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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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Wow. Imagine that. It's almost as if when you let neo-nazis and far right rats take over a platform it becomes a toxic environment.
Let's be honest, Twitter has always been a cesspool if you read below the top tweet.
It has gotten orders of magnitude worse since Elmo took over.
"But it was a cess pool in the way I like it .. fuck it I'm going back to Tumblr .. "