r/boringdystopia • u/antoine849502 • Oct 07 '24
Media Manipulation 📰 1st recomendation from Twitter after creating a new account, and first tweet in the feed even after I said that I don't want to follow him. Context: I'm creating a account to follow ONLY Chilean Politics, and this dude keeps showing up everywhere
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u/supsupersoup Oct 07 '24
It happened to me yesterday as well! I’m based in Spain and I created an account to follow some IT accounts. It first started suggesting me Musk and Trump but then (after blocking them) it started suggesting me far-right politicians from Spain 🤪
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u/ITAVTRCC Oct 08 '24
You just have to block his account.
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u/antoine849502 Oct 08 '24
But those MAGA duds love to be blocked, they feel like they are "speaking the truth that hurts". I want the algorith to undertand that I don't care about him
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u/ContemplatingPrison Oct 07 '24
Why would you create a twitter account?
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u/CantStopPoppin CSP Oct 07 '24
Before Musk took over, Twitter had a very well-mitigated network to communicate with people in a way other social media platforms don't offer. That is still true, but sadly now you have to deal with Musk's constant manipulation of the platform for ill gain.
You are force-fed disinformation and gateway radicalism. Why do I have a Twitter account? Because while all that is true, there are plenty of people putting the screws to him and continuing to be good sources for information and advocacy.
That being said, all social media is controlled by algorithms, and our data is used to train LLMs and silently influence us. Even here, that is a serious problem; there are subs that engage in disinformation and gateway radicalism.
The trick is to sift through everything, stop, take a moment, look at the source, ask yourself if it makes sense, and fact-check everything. Social media is not your friend and never will be.
However, if careful, it can be used in a symbiotic way to reach like-minded people who want to work together to create meaningful change in the world.
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u/Fine-Funny6956 Oct 07 '24
Not the worst take. I contend that the lack of monitoring has allowed hate groups to take over and find encouragement from the CEO and community.
While it still serves its original user base similarly, the “pay for blue checks” system has allowed verification for bots and sinister accounts.
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u/CantStopPoppin CSP Oct 08 '24
You are so very right, that has yet to happen here. All I was saying is regardless of platrform they all have their pitfalls and we are all at the will of thes crperatons. I guess I am nostolgic for IRC and less big tech bro companies that can and do use their power to minipulate the masses at will.
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u/antoine849502 Oct 08 '24
Because sadly Chilean politicians are not on Mastodon neither BlueSky. X/Twitter is the only option.
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u/Miss_Skooter MOD Oct 08 '24
Lmao, this both surprises me and doesn't surprise me.
Mainly didn't expect the trump propaganda it to be THIS obvious. Like it's one thing to silently push certain things through the algorithm but this almost looks hardcoded 😅
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u/shiftypixlz Oct 07 '24
Haha he's trying to become Tom