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• dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  So are an insanely large amount of people.

  I don’t think people on here realise that we are in an echo chamber ourselves and often times not very forgiving of people with differing opinions, where I would assume we should want to bring people to our point of view by being accepting and trying to educate on our beliefs.

  So in this echo chamber of what 50K MAUs it can sometimes be hard to keep sight of the fact we are the smallest of minorities in this space and what we see if absolutely not a representation of what most people in the world care about.

  I’ve never used Twitter but I’m not going to shit on other people for using it.

  Were you on Reddit when they had loads of jailbait subs? Would you like to labelled as part of that same group just because you shared the same space?

  Does it not seem reasonable that some people might use Twitter as a means to keep in the loop and not isolate from the crazies, Nazis, bigots or whatever. You can converse with the other side if you ain’t where they’re and if we all stay in our own echo chambers what are we really achieving other than a self-righteous circle jerk?

  To be abundantly clear I am including myself in this too and not just calling you out. But this place is exhausting at times, I am the most cynical person I know and this place really gives me a run for my money at times. Even in the less serious stuff, like you can’t oppose Linux here you’ll be downvoted to shit for even having a different opinion. You have to use FOSS everything, and you should even be eating open source food 😂

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  • unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Twitter is just shit though. Why are you even trying to defend it? Same as Facebook, I can’t see shit there without an account.

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    • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I’m not trying to defend, I was reasoning why people would still use it and trying to start a discussion.

      Why did you focus on that aspect of my quite long comment and not try to engage with any of the points I made?

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      • unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        sorry i came back but wtf

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      • unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        i had a frikkin point and now i’ve been sidetracked and seriously? twitter???

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  • Klear@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    tl;dr, but I still think displaying mild disgust at anyone who uses twitter today is the correct reaction

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  • Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    If Spez had given a Nazi salute and taken over the US government, I would have left.

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    • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      That’s your prerogative, but I wonder if you see the danger of all people online splitting into their own groups?

      The way I see it is you have a place just filled with say Nazis then they’re never going to learn or understand different perspectives and they’re going to become more radical.

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      • psud@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        So we have lemmy.ml. they don’t seem to learn

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      • tree_frog@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Nazis don’t understand different perspectives. It’s essentially the definition.

        That said, I see value in posting for the peanut gallery (when I encounter Nazis here, I don’t go on Twitter).

        But debating Nazis? Hoping to change their minds?

        Nah, prefer to serve them knuckle sandwiches and go about my day.

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  • Hackworth@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Actually, there are only a few hundred people on Twitter. The rest are bots.

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• PlainSimpleGarak@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  And you’re on Lemmy. Most people have their echo chamber of choice.

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  • Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    That’s a really bad argument given one of those chambers is literally run by, and full of, nazis.

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    • PlainSimpleGarak@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Plenty of fascists on Lemmy. They’re just not well known billionaires.

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      • explodicle@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        No, both sides are not the same. There is a way higher percentage on Twitter and it’s centrally controlled by one.

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      • lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Luckily it’s federated.

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    • Ziglin@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I mean this one is run mostly by people who agree with what is being said in the echo chamber too.

      Though the architecture of the Fediverse does make it impossible for it to become as bad as the commercial ones.

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  • Gullible@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    That’s like saying “everyone has a hobby” when you witness someone picking fights in public. Some hobbies and spaces are objectively worse than others.

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