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hunter

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15. Is it really?

Wed Jun 10, 2026, 02:45 PM

Jun 10

How much "news" do you read on the site formerly known as twitter that is directly actionable by YOU in that it inspires you to think in entire essays and not just repost it elsewhere like an automaton.

All these sites are noise that I block out of my life. This includes bluesky which seems quite popular here.

I get more than enough clever quips and random facts (which may be true or not) from friends or family. Memes don't interest me at all.

DU itself, which is my only "social media," is often too noisy for me. I don't click on posts that are likely to be naked links to other social media sites. When I do by some accident it irritates me. I put people who do this frequently on my ignore list.

I think it's a very serious problem in our society that so many people are lost in the noise, never able to focus in on any single issue long enough to be a force for any meaningful progress.

Smart phones are a large part of the problem. You can't really see where you are or where you are going if your eyes are glued to a smart phone. That's one reason I hope I'm never forced to own one.

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X is a viciously racist far-right organising platform that ONLY WORKS because a huge number of centrists, lefties and... [View all] demmiblue Jun 10 OP

No argument here. marble falls Jun 10 #1

It's still a useful source of real-time info. RandySF Jun 10 #2

That's about the same as... 2naSalit Jun 10 #4

No, I read Playboy for the pictures. RandySF Jun 10 #7

1936 : I read Der Sturmer for the classified ads DBoon Jun 11 #30

then people should transcribe the info instead of linking. uncle ray Jun 10 #11

Is it really? hunter Jun 10 #15

Social media content is utterly disposable Sympthsical Jun 11 #25

Agree. MorbidButterflyTat Jun 10 #17

Right there with you! 2naSalit Jun 10 #3

I put people on ignore who regularly post X content. Even the people I really like. demmiblue Jun 10 #8

My go to line for all things... 2naSalit Jun 10 #12

People love clout more than they hate fascism Prairie Gates Jun 10 #5

I don't get racist, far right content on X n/t leftstreet Jun 10 #6

Same here and I have had a Twitter account since I was 12yo, in early 2009. Celerity Jun 10 #9

Exactly leftstreet Jun 10 #10

This made me think of you MorbidButterflyTat Jun 10 #18

he is a good pope, thanks for sharing Celerity Jun 10 #20

Your membership still props up his ability to generate ad revenue. meadowlander Jun 10 #14

Same goes for msm. ananda Jun 10 #13

Like drug addiction orthoclad Jun 10 #16

X is indispensable for freedom of speech gulliver Jun 10 #19

Well said jmbar2 Jun 11 #27

+1 leftstreet Jun 11 #28

According to some of the posters here they rarely see the ugly in their feed. hunter Jun 11 #32

"Never argue with people who John Brown would have shot." BlueTsunami2018 Jun 10 #21

I'm on it because of my job EnergizedLib Jun 10 #22

They don't want to lose all their followers if applegrove Jun 11 #23

Hegseth says Europe faces 'invasion' of dangerous ideologies IcyPeas Jun 11 #24

My algos are trained to give me useful information from trusted folks, including a lot of progressives jmbar2 Jun 11 #26

A couple months before Doge struck I questioned Tbear Jun 11 #29

Wrong, IMHO. Every elected Democrat posts from an official account on Twitter as well as numeous Passages Jun 11 #31