This. This is why I stopped posting over there:
"People don’t come to Twitter for its far-right hate content. Nor do the advertisers come to market to them....The fact of the matter is, people come to Twitter for news, culture, discussions. By staying, you don’t hold any ground, you maintain the viability of a platform hell-bent on promoting far-right ideology. So long as there’s content other than hate, people will have a reason to stay."
https://throwawayopinions.io/the-paradox-of-intolerance.html
Twitter is proof that people will abandon their principles if they inconvenience them enough.
@e7f76f0d If the picture was Elon Musk’s face, this article would be perfect for repeatedly posting to Twitter but with a funny made up headline (the moron Elon Musk has removed headlines from articles shared on Twitter)
Hypothetically speaking, of course.
@e7f76f0d You have an unusual aesthetic. I've been there 3 yrs & have never seen anyone complain abt or pursue an investigation into particular, concrete instances as to whether the remarks a conservative made were delivered w/malicious intent or not.
Maybe it's just wishful thinking on yr part they're generally inspired by hate, rather than another emotional state.
Maybe it's the case that Twitter takes steps to identify conservative persons & conceal from them other conservative opinions.
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