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Hate speech on X surged for at least 8 months after Elon Musk takeover – new research.
(theconversation.com)
this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2025
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Either way, that's a drop in the bucket of total weekly posts for a global, popular, social media platform. I must be missing something dumb, help?
I am sorry, but this is a really dumb take. For instance Elon Musk is just one guy but his tweets are boosted straight to the top. The amount of increase is secondary to the amount of exposure.
Maybe there are not a ton of hate mongers out their after all, but if the algorithm pushes them to the top it does not matter. The devil is always in the details.
Tbh that is an overall miniscule number and I'd say it's not representative (based on my own occasional visits to that shithole through xcancel.com). It's a question what they even counted as hate speech. Openly calling for the death of some minority probably counted, but did all those "just noticing things" barely-concealed dogwhistles count?
Wait, maybe I should read the article before replying to you...