[-] thawed_caveman@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Allright knuckleheads, here's what you do:

  1. Follow people who's content you're interested in

  2. Browse Following and not For You

  3. That's litterally it

I get so peeved when people browse algorithmic feeds and then complain that they see bad content. You fools. You cretins. I'll have you know that i actually have a pleasant experience on Twitter AND THAT'S NOT A JOKE, i genuinely have a good time on a bad website purely because i stay away from the For You feed. It's literally that simple. The only time i get conservative propaganda is when someone i follow quote tweets it with a snarky response.

I've had someone assume i was a nazi because i'm still on Twitter and i got a little (too) mad at them because we clearly don't share the same reality. They browsed For You and quite rightfully left the site never to return, and they don't understand how i'm able to stay; no shit, i'm able to stay because i don't browse Following.

Now the thing is, this is how i've always used the internet, from the start i've built my follows list with this browsing habit in mind so i only follow like 200 people with the specific purpose of seeing their content; but for a lot of users, following is more like pressing "like" on a profile, and they end up following 5000 accounts. In that case you're gonna get way too much content sprayed at you and pruning your follows list is going to take forever. I don't know what to do in that situation tbh

[-] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Musk still forces his own tweets, his advertisers, and whatever else he chooses into your feed, even your "following" page. You can't block it.

*EDIT: maybe not anymore? See replies.

[-] ExcursionInversion@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

This is just a lie. Have him muted and never see his tweets.

[-] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Not a lie, it's how I remember it working (and complained about at the time) but it's entirely possible they changed things since I deleted.

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