@boem to TechnologyEnglish • 1 year agoThe new Twitter is becoming a cesspit of disinformationwww.nature.comexternal-linkmessage-square58arrow-up1469arrow-down152
arrow-up1417arrow-down1external-linkThe new Twitter is becoming a cesspit of disinformationwww.nature.com@boem to TechnologyEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square58
minus-squarePxtllinkfedilinkEnglish17•1 year agoYes. But here’s the thing: Reddit/Lemmy: those people have equal voice to you or me. Of course they can amplify that voice with sockpuppets, but still - one account one vote. Old Twitter: those people have downmodded influence. Twitter knew everybody hates them and treated them like the garbage they are. New Twitter: those people rule the roost, because they’re willing to pay Elon $8/mo for a megaphone for their jackassery.
minus-square@FontMasterFlexlinkEnglish-13•1 year agoYou can pay $8/mo and have your own platform too. What’s the issue?
Yes.
But here’s the thing:
Reddit/Lemmy: those people have equal voice to you or me. Of course they can amplify that voice with sockpuppets, but still - one account one vote.
Old Twitter: those people have downmodded influence. Twitter knew everybody hates them and treated them like the garbage they are.
New Twitter: those people rule the roost, because they’re willing to pay Elon $8/mo for a megaphone for their jackassery.
You can pay $8/mo and have your own platform too. What’s the issue?