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Hate speech on X surged for at least 8 months after Elon Musk takeover – new research. (theconversation.com)

submitted 7 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 hours ago

I am an unabashed Twitter (not X.com) fan who continued to use it for a bit after he bought it and I feel like non-users don't fully understand how fast it changed.

It wasn't a slow shift to the right, it was nearly instant. I saw the first rightwing shit on my apolitical timeline literally days after he bought it. I stopped using it when I started seeing straight up Nazi shit.

As if I needed any more reason to hate them, Elon Musk, and to a lesser extent Donald Trump, ruined my favorite social media website.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

a jump from an estimated average of 2,179 to 3,246 posts containing hate speech per week

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?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago

Is it really a surge when it goes up and stays there? It’s not like it has ebbed. There’s no reason to engage with it anymore.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Stop using it! Don't buy Tesla. Dont give them your time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

"Preaching to the choir" means to try to convince people of something they already believe, essentially wasting time by expressing an opinion to those who already agree with you; it implies talking to a group who is already persuaded and doesn't need further convincing.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 hours ago

Wasn't that part of the point?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Well, surprise, that's what happens if you stop censoring stuff that isn't legally prohibited.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago

Except the word cisgender. That can’t be allowed to be seen.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Okay, sure. But only because he made them boost alt-right and conspiracy theory content. And fired most of the content moderation team. And made it clear hate speech was tolerated. And made them stop fact-checking. And because of who he is and what he does. 🖕 Musk

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Well... Yet another case of research confirming the bleeding obvious.

I guess having confirmation is good... 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago

I thought this rat made access for researchers difficult, just like on reddit, thus getting bulletproof evidence via data harvesting got complicated.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 hours ago

lol that’s like saying if someone eats shit, their breath’s gonna smell bad

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

Would have been ok if it was all hate directed at Elon but I don't think that's what this is about unfortunately.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

Well no fucking shit sherlock.