OT: The News Thread

[CH1]

Welp, that sucks.

The one big social media platform I actually use, and Musk is going to turn it back into an alt-right safe-haven & Trumpist tire fire.

we'll see....it's not like you're forced to follow nutbars. ignore is the default position on twitter

 

[Bleedsblue&white]

I'm more concerned at the timing...giving trump lots of time to lie unchecked before November feels like part of a plan.

...of course I also think Putin doing what he's doing is part of a plan too...hard for the Country to care as much as they should about the theft of their country while there is a possibility of a world war.

...Democrats don't use the filibuster even though it's been used before...I am afraid the powers that be have already won.

 

[Wayward DP]

oh shit. they actually did it. fuck.

also, fuck Elon Musk. this is gonna end poorly methinks...

 

[Preston]

I hope people don't actually leave Twitter. I like Twitter. And the people make it great.

 

[zeke]

reddit was great too, until it became a den of shit.

 

[CH1]

reddit was great too, until it became a den of shit.

Reddit is amazing. I’m sorry if you got banned….

 

[axlsalinger]

yeah reddit is still great.

 

[hockeylover]

Definitely seems like Twitter is going to be more of a cesspool for disinformation, racism, etc than it already is unfortunately. Hard to block everyone. I still haven’t been able to figure out how to not see tweets of people I don’t even follow - ie) follow McGran for Leafs lineups, get antivax articles from Lilley.

 

[Deckie007]

I guess I must have a leaner list than most. The only account I've been thinking about unfollowing is this weirdo Marco SomethingSicilian that just picks fights with hockey nerds and retweets lefty political garbage

 

[CH1]

Definitely seems like Twitter is going to be more of a cesspool for disinformation, racism, etc than it already is unfortunately. Hard to block everyone. I still haven’t been able to figure out how to not see tweets of people I don’t even follow - ie) follow McGran for Leafs lineups, get antivax articles from Lilley.

I think you can mute accounts, so they don't appear in retweets (even if you follow the retweeter)

 

[Preston]

I get a lot of garbage in my feed but it doesn't impact me because I'm a sociopath

 

[Wayward DP]

I follow 18 people and its working great for me so far...

 

[hockeylover]

I think you can mute accounts, so they don't appear in retweets (even if you follow the retweeter)

Retweets are fine. I expect to see retweets of people I’m following, that’s all good. I’m simply seeing random tweets because someone on my list just follows someone else. And it’s pretty much constantly.

 

[CH1]

Retweets are fine. I expect to see retweets of people I’m following, that’s all good. I’m simply seeing random tweets because someone on my list just follows someone else. And it’s pretty much constantly.

yeah....that sucks. No easy way to do that.

 

[zeke]

Definitely seems like Twitter is going to be more of a cesspool for disinformation, racism, etc than it already is unfortunately. Hard to block everyone. I still haven’t been able to figure out how to not see tweets of people I don’t even follow - ie) follow McGran for Leafs lineups, get antivax articles from Lilley.

I don't know if they let anyone sign up for it anymore because technically it's been disbanded but Tweetdeck still works for me and it seems like it somehow avoids all the algos and just gives me exactly who I follow and nothing else.

 

[hockeylover]

I don't know if they let anyone sign up for it anymore because technically it's been disbanded but Tweetdeck still works for me and it seems like it somehow avoids all the algos and just gives me exactly who I follow and nothing else.

Beautiful.

 

[zeke]

I use it in-browser on both pc and mobile. No apps.

 

[zeke]

No ads either.

 

[hockeylover]

 

[CH1]

I'm glad I muted #vagina on twitter