People are fine with nazis as long as it benefits them or they don’t have to change.
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atro_city@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
How are so many people still on Xitter?
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Dude its terrible. I tell my friends they need to get off and theyre like " but why doh? Me like it. " Ugh.
simplejack@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
A chunk of people still use it to provide a counter narrative to the right wing propagandists. Kind of like when Buttigieg or Newsom go on Fox News.
atro_city@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
Do we though? It's on a platform owned by an autistic fascist, racist, and supremacist.
SatyrSack@quokk.au 3 weeks ago
God dammit, Sarah
FridaySteve@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Especially when the entire experience can be recreated in any rudimentary AI chatbot. It’s not like there are any human users left on Twitter anyway.
the_q@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
The same way people are still on heroin.
atro_city@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
Xitter is addictive?
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yes. Dopamine is a helluva drug.
atro_city@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
Does being called a faggot and communist online really stimulate the dopamine release? I'd be a little worried if that's the case.
Meron35@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yes. Social media addiction is comparable to those of illicit drugs, both in terms of actual symptoms, as well how alter dopamine networks in the brain.
This is just a recent review article that focuses on teens, but similar results hold more broadly as well if you search.
Social Media Algorithms and Teen Addiction: Neurophysiological Impact and Ethical Considerations - PMC - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11804976/