Gregory's Serverit's crazy how 90% of my dives into twitter end in "oh, that person is just a huge asshole. okay" followed by me blocking that person and abandoning the thread because it left a bad taste in my mouth.
i always find it jarring when people tell me they prefer twitter over fedi. are we talking about the same platform?? yeah we've got some annoying folks here and there on fedi, but good grief the twitter mentality is a fckn flip-flop between just fellas hanging out, and someone pushing the cruelest, most hateful garbage you've seen today
and blocking doesn't even do anything there, really. sure you've pushed that one (1) person out of your feed, but the algorithm adores hateful messaging (to say nothing of the asshole who owns the place), so you're bound to pick up on something even more vile within mere minutes.
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fedi does something absolutely wonderful that twitter will never, ever do for me. |
i've had people tell me "you just gotta curate the feed; my timeline is fine!"
no. i don't believe you.
i've seen you panic scroll past something the moment it appeared the slightest bit distasteful. that's reflexive. you've trained your brain to avoid the toxic sludge like it's a predator in the wild. impressive! and horrifying. you should NOT need to do that just to get some peace of mind online.