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Joaquín Baldwin
@joabaldwin.com

Maybe you think you are invulnerable to this (you are not), but the people who stay in Twitter because you are still sharing there are definitely being dragged to the right. I have so many mutuals who are still posting regularly there, and it's so disheartening to see. Please stop.

John Pfaff@johnpfaff.bsky.social

Evidence is already accruing that spending time on Twitter pulls ppl to the right, bc the algorithm feeds you horrible stuff. And again: academics are likely more vulnerable, bc they convince themselves they are less.

theconversation.comA few weeks of X’s algorithm can make you more right-wing – and it doesn’t wear off quicklyElon Musk’s social media platform is boosting conservative content – and it’s having long-lasting effects on how users see the world.
Joaquín Baldwin
@joabaldwin.com

You don't even need to make a big deal out of it. Don't need to announce it, no need to delete your account. Just stop posting, stop interacting, maybe remove the shortcut from the first page on your phone so you don't open the app instinctively. Just don't use it, and others will stop with you.

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Enwolf
@enwolf.bsky.social

99% of the non English social media space are on Twitter. And for those that post in English, the volume of artists, events, useful content, and commissions can't be matched elsewhere. my feed shows me content that is exclusively artists, furry, gay, muscle, or engineering.

Enwolf
@enwolf.bsky.social

their algorithms fine tune my interests very well. for years, I have yet to see anything that could remotely be considered conservative, problematic, or political (in either direction).

Enwolf
@enwolf.bsky.social

it feels like complaints are limited to a subset of English monolingual accounts. though it's impossible to tell if problematic content only targets north Americans or not. given the regulatory environment, I could see that being a possibility.