Swifties say they’re leaving X over Elon Musk’s support of Donald Trump—and the rhetoric that has erupted on the platform following Trump’s win.
  • iAvicenna@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Elon got what he wanted from Xhitter so I doubt he cares. But of course it’s good to leave a toxic environment behind.

  • ekZepp@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Problem is… You still think that Musk and his “buddy” play by the rules. Ticktock will be sooner or later blocked because is a china “spynet”, after that, who knows what kind of “terrorist movement” the government will find on Bluesky, or the Fediverse.

    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      Sir, this is a post about a boycott. Also, tiktok is chinese spyware. All mainstream should be assumed to be spying on it’s users and doing dark pattern shit.

      • ekZepp@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 days ago

        Sir dude, I’m here and I use bluesky and I love both of them, an that’s exactly why i’ve posted my first comment. Considering the Epic ammount of bullshit i’ve seen piling up during the election is not really too much of a stretch thinking how Musk will use his “pal” to undermine other socials. For what is worth, i hope I’m wrong.

  • paddirn@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    I had setup a bluesky account back when they opened it up however long ago, didn’t touch it much, then just randomly decided to start using it a little bit before the election because Lemmy felt like it was running dry. It definitely seems to be popping now, though I don’t understand much why people waited so long to leave X. X seems like it’s been a shithole for awhile, did people not see the writing on the wall this whole time, or did the right-wing BS reach a critical mass after the election?

  • WoahWoah@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    I really think it’s kind of unimportant. Elon is the richest man in the world. There is quite literally no way for him to ever not be rich. He decided to target what turns out to be over half the country to use his social media platform, and it will now, even more than before, become a central communications tool for the hard right and incredibly politically important. That’s valuable and, in this case, dangerous. You know how people use to talk about how important Twitter was for organizing and political dissent? The Arab Spring? Occupy? Well, it works both ways.

    Swifties leaving X is the most unimportant thing I’ve read in a while, and I’m on Lemmy. SpaceX is still the most important space program in the world and NASA is now utterly reliant on them. Tesla, even after the mass exodus of liberal consumers, is still one of the top 5 auto companies in net profit. Elon is still the richest man on the planet and is about to get a high-powered position in the federal government.

    But the swifties left, so. You know. Great.