Comment on Blue-Checked, ‘Verified’ Users on X Produce 74 Percent of the Platform’s Most Viral False or Unsubstantiated Claims Relating to the Israel-Hamas War

_number8_@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• CubbyTustard@reddthat.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • glimse@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s easy to switch platforms. It’s a lot harder to get all your contacts to switch platforms.

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    • snooggums@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If my contacts want to meet at the bar that used to be fun, but is now full of racists and nazis instead of just have one or two wander in occasionall before getting kicked out, they can meet there without me.

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      • glimse@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Well one new bar that I heard is really good is invite-only and the other is confusing for less bar-savvy friends to get to and use

        I’m not an active Twitter user, I’m just imagining the transition pains when the discord servers I use slowly start to migrate somewhere else

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    • ubermeisters@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Harder than dealing with being a tool for elon?

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      • glimse@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        If everyone stopped using services run by greedy assholes, we wouldn’t use technology at all lol

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    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s not particularly difficult to get rid of a contact.

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  • xkforce@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Full 360 degree panoramic view of the dumpster fire

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  • MysticKetchup@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It doesn’t matter how good the new platforms are if the people you follow aren’t there. I do all my posting on Mastodon now but when it comes to people I follow on Twitter virtually none of them have moved their stuff over so I run out of interesting things to check out quickly

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• Khalic@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Just stop using it…

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• Hypx@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Time to leave X then.

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• Teodomo@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  People here are just gonna tell you to leave (I have done so myself) but if you can’t for whatever reason something that can help is an extension like Blue Blocker which automatically blocks (or you can set it to mute) blue check marks as you encounter them. That way you don’t give them money for their horrible baits. While I was at Twitter waiting until the people I followed shared their new socials (sadly most went to BlueSky instead of Mastodon so I lost them anyway) I used Blue Blocker in that manner. You can set exceptions for certain accounts tho I didn’t, it mercilessly nuked all checkmarks from my Fred and reveales the bare Twitter behind. The result was somewhat like old Twitter at first but eventually it does get kinda slow as most of the valuable accounts become inactive. On the bright side that made leaving so much easier, so if you want to leave but need a motivator there’s one that might help you.

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