Social media stuff

[Ian H]

Is anyone still on X? If yes, has it got noticeably less toxic since the Russian data centres were hit?

I occasionally look to see what Flett and Rosen are up to. Mary Beard is still gamely and good-humouredly responding to the trolls.

 

[matticus]

Is anyone still on X? If yes, has it got noticeably less toxic since the Russian data centres were hit?

Yes, I know it's nearly as bad as X ... but I'm pretty convinced that Facebook political/culture-war-type threads have been notably saner. [In case anyone has missed this, folks are calling the strikes "Operation Quiet Piggy" ]

Nobel Prize for Zelensky this year?

 

[AuroraSaab]

Is anyone still on X? If yes, has it got noticeably less toxic since the Russian data centres were hit?

Lots of people. I haven't noticed, but perhaps my feed isn't the same as yours. Perhaps Bluesky is less toxic because there's far less engagement generally. Or maybe the bots bother with it less (for now anyway) because there's fewer users and it's not worth it.

 

[AuroraSaab]

Also, X is funnier than other social media.

 

[C R]

FWIW pro Russian disinformation seems to have gone into overdrive in LinkedIn.

 

[Pross]

FWIW pro Russian disinformation seems to have gone into overdrive in LinkedIn.

All I've noticed on LinkedIn is even more people making personal life posts about their new child or the run/bike ride/Ironman they did at the weekend and trying to create a tenuous link to their work life to justify posting.

 

[C R]

All I've noticed on LinkedIn is even more people making personal life posts about their new child or the run/bike ride/Ironman they did at the weekend and trying to create a tenuous link to their work life to justify posting.

I have a lot of contacts in the US, many of which are MAGAS, probably to do with some of the fields the company I work for deals with. That may have a bearing on what I see.

 

[briantrumpet]

Social media, especially Bluesky, isn't very good at picking up humour, especially if you don't add an emoji.

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

AI bots don't get humour, and there's five of them right there.

 

[briantrumpet]

AI bots don't get humour, and there's five of them right there.

I did wonder about that ('AI fails', then).

Still... some popular Blueskyers say that it goes considerably crazier when the UK sleeps and it's left to Americans.

 

[Pross]

AI bots don't get humour, and there's five of them right there.

My first reaction too

 

[secretsqirrel]

Does that mean that bots read out loud?