Comment by lm28469 | Hacker News Reader

Comment by lm28469 | Hacker News Reader

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> What we're seeing is uncomfortable and [more] unfiltered by governments.

If it was only about sharing graphic content I'd be on your side, but for every "uncomfortable" image you have 300 bot accounts spreading straight up fabricated images and information

The few times I go on twitter I keep wondering if it isn't just 90% bots spamming content made to trigger real users and real users believing whatever flavor of bullshit they're fed today

Twitter is the last link of information before going on CNN &co, it's garbage tier in every aspect you can think of and there are dozens of better places to see uncomfortable and unfiltered content. People think they get the truth there but they're just one layer down in the thousands layer onion of misinformation

I hear this criticism but it always seems to be from people who claim to rarely go on Twitter. I use it all the time and see basically zero bot content. My feed is full of high quality info and it's been a far better source than most mainstream news over the past few days. Faster, more nuanced, and quicker to self-correct. Community Notes seem, on balance, pretty effective.

> The few times I go on twitter I keep wondering if it isn't just 90% bots spamming content made to trigger real users and real users believing whatever flavor of bullshit they're fed today

That is my takeaway as well. Every feature of the site is abused at scale to flood the zone with shit. It's like trying to have a discussion inside of a wind tunnel.

> 90% bots spamming content made to trigger real users

I have no doubt a significant portion of that is true

> content made to trigger

However, this is what major news outlets do, usually at the request of a political party or faction

> However, this is what major news outlets do, usually at the request of a political party or faction

Of course that's why both should be avoided like the plague. Self proclaimed free thinkers who moved from fox/cnn to twitter.com/elonmusk and think the get the real truth™ are as dumb as it gets

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