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ABC shuts down official Twitter accounts due to 'toxic interactions'
(www.theguardian.com)
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this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2023
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I've filed at least three reports to X about incitement of violence and racial issues, and each came back as "the did not contravene our policies". So that was the last time I opened X to read anything. It's one thing to have a differencing point of view and debate it, but it's another thing to stir up hatred without any reason or logic. It has got super toxic. I think more, and more brands are going to start realising this. No-one really needs all that negativity and hate, and there are better options on the Internet.
TBH for many years it's felt like most accounts (or at least the ones that bubbled up into my feed) were angry people venting about whatever. Like, the angrier they were, the more engagement they were hoping for. That was a surefire way for me to at least move on to someone else, or to just close the app. Don't need anyone harshing my mellow. The shouty people can go find a wall to yell at.
I barely get on these days. And I don't doubt that it's gotten worse.
I've been encountering a lot of angry people on Lemmy lately. I think people are just angry in general and the Internet is a great place to talk about it.
YEAH WELL FUCK YOU AND YOUR FACE!
Well, double dumb ass on you!
I think twitter admitted, years ago, that they are heavily biased in favor of right wing conservatives, because if they made rightwingers follow the rules like everyone else, they'd have to ban the majority of them, and ~~lose all that advertising income~~ "look like they are specifically targeting political ideaology"
What would be the correct government agency to complain to that might result in pressure and fines? FCC because it's a comms platform? SEC (though I don't know the justification)? Other?