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Twitter trending is still a flood of racism and altright dog whistles, that hasn't improved at all recently

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There is actually a surge in racist content on Twitter at the moment:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/10/28/musk-tw...

According to Yoel Roth these were targeted attacks.

https://twitter.com/yoyoel/status/1587230924554399744

Qui Bono? No wonder that WaPo blows this up.

Should probably point out that the trending tag is targeted to you personally.

Like when people obliviously complain about seeing ads for 'gay sex' on Google not knowing it's targeted specifically at them because of their browsing habits.

I (straight man) keep seeing ads for feminine hygiene products, dildos, and sexy womens underwear. Also, ads for managing enterprise IT systems. I have no use for any of that stuff.

Maybe the targeting just isn't as good as the people selling their ad tech make it seem.

And that answers the question why 50% of Twitter staff were let go.

I don't use Twitter, I was talking about random web ads that I believe are served by Google (or companies that Google bought). Maybe they should fire half their staff too.

This implies that the algorithm identifies people who engage in leftwing politics and targets rightwing hashtags to them. I suppose that magnifies rage-engagement.

The (new) left is often just as racist/bigoted as the far right, sadly.

Rubbish

And this is an example of a “bubble“.

I was a (European) lefty my whole life. I lived on all continents for many years. Now back in Europe, I was shocked what the left has become. Full of bigotry and racism. I call it the “new left”.

Gladly, an increasing number of people seem to notice.

Interesting, I would like to know specific examples. Genuinely curious.

This is an interesting interview about a study done in the UK for the British government, and the reactions the researchers faced.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AYGfNVtZvzA

Not sure if that’s the kind of thing you were asking for?

Not sure either, not in the mood to sift a video for clues. :)

What am I expected to find there? Antifa-style attacks on a finding they don't like?

My twitter trending is from UK, and is apparently mostly about soccer

I hardly believe that, because in the UK people play football not soccer :)

They play many kinds of football, of which one is soccer

Trending/For You always has one rightwing hashtag on it, often repeatedly, no matter how matter how often I click "not interested"/"this is harmful" and add it to muted.

Not for me. Weird.

"not interested" doesn't seem to work for me at all, no matter how many times i click it the trend almost always just reappears on refresh, sometimes even higher than it was before.

All I see is retro computers, math, and concept art.

You can find terrible things anywhere, you can watch Jordan Peterson instead of 3blue1brown if you want to, but that's really up to you.

“up to you” … But is it really? Isn’t that the question?

Reminds me of a line by Ken Kesey:

If you’ve got it all together, what’s that all around it?

Well, we could argue about the filter bubble and algorithmic amplification, which can be (and often are) terrible things -- however, as it stands right at this moment, as far as the individual is concerned, you can still, mostly, choose what you see -- the algorithm will just show you more of whatever you clicked, rather than trying to steer you to something.

The Algorithm is still arguably a terrible detriment to society at large, but I think one can still find use in twitter and see very little of what one doesn't want to see. That may cease to be true sometime, perhaps even soon, but it works at the moment if you are judicious with who you follow.

Not really.

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