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   anubis2814 (anubis2814@friendica.myportal.social)'s status on Monday, 25-Nov-2024 03:16:40 JST anubis2814
   I have been musing in the weeks since the #election if we should have stayed on #xitter longer and tried to inform better. But as it was recently pointed out, online misinformation only works where there are people willing to engage it. It boosts search terms and algorithms even its its complete BS. Shock and outrage which hacked the #algorithm was the only way Milo Yanopolis and Ann Coulter got top search slots on google and twitter.
   Refusing to engage in a platform creates an echo chamber which gets boring for trolls very quickly. So no, if anything its the fault of the people who didn't leave with the 2022 #twittermigration where people all moved over to #mastodon , instead of requiring losing an election to #Trump again.
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     Silver Huskey (silver_huskey@fandom.ink)'s status on Monday, 25-Nov-2024 03:16:38 JST Silver Huskey

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     @anubis2814 Many on Twitter disengaged with these assholes as soon as Musk took over. It was easy to lock accounts, create lists, block blue checkmarks on mass, and block ads. In that way you could see what your friends were up to without the trolls as long as you never engaged with the news or viral tweets there.

     Changing how blocks worked, and the election is what finally drove a bunch of people off Twitter.

     The reason I didn't leave in 2022 was because my friends were there, and not here.

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     Silver Huskey (silver_huskey@fandom.ink)'s status on Monday, 25-Nov-2024 03:19:13 JST Silver Huskey

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     @anubis2814 I will say only a handful of friends, like less than a half dozen came here. Most of them went to other places, if they didn't give up on social media altogether.

     I found a place here and people are great, but it's not a complete replacement for relationships I've maintained for decades on other socials.