Deactivated X account. Cannot take all the negativity, misinformation and hate propagated.

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Vivid_Asparagus_591@reddit

Congratulations, but you're not special.

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jeffhalsinger@reddit

Crazy right wingers love twitter, crazy left wingers love reddit. As a centrist I get to use both and laugh at the idiots on both sides

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Solisos@reddit

It doesn't matter what platforms people go to. It's the people that ruin platforms, not the platform, so more of you and them and it's all the same.

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The underlying platforms do matter. A social media platform that is open-source and decentralized has more accountability and transparency. People can leave problematic instances and join better ones ran professionally.

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linkenski@reddit

Good! Everybody should do this. I recommend a BlueSky, and hopefully we'll have a new online platform soon that is de-botted somehow.

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Public-Rock-2943@reddit (OP)

Yes bots and nameless trolls without any responsibility for what they say are major problems with X.

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Solisos@reddit

You're very much nameless as well.

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Public-Rock-2943@reddit (OP)

This karma thing tries to give some sort of responsibility. Works to some extent if not fully for of preventing such bad behaviour.

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linkenski@reddit

Elon is still ultimately in charge of X. He's just backed out of the spotlight for PR reasons.

He wants us all to fight each other. The algorithms on X are made to rot the global relations and allies losing common ground. It is not just toxic culturally, it is an active gas chamber.

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Acrobatic-Hunt618@reddit

But you kept reddit?? Lol

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idunnorn@reddit

Twitter is wayyyyyyyy worse than reddit.

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Acrobatic-Hunt618@reddit

I think that opinion depends on which side of the aisle you align with. As a neutral ill put them damn close to eachother.

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Brad_Brace@reddit

People on Twitter, overall, are more annoying, independently of political affiliation. It's the focus on profile building, people become brands. They're desperate to gain engagement to be noticed, because if you're not noticed nobody will care what you say. So to gain engagement they affect extreme polarization. If you're not saying something outrageous, you're just talking into the void.

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Mental_Tea_4084@reddit

Meanwhile on Reddit, if you don't assimilate to the hivemind you're downvoted to oblivion or outright banned

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Brazen_X_Aiden@reddit

100% X at least has multiple viewpoints all over the place. It might be annoying or overly negative, but at least both sides are present in every discussion. Makes it seem more realistic than here. This site actively encourages a hivemind mentality.

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IshyTheLegit@reddit

Mutahar had to leave because of the racism against Indians but go on

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Cry_Havoc1228@reddit

BlueSky has around 5 million monthly active users compared to 580 million MAU on X. BlueSky isn't even a hair on the ball bag of X.

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gazpitchy@reddit

A down vote?! How will you survive such an offense!

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Mental_Tea_4084@reddit

You do realize votes control the default visibility of posts and comments, I'm sure.

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Acrobatic-Hunt618@reddit

Thank you, exactly. Reddit honestly seems worse if you don’t become part of the hivemind

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idunnorn@reddit

agree with this

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Acrobatic-Hunt618@reddit

Oh look, the hivemind proves our point again (downvotes)

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Public-Rock-2943@reddit (OP)

You have put it in right words.

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hulksmashgoogle@reddit

At that point it's pointless. If you have to say it correctly, while forcefully being compressed, nobody will understand you. You can't even guarantee understanding anyone else. It's a waste of time.

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edked@reddit

Just the format alone is worse, even if you totally changed the content of both.

Even back when twitter was launched, the description of "it's all phone/text based, and there's this character limit to keep things brief and of-the-moment" kind of had me all repulsed and "euggh" before even getting to what people ended up saying on it.

Reddit, at least is like a web 1.0 forum/message board with topic subs that can be about anything, and is just more inherently conducive to more considered and lengthy discussion, especially if you're not accessing via phone.

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Public-Rock-2943@reddit (OP)

Exactly. When people reply in any Reddit sub with effort to type lengthy message that means they are genuinely concerned what’s being discussed. Contrary to this on X many times people just say bad words and leave just to imprint negativity which is inside them for long.

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SenpaisBigWilly@reddit

reddit in my opinion is far worse

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PuddingFeeling907@reddit

Steve Huffman admires Elon Musk

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blindreefer@reddit

I’m sorry if this is a stupid question but where the fuck did you submit this comment from if not Reddit?

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Exciting_Turn_9559@reddit

Better late than never.

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Upper-Entry6159@reddit

Both Reddit and X are filled with garbage political propaganda. I no longer take them seriously.

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ElectronicStock3590@reddit

I haven’t seen any political propaganda on reddit lately, but I agree there is a ton of right wing idiocy here.

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RoxerSoxer@reddit

You can't see the propaganda because you agree with the majority of what's being pushed as is evidenced by your "right wing idiocy" statement

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ElectronicStock3590@reddit

Well yeah, I don’t deserve to be tortured to death. News at 23:00.

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gazpitchy@reddit

Ahhhhh so anything left wing is propaganda?

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star-in-training@reddit

Propaganda comes from every side

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gazpitchy@reddit

That is definitely not what is implied by the person I was replying to.

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Public-Rock-2943@reddit (OP)

I have recently started using Reddit actively. Till now I haven’t found much hate except for this seemingly non offensive post. May be because I have joined just limited selective Reddit subs.

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arthurdentstowels@reddit

I was lucky enough to throw in the towel while it was still Twitter. I'm glad I never got to see the cesspool of X.

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Son_of_Macha@reddit

Only deactivated, most of us deleted the lot the night before Elon walked in with a kitchen sink...

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FinianFaun@reddit

By the time everything is said and done, everyone will want to deactivate and delete all social media because its all flooded with AI and bots to keep you from coming together and making any compromise, its put here to keep everyone separated and at odds.

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ClownEmoji-U1F921@reddit

Reddit is the same if you sort by /r/all

Stick to hobby forums and go outside. Every soc media has the same problem - they're manipulation and propaganda centrals, it's what they excel at. There is no alternative and there won't be one.

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melancious@reddit

Only three years too late

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Public-Rock-2943@reddit (OP)

Just to inform you I started using it two weeks back

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Relevant_Area3050@reddit

You're addicted and going backwards

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Public-Rock-2943@reddit (OP)

I started using this app two weeks ago.

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icebeancone@reddit

If you're looking for an alternative to Twitter, then BlueSky is the obvious choice

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ICE0124@reddit

Or Mastodon is a good pick but it has less users than Bluesky. But both are open which is very good.

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firebreathingbunny@reddit

Cannot take all the negativity, misinformation and hate propagated. Still on Reddit. MFW

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CharmPain73@reddit

Here's a Reddit alternative: it's a Reedit "client", or front end I think. It links to Reddit and no login is required. https://redlib.perennialte.ch/ .

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