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Cheryl Stiefvater's avatar

I am an X user..... though reluctantly. Here is the thing that terrifies me more than anything else and possibly why I cannot look away, Musk and his ilk, in cahoots with a variety of right wing populist, authoritarian wannabes are using all of this to change the face of our world and in the process destroy democracy. All of this conspiracy nonsense is being fed to the minions and they/we are consuming it like it is our last meal, in big gulps and barely chewing it up. I am at a loss quite frankly as to what the solution is. Do we look away and hope for the best? Do we stay in the battlefield and continue to fight the good fight, even though we know it is hopeless? Whatever we do - what kind of world are we leaving behind for the next generation? These are the things that keep me up at night and honestly Musk is just a symptom of a much bigger problem.

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Ingamarie's avatar

The problem with Twitter, X, or whatever moniker it chooses in the future, remains the same. Birdsong is lovely, but human beings twittering turns many of them into twits..........

They want to weigh in, say something..........but in truth, they have little to say, and no time to think of something that might be meaningful.

Our loneliness might be part of the problem. Or episodic consciousness is also a handicap. The fact that its been years since we actually read through an entire article doesn't help either.

But the result: That most twitters say nothing substantive.......blame games, outrage, absolute agreement with the non thought voiced by another twit. I'm directed to twitter ocassionally by other feeds.......but can't stay long.

Twitter is boring, repetitive, often without content. Boycotting it would be the most effective strategy. Read a book or watch a documentary instead. Respond to thoughtful articles like this one. Join a political party and start having face to face twitter fests with your neighbours.

There's more fun, challenge and intellectual stimulation in that Twitter is for twits.......and X? Does it not mark the scene of the crime???

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