I think it's a bit more nuanced than that. Conspiracies are real, they happen constantly. They're often right there out in the open, with paper trails and direct confirmation in interviews. They're just nuanced and not fun to think about
And here's one of my favorite: the government intentionally boosts dumb conspiracy theories so people will dismiss real ones
Absolutely not. Sometimes you say something stupid, and people make you feel bad about it. That's healthy, that's good.
Sometimes you say something unpopular but correct... You need to recognize that it's unpopular, and learn to package the idea in a more palatable way or approach the topic less directly.
You should feel bad for rage baiting... Even if you're unambigiously right, you need to read the room and meet people where they are if you want to change minds. You don't need to change your views, but you need to adapt your framing or you're just rilling people up
Negative social responses are a good thing, it's required for a community. Social rejection hurts so bad because we so rarely feel it, and that's sickness. Most people can have few or no negative interactions, because when money is involved, people will smile and take your money
It's such a little thing, but it's a very gentle form of rejection... Avoiding it is not good, and so from a public health perspective we should default to showing it
I like the idea. I've even experimented with some on device algorithms by basically weaving together feeds, even something simple like makes a noticeable improvement
Well, Republicans all completely fell in line with Trump after Elon said he'd primary anyone who didn't
Then, Elon outspent the other candidate in the Wyoming supreme court election like 10:1 and still lost. There's talk his involvement hurt more than helped. The very next day Trump said Elon has to go back to his businesses soon
No member of Congress can go out in public without being screamed at to do something. Historically conservative districts are flipping in special elections. Musk's money is useless, Trump's endorsement means less by the day, and even the oligarchs are getting nervous about Trump
Very few politicians are actually loyal to Trump, most are in it for themselves. There's reason for some hope... The pressure is already high. Imagine how bad it'll be in a few weeks, when people start seeing supply chain shortages on the shelves...
I don't know what you mean exactly, but walking away at the right moment, while projecting the right feeling, is the best way to win most unwinnable arguments
I publicly humiliate them until they keep their bullshit bottled up. I'm ready and eager to punch any Nazi with the balls to stick to their guns in person
I don't know what the fuck it is you do, but I'm guessing it's undermining everything you claim to stand for
Jesus Christ...I'll put in the time to make leftists better at messaging, but at best you'll hop onto the bandwagon of someone who knows what's going on
Well I hope you find someone wiser to follow while it matters. Otherwise, have fun sniffing your own farts or whatever
What are you on about? That is so incredibly far from anything I said
Being on Twitter doesn't make you a Nazi. That's a wild fucking take
Pick a leftist voice, or basically anyone who does public messaging. Look at their socials - Twitter is on there.
Why? Because the largest audience is still there! And yeah, the platform is controlled by a Nazi, and it boosts Nazis. It's a cesspool. People should migrate, to mastodon preferably. But they haven't, because it's a process that takes time and work
But labeling everyone still on Twitter a Nazi, or even a Musk supporter, is just putting your fingers in your ears and declaring the Nazis have won already
Lol. I accept that the Nazis exist, and that they've taken over mainstream social media
I also don't use mainstream social media and I strongly encourage others not to. And I also face reality. People value their dooms scrolling too much to listen, only one person in my life has made a change, everyone else shrugs and says that's where their friends are
Any platform that allows Nazi speech is a Nazi platform, but not everyone on a Nazi platform is a Nazi. Social media grows and shrinks according to the network effect... Twitter will only completely die once another micro blogging platform becomes the default. We've seen it play out over and over
You have to accept reality as it is and meet people where they are. Applying your own morals to others does nothing but make you feel superior in your own little bubble
Uh... No. They don't like war here, they love a war on the other side of the planet, where either we're punching down on a county they don't do much with or backing another country
If that was true, why is there constant news about him getting butthurt from critical tweets and using his authority to suppress them?
There's a lot of people still on Twitter for a simple reason that has nothing to do with Musk... Getting a population to relocate is hard. That's where they were before the takeover, that's where all types of public figures have to be to reach followers, and so that's where people go to interact with them
It's going to be a slow decline as alternatives slowly grow to critical mass, and eventually the dead platform will no longer be the place with the biggest reach to most intended audiences
I think it's a bit more nuanced than that. Conspiracies are real, they happen constantly. They're often right there out in the open, with paper trails and direct confirmation in interviews. They're just nuanced and not fun to think about
And here's one of my favorite: the government intentionally boosts dumb conspiracy theories so people will dismiss real ones