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[–] 46 points 3 years ago (1 child)

But seriously, why aren't we talking about this more? We've seen some fairly significant mass movements gain real traction on Twitter and Reddit in the past few years and, simultaneously and nearly instantly they are both quickly scrambled and made completely useless for that purpose.

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  • [–] 37 points 3 years ago

    Take a look at the Hong Kong protests. Twitter was a huge way to show the world what was going on. But also full of shills and bots sewing discord

    Honestly at this point I can't tell if I'm happy or sad about things like Twitter going away. It was full of horrible discourse and bots and misinformation, but also helped a lot of people. Back in the day it was insanely helpful for directing large areas affected by disasters.

    I just don't see the good uses of these platforms ever coming back from all these primadonna CEOs

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