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I had no idea that social media was so political. I just download the apps for entertainment and to stay informed. 

Maybe I'm naive.

All media is politcal, that is the point of it, its no longer there telling you what is happening so you know what to think, its is telling you what to think , and lying to you about what is happening. 

Jack Dorsey's Twitter banned a sitting president, and employed an army of goons to censor anything the Democratic Party asked for. He is the man that runs Bluesky. 

Dont spread yourself thin, chasing dregs..  write good stuff... people will find it.   Just like you have since day 1. 

 

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One of Elon’s big complaints was the numbers of pedos and sex offender related accounts on Twitter…exploiting women and children…Certainly we want those gone. 

That being said Liberals are not being banned for posting (unless they are of above)..

Big difference between Twitter and X when it comes to censorship..

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12/30/2024 6:10am
Brad460 wrote:
One of Elon’s big complaints was the numbers of pedos and sex offender related accounts on Twitter…exploiting women and children…Certainly we want those gone. That being said...

One of Elon’s big complaints was the numbers of pedos and sex offender related accounts on Twitter…exploiting women and children…Certainly we want those gone. 

That being said Liberals are not being banned for posting (unless they are of above)..

Big difference between Twitter and X when it comes to censorship..

You're first point was exactly what I was referring to. 

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Downloaded Bluesky to check it out, mostly for hockey related stuff. 

The most refreshing part is that replies under popular posts are real, not porn bots, and where my X "For You" page is completely inundated by this weird 51st state BS, Bluesky has none of that, at least from what I see. Overall, it seems much less political and less hostile as a result.

Having said that, I still find myself using X a lot more than Bluesky, mostly because a lot of the accounts i follow and enjoy on X aren't on the alternative 

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12/30/2024 7:21am

i have been on twitter since 09. curating my feed with interests & follows was going great. then the for you tab came along and jesus, it is a shitshow. full of hate and violence now, it's like a train wreck i can't look away from. and its not only my personal acct with my algorithms to blame, even work accts that are never used have the same crap in the for you tab. elon ruined a really good thing.

bluesky is a decent alternative but it is a left echo chamber for sure. it reminds me of those few episodes of walking dead series where the group finds the nice people who turn out to be cannibals, it has that creepy vibe to it. haha. but yea, fuck elon. he is a sad, goddamn child desperate for validation.

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philG wrote:
All media is politcal, that is the point of it, its no longer there telling you what is happening so you know what to think, its...

All media is politcal, that is the point of it, its no longer there telling you what is happening so you know what to think, its is telling you what to think , and lying to you about what is happening. 

Jack Dorsey's Twitter banned a sitting president, and employed an army of goons to censor anything the Democratic Party asked for. He is the man that runs Bluesky. 

Dont spread yourself thin, chasing dregs..  write good stuff... people will find it.   Just like you have since day 1. 

 

All media is politcal, that is the point of it, its no longer there telling you what is happening so you know what to think, its is telling you what to think , and lying to you about what is happening.

 

A sad state of affairs but here we are . Journalism was so 1900's .... 

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philG wrote:
All media is politcal, that is the point of it, its no longer there telling you what is happening so you know what to think, its...

All media is politcal, that is the point of it, its no longer there telling you what is happening so you know what to think, its is telling you what to think , and lying to you about what is happening. 

Jack Dorsey's Twitter banned a sitting president, and employed an army of goons to censor anything the Democratic Party asked for. He is the man that runs Bluesky. 

Dont spread yourself thin, chasing dregs..  write good stuff... people will find it.   Just like you have since day 1. 

 

eddie wrote:
All media is politcal, that is the point of it, its no longer there telling you what is happening so you know what to think, its...

All media is politcal, that is the point of it, its no longer there telling you what is happening so you know what to think, its is telling you what to think , and lying to you about what is happening.

 

A sad state of affairs but here we are . Journalism was so 1900's .... 

Smith-Mundt Act had a bit to do with it. 

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Smith-Mundt Act had a bit to do with it. 

I wonder who repealed that.... 

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That moto now chick who got her feelings hurt by opening ceremonies is surely on there. 

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bonseff wrote:
i have been on twitter since 09. curating my feed with interests & follows was going great. then the for you tab came along and jesus...

i have been on twitter since 09. curating my feed with interests & follows was going great. then the for you tab came along and jesus, it is a shitshow. full of hate and violence now, it's like a train wreck i can't look away from. and its not only my personal acct with my algorithms to blame, even work accts that are never used have the same crap in the for you tab. elon ruined a really good thing.

bluesky is a decent alternative but it is a left echo chamber for sure. it reminds me of those few episodes of walking dead series where the group finds the nice people who turn out to be cannibals, it has that creepy vibe to it. haha. but yea, fuck elon. he is a sad, goddamn child desperate for validation.

He thanks you for 8 dollars.....

 lol🤣

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1/5/2025 7:47pm
philG wrote:

I wonder who repealed that.... 

That black dude that was muslim President...Obama...

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This is what "Bluesky" is.

An employee of Boston University said that staff working for the Department of Government Efficiency are "wanted for treason, dead or alive."

Jared May, who was listed online as an assistant media technician at Boston University, posted to the social media site Bluesky, a graphic that included pictures of several young men who allegedly work for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The graphic includes the text, "WANTED FOR TREASON, DEAD OR ALIVE." 

https://www.foxnews.com/media/boston-university-staff-member-made-socia…

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Geez, I see a mere Bluesky mention has triggered the Elon minions. Saying Elon/twitter is for free speech is hilarious and it has declined since he bought it for a reason.

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2/7/2025 7:46am
seth505 wrote:
Geez, I see a mere Bluesky mention has triggered the Elon minions. Saying Elon/twitter is for free speech is hilarious and it has declined since he...

Geez, I see a mere Bluesky mention has triggered the Elon minions. Saying Elon/twitter is for free speech is hilarious and it has declined since he bought it for a reason.

how has it declined?

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2/7/2025 10:33am
seth505 wrote:
Geez, I see a mere Bluesky mention has triggered the Elon minions. Saying Elon/twitter is for free speech is hilarious and it has declined since he...

Geez, I see a mere Bluesky mention has triggered the Elon minions. Saying Elon/twitter is for free speech is hilarious and it has declined since he bought it for a reason.

how has it declined?

Not speaking my perception or opinion on it, I don't even have an account on there.  Talking about from a business standpoint, lower engagement, lower number of users, basically all the metrics a social media platform would monitor.

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2/7/2025 11:01am
philG wrote:

I wonder who repealed that.... 

That black dude that was muslim President...Obama...

Easy with that, it's hard to know what is acceptable or not in here. ;o)

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2/7/2025 12:22pm
seth505 wrote:
Geez, I see a mere Bluesky mention has triggered the Elon minions. Saying Elon/twitter is for free speech is hilarious and it has declined since he...

Geez, I see a mere Bluesky mention has triggered the Elon minions. Saying Elon/twitter is for free speech is hilarious and it has declined since he bought it for a reason.

how has it declined?

seth505 wrote:
Not speaking my perception or opinion on it, I don't even have an account on there.  Talking about from a business standpoint, lower engagement, lower number...

Not speaking my perception or opinion on it, I don't even have an account on there.  Talking about from a business standpoint, lower engagement, lower number of users, basically all the metrics a social media platform would monitor.

It depends on how you want to look at it..  yes when he aquired it the left melted down and left leaning companies stopped advertising on it, and also left leaning individuals with TDS stopped using it, and thats fine.  but he has also worked to remove the bots on the platform, saving free speech, and implementing community notes which seems to be the best fact checking service offered on any information sharing app as admitted by zuckerberg

revenue has been roughly cut in half, while costs are 25% of what they used to be and from what i've seen reported profit as a % has roughly doubled

its also the #1 news app in the app store. 

and of course the #1 reason he bought it - he saved free speech while exposing gov't corruption and crackdowns on free speech.

its trajectory is improving as investor and advertiser interest are surging

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Free speech sure has taken a right turn on that platform.  Free for kanye to lose his mind again.  
 

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seth505 wrote:
Free speech sure has taken a right turn on that platform.  Free for kanye to lose his mind again.    

Free speech sure has taken a right turn on that platform.  Free for kanye to lose his mind again.  
 

IMG 6057 2.jpeg?VersionId=7H7VukHN8yEwvR8
 

Despite the efforts of modern socialist academics, Hitler wanted to, and worked toward, nationalizing industry. That would make his party's alignment more left than right.

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2/28/2025 7:55pm
seth505 wrote:
Free speech sure has taken a right turn on that platform.  Free for kanye to lose his mind again.    

Free speech sure has taken a right turn on that platform.  Free for kanye to lose his mind again.  
 

IMG 6057 2.jpeg?VersionId=7H7VukHN8yEwvR8
 

Despite the efforts of modern socialist academics, Hitler wanted to, and worked toward, nationalizing industry. That would make his party's alignment more left than right.

Perspective can for sure skew your outlook.

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