Yeh, but apart from that
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The funny thing about blue sky and threads and similar sites is that they aren't an alternative but simply people creating their own echo chambers before scratching their heads when the likes of the election results happen.Bluesky
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Still not convinced it'll stick in terms of retention/audience - it feels a bit kneejerky but we'll see.
It's basically Twitter from years back.
The minute someone throws a childish temper tantrum and announces they are changing social media platform (which actual adults seem to announce frighteningly enough) , all they are doing is moving closer to creating an echo chamber of their own political mind.
Who cares what social media platform you use? Childish behaviour along the same lines as threatening to emigrate because a vote didn't go your own way.
The funny thing about blue sky and threads and similar sites is that they aren't an alternative but simply people creating their own echo chambers before scratching their heads when the likes of the election results happen.Bluesky
Still not convinced it'll stick in terms of retention/audience - it feels a bit kneejerky but we'll see.
It's basically Twitter from years back.
The minute someone throws a childish temper tantrum and announces they are changing social media platform (which actual adults seem to announce frighteningly enough) , all they are doing is moving closer to creating an echo chamber of their own political mind.
Twitter will live long after anything that comes along, happens time and time again. It's twitter or nothing, with the nothing being far more healthier for people's mental health.
Who cares what social media platform you use? Childish behaviour along the same lines as threatening to emigrate because a vote
Agree with a lot of that mate. Spoilt brat knee jerking and echo chambers.
Would say nothing is forever though. Twitter included. Will BlueSky replace it? I doubt it. Will something else? Definitely.
Moving away slightly. I have a big issue with algorithms - If I had my way, they'd be banned and social feeds would only be allowed to be chronological because of this;
Bluesky, while not perfect, is a step in the right direction there.
We need more people saying no to algorithms.
A bit like Truth Social then?
He’s on track to become a trillionaire before 2030, potentially reaching a net worth close to half of the UK's current national debt. The recent surge in Tesla stock alone added nearly $70 billion to his wealth.
Cannot wait to be called a 'commie' for stating that no one should be a trillionaire, never mind a billionaire, oh how the goal posts have changed. wealth disparity is going to sky rocket to unfathomable levels, you will own nothing.
Cannot wait to be called a 'commie' for stating that no one should be a trillionaire, never mind a billionaire, oh how the goal posts have changed. wealth disparity is going to sky rocket to unfathomable levels, you will own nothing.
That is another good example I would think yes. Presumably that is a right wing echo chamber much the same that threads and blue sky are left.
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Interesting take @HSWR & mostly agree with you but from a different angle.
Personally don’t do social media but the mantra I hear for being on places like twitter is “block & move on”
This used to be about dealing with online abuse but now it’s evolved to block anyone who challenges my world view.
I don’t blame left leaning folk abandoning twitter. Why stay when you’ll find little good faith discussion & be bombarded with what Musk decides you should see?
Us on the left are great at arguing with ourselves. Look at how many of us debate our favourite sour puss even though politically you could barely put a rizla between him & us.
If I went on blue sky I’m sure I’d find similar. Sounds better than trying to engage no life right wing trolls who don’t actually care enough about the issues & only want lefties on there to be memed on for caring.
Personally don’t do social media but the mantra I hear for being on places like twitter is “block & move on”
This used to be about dealing with online abuse but now it’s evolved to block anyone who challenges my world view.
I don’t blame left leaning folk abandoning twitter. Why stay when you’ll find little good faith discussion & be bombarded with what Musk decides you should see?
Us on the left are great at arguing with ourselves. Look at how many of us debate our favourite sour puss even though politically you could barely put a rizla between him & us.
If I went on blue sky I’m sure I’d find similar. Sounds better than trying to engage no life right wing trolls who don’t actually care enough about the issues & only want lefties on there to be memed on for caring.
He said his daughter was killed by the "woke mind virus".
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"I was essentially tricked into signing documents for one of my older boys," Musk told Peterson in a Daily Wire interview during which he referred to his child by their deadname. "This was really before I had any understanding of what was going on, and we had COVID going on, so there was a lot of confusion and I was told (Musk's child) might commit suicide."
"I was tricked into doing this," Musk said. "I lost my son, essentially. They call it 'deadnaming' for a reason. The reason they call it ‘deadnaming’ is because your son is dead."
Musk went on to say that the experience set him on a mission.
"I vowed to destroy the woke mind virus after that," Musk said. "And we’re making some progress."
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Think @GrandOldTeam mentioned it about rejecting the algorithm but the internet is one big algorithm now. To a large extent that is what is twisting everyone's perspective when it comes to any sort of topic. As much as you say it's what musk wants you to see, that isn't the case, you decide what you want to see. Not necessarily by choice.
To explain a little better, if you spend any time looking at comments on a post, the algorithm triggers. If you comment on a post, it triggers, even if you click to read the whole post it triggers. No matter what platform you are on, whether it is twitter Facebook Reddit tik tok etc. So you create your own feed, it isn't what you WANT to see, it's what you are telling the algorithm you want to see.
So in today's world, the post people react to or read comments about are usually in the wider scope, the opposite of their opinion. So then they see more of that content. As you say correctly some people then ignore that content or poster and it narrows their field of view down to effectively their own echo chamber. Or they continue to react read and negatively feel about what they are seeing. It is much easier to gain response from negative emotions than positive.
So effectively on twitter for example , you aren't getting forced topics on your own feeds, not fully anyway. If you simply didn't give it time of day if anything was pushed, it wouldn't keep generating. People create their own content subconsciously and then blame something else, in this case musk as a reason for it.
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