Trying to prep myself for when they foxify all social media platforms.
Edit: you all better be careful saying you don’t see any of it. Leon might catch wind.
Allright knuckleheads, here’s what you do:
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Follow people who’s content you’re interested in
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Browse Following and not For You
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That’s litterally it
I get so peeved when people browse algorithmic feeds and then complain that they see bad content. You fools. You cretins. I’ll have you know that i actually have a pleasant experience on Twitter AND THAT’S NOT A JOKE, i genuinely have a good time on a bad website purely because i stay away from the For You feed. It’s literally that simple. The only time i get conservative propaganda is when someone i follow quote tweets it with a snarky response.
I’ve had someone assume i was a nazi because i’m still on Twitter and i got a little (too) mad at them because we clearly don’t share the same reality. They browsed For You and quite rightfully left the site never to return, and they don’t understand how i’m able to stay; no shit, i’m able to stay because i don’t browse Following.
Now the thing is, this is how i’ve always used the internet, from the start i’ve built my follows list with this browsing habit in mind so i only follow like 200 people with the specific purpose of seeing their content; but for a lot of users, following is more like pressing “like” on a profile, and they end up following 5000 accounts. In that case you’re gonna get way too much content sprayed at you and pruning your follows list is going to take forever. I don’t know what to do in that situation tbh
Musk still forces his own tweets, his advertisers, and whatever else he chooses into your feed, even your “following” page. You can’t block it.
*EDIT: maybe not anymore? See replies.
Not on Twitter but lol, what a leading question
Pot, kettle
Edit I’m a dumb dumb and used the wrong phrase.
I mean Lemmy is social media just like Twitter, and is not free from the risk of political “forcing”
So I meant it like Twitter, Lemmy. But me dumb
Absolutely, in so much as posts are made by people with the intention of it being seen, and possibly swaying people to an idea.
Anonymity does not change this. It’s not like people know everyone they see a post for on Twitter either
Edit aside from my using the wrong phrase, it’s funny that folks think Lemmy is special
Not all humans live in America. It is possible for people to use Twitter without seeing material related to your country’s political shituation.
I tell some people to KYS just so the website forces me into a ban for 6 days.
Its nice.
edit: The people I say this to are genuinely scum of the earth. Pedos, People that share animal abuse vids, and people that disrespect the current situation surrounding school shootings.
Which one? getting myself purposefully muted? I’d say it is yea. If extensions/willpower cant stop me from being sucked into this website then getting myself banned will fix that. So even if I go back to the site, I cant do anything. That way I can force myself into breaking from it/doing other things.
The only reason I got so caught up in using it was because of the election. I had never used it before then. For 2 weeks I would be on the site CONSTANTLY, responding to comments left to me just mere minutes ago. It was a habit that had gotten way out of control. So what better way to break this habit than me being forced into taking a break from it by catching a temp ban
