Hate speech on X surged for at least 8 months after Elon Musk takeover – new research
theconversation.com
The platform barred access to more recent data, researchers say.
  • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    6 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.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      4 hours 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.

  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.caEnglish
    4·
    7 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.

  • mbirth@lemmy.mlEnglish
    11·
    10 hours ago

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

  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    4 hours 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?

  • LupusBlackfur@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    10 hours ago

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

    I guess having confirmation is good… 🤷‍♂️

    • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      9 hours ago

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

  • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
    3·
    5 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

  • don@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    10 hours ago

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