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• cerement@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  the upcoming change is meant to protect users’ public image — because “many people feel discouraged” to like “edgy” content

  “edgy” is the word you’re going with, huh?

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  • finley@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    right, because loving Hitler and being super-into fascism and genocide is just considered “edgy” nowadays…

    🙄

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    • pivot_root@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s just another Tuesday for MAGAts.

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• EleventhHour@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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• motor_spirit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  for fans of the electoral college! Nice! Modern! Exciting!

  Trying to make shitty opinions appear to be more prominent than they are is exactly the sad type of gymnastics I expect from these types

  great comedy, awful reality

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• Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Pesky votes getting in the way of spreading an ideology.

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• SteefLem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Aahhh just the likes? not the entire X(itter)?

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  • BubbleMonkey@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I mean now that you can’t see shit without being logged in, they already sort of did that for a lot of people.

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• rob200@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Whyy?? I don’t even use Twitter/X but someone make that make sense.

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  • LoamImprovement@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    People want to be Nazis without other people knowing they’re Nazis.

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    • rob200@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I would argue it’s not that much of a secret if they’re on Twitter but it’l be more difficult (not as hard as if it were encrypted, unless it *is encrypted but I wouldn’t know if it was) for law enforcement and advocates to know specifically what people are following. Twitter however essentially allows that content and governments and advocates had been vocal about that fact so the fact people are following certain accounts such as what you named isn’t secret, it’s just… which ones are they following?

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  • pivot_root@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    My theory is that it gives Elmo a way to promote authoritarian and anti-LGBT tweets without making it obvious that the algorithm is politically based.

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• Snapz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What, who the fuck even uses that thing, who gives a shit?

  My 8 year old niece texted to say she is going swimming with her friends tomorrow, equally valuable information for all of you.

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• GardenVarietyAnxiety@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Suddenly “the court of public opinion” isn’t a good thing anymore, it seems.

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• nucleative@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Now Elon can like his favorite OF creators without anybody knowing it’s him.

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• HuntressHimbo@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’m excited for them to fuck it up and leave them vulnerable and I expect to see some very telling like changes over the couple days after they roll this out

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