No. If everyone stops using this toxic platform it will eventually be starved of oxygen and die which is what it deserves. I cancelled my account the day Musk bought it.
The Twitter/X and Facebook newsfeeds are algorithmically filtered to maximize ad click revenue. These days, they are also being used as raw material to train LLMs, sometimes without the consent of the participants.
The algorithm leads to you not seeing everything from people you want to hear from. If I’m following the City twitter account, will I actually see a “newsflash” post from them? Or will it sink beneath the waves because the algorithm expects it will get more ad clicks from me if it serves up Ryan Reynolds videos? In the meantime, what I see is being massaged to the point that my political views are being pushed to one end of the spectrum or the other, leaving little common ground for people of differing viewpoints to agree on.
Joanne, representing a viewpoint shared by many, suggested that “Nazi” comparisons are going too far. I’d say they’re on point these days. Trump et al aren’t in the early stages of following that playbook, they’re *well* into it. And Musk and Bannon slinging Nazi salutes just tells you how comfortable the leadership is becoming with those ideals.
Saying Twitter is still useful for disseminating info, or receiving it, is a little like saying you’ll put up with your friend’s fascist screeds because he gives you a lift to work in the morning. Also, it gives your friend validation.
I think the solution is simple, make the Ottawa.ca website the locus for all of this info. Put the energy into making that a good place to easily obtain the information that citizens need. Going a little farther, foster home-grown, or at least Canadian, social media platforms.
short answer: NO
No. If everyone stops using this toxic platform it will eventually be starved of oxygen and die which is what it deserves. I cancelled my account the day Musk bought it.
The Twitter/X and Facebook newsfeeds are algorithmically filtered to maximize ad click revenue. These days, they are also being used as raw material to train LLMs, sometimes without the consent of the participants.
The algorithm leads to you not seeing everything from people you want to hear from. If I’m following the City twitter account, will I actually see a “newsflash” post from them? Or will it sink beneath the waves because the algorithm expects it will get more ad clicks from me if it serves up Ryan Reynolds videos? In the meantime, what I see is being massaged to the point that my political views are being pushed to one end of the spectrum or the other, leaving little common ground for people of differing viewpoints to agree on.
Joanne, representing a viewpoint shared by many, suggested that “Nazi” comparisons are going too far. I’d say they’re on point these days. Trump et al aren’t in the early stages of following that playbook, they’re *well* into it. And Musk and Bannon slinging Nazi salutes just tells you how comfortable the leadership is becoming with those ideals.
Saying Twitter is still useful for disseminating info, or receiving it, is a little like saying you’ll put up with your friend’s fascist screeds because he gives you a lift to work in the morning. Also, it gives your friend validation.
I think the solution is simple, make the Ottawa.ca website the locus for all of this info. Put the energy into making that a good place to easily obtain the information that citizens need. Going a little farther, foster home-grown, or at least Canadian, social media platforms.