Twitter obviously has always had huge downsides, but if you heavily curated your feed, it was sometimes ok. There were socialist/communist circles that had decent discourse.

Recently (last few months), I’ve noticed almost EVERY thread is infested with combative libs.

I also see literal pro-Nazi/fascist threads. I’m talking about praising Hitler and calling for ethnic cleansing. They never seem to get taken down and are very active (often with little resistance).

These threads are not something I’ve dug for either. They are easy to stumble upon.

This is almost exactly what happened to Reddit, which is pretty much worthless now. I haven’t logged on in weeks.

I need to research more, but I know most social media companies have been infiltrated by ‘former’ US security stooges from the CIA etc.

I know anything remotely left wing gets suppressed by the algorithms, but I’m pretty convinced they are pushing hard right content.

  • @Neers94@lemmygrad.ml
    8•2 years ago

    I know right? Centrists and libs always tell you you always have to engage with people you disagree with and you have to put yourself in spaces where there isn’t particularly a political leaning (which is always a lie, all general political discussion spaces in the anglo internet sphere are heavily skewed towards liberalism), but buddy, I am forced to hear liberal talking points and viewpoints every day. Every time I turn on the TV, everytime I go on the internet, everywhere I am exposed to liberal viewpoints. I don’t at all need to engage with and expose myself to it, I already am forced to every day. It really should be the opposite, libs should be the ones that are shamed into engaging with and exposing themselves to left perspectives, because those perspectives are ones you aren’t going to find unless you look for them. It’s ridiculous.