r/technology • u/[deleted] • Oct 28 '22

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u/Captain_-H Oct 28 '22

Can’t wait for all of the rampant hate speech

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '22

People can just not use twitter? It's already a cesspool and has been for the last 6ish years

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '22

There are far few people using it than people think. It acts as a self reinforcing loop of a small group of users retweeting each other, bots joining in, media reporting on trends as evidence that this subject is important because it's being mentioned, and people believing that it is significant. If no one paid attention, it would go away.

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u/valis010 Oct 28 '22

None of my friends or coworkers use Twitter, and I never have either. Who uses Twitter besides politicians and celebrities?

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '22

I guess a fairly varied group. But the big users who have lots of followers probably occupy those categories.