The Moral Case for No Longer Engaging With Elon Musk’s X::The former Twitter is incentivizing violent content, which will only become worse to stand out to users.

  • Numberone@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    This whole twitter thing is like some lib version of a moral panic. Who cares, just get off it if you don't like the experience. But no, they all need to tell everyone how this makes them so morally pure.

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      1 year ago

      Moral panics are over things that don't have negative real world consequences.

      We've repeatedly seen what happens when disinformation and violent, extremist speech is given a place to flourish on social media. The crazies get even more radicalized, organized, and emboldened. They start taking actual action.

      Qanon, the proud boys, unite the right, patriot front, January 6th – where do you think those ideas gestated and grew to critical mass?