Actually, in my opinion, Xitter is the worst social media app for society, not just LGBTQ+ people.
this post was submitted on 23 May 2024
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"This thing that is terrible for everyone is also terrible for this specific subset of everyone ..."
also rating social media apps is like rating your favourite STDs
Umm, does that include Lemmy?
I hope you used protection!
depends if you think anonymous interactions are as impactful as people you actually know.
oh god, is this actually worse?
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I always get confused in this thought. So if govt bans twitter(hypothesis) and these people spread to other better places, will they improve or is it better to leave these vile beings among themselves to rot in their twitter or whatever.
A lot of these hateful beliefs are reinforced by these people’s filter bubbles. Forcing them to other places can improve the overall situation.
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X is the worst social media ~~app for LGBTQ+ people~~
Fixed that for you.
what the fuck is x? you mean Twitter
It's always ok to deadname twitter.
Seriously. Elon Musk is power tripping to make all of us say his new branding.
And also an idiot for getting rid of the Twitter name and bird, which most companies would kill for to have that sort of household name recognition.
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They could have left out, "for LGBTQ+ people" and it would have been just as accurate.
Let me fix that for ya...
X is the worst social media app ~~for LGBTQ+ people~~
No wait...
X is the worst ~~social media app for LGBTQ+ people~~
Oh almost forgot...
~~X~~ Twitter is the worst ~~social media app for LGBTQ+ people~~
There were go.
Mastodon is pretty great for queer people. Better than lemmy I would say (and obviously better than the mainstream apps) ...
Lemmy is probably the worst social network in terms of discrimination against Windows users.
Removed
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Mastodon is pretty great for queer people. Better than lemmy I would say
That's a bit of a weird thing to say if you ask me, as Lemmy and Mastodon is both just the fediverse and they are connected. So surely it just depends who/what you follow?
They are connected but in practice there is definitely a big separation between lemmy and mastodon.. you see mastodon posts on mastodon, lemmy posts on lemmy. yes its possible to view lemmy posts on mastodon but its fucking garbage integration, i have never seen a lemmy posts boosted on mastodon it just doesn't happen.. if I see a mastodon post here its in the form of a screen shot.. the communities are effectively separate
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X is the worst social media app. Ftfy
Oof, the article goes on to say all the platforms failed. X just failed a bit more.
This is going to lead to some “well, they’re all about the same.” discourse shenanigans.
What did TikTok do better than the rest? Be annoyingly vertical and short form?
I'm genuinely surprised something owned partly by the Chinese government isn't at the bottom.
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Less accent on actual interactions between fellow consumers plus genZ prevalence?
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I'm surprised those scores are so high honestly
It's fuckin hard being queer on social media
I gotta say, I am pleasantly surprised by Lemmy. I almost never see anything but antifascist allies, and when I do those allies jump that motherfucker's shit.
Lemmy has it's own dens of awful that simp pretty hard for dictators and some pretty shitty regimes
Luckily my instance is defederated from the worst one (IMO)
Lemmy is definitely a lot more accepting of queer people though which I really dig
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I have not been active on Zuck platforms or Twitter in over 10 years and it is highly recommended. I haven't been on Reddit since the API changes killed Infinity app. Also recommended. Never touched TikTok or any of the zoomer social media platforms. Extremely recommended.
Amazingly if you just avoid the cesspit of constant engagement, regardless of your life circumstances, you will be happier.
Besides, most things that are genuinely funny or useful on Twitter just get screenshotted and shared via other means anyway.
I was an early beta tester for twitter. Didn’t “get it” then, and I still don’t “get it”.
I haven’t been on any Zuck platforms ever and left Reddit during the API mess, I also don’t use TikTok or LinkedIN and recommend to all leaving corporate social media.
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This is Not news for queer* people.
I am in this instance using "Queer" to mean an umbrella for all who are othered by society.
I'm telling you that people with lifelong chronic disability, people who are sex workers, and people who are dispropotionately targeted by the law enforcement or the state, AND disenfranchised casually in everyday society because of their appearance and/or melanin levels...All have networks of contacts they have relied on for over a decade in many cases.
It was easy for me to get off Twitter but for a lot of people I care about, it'd mean severing so many important bonds...and I just thought this sentiment is something that someone reading might apply too, as well
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Twitter has never been great, just easy to use and widely adopted. It’s gotten worse under Musk and mostly appeals to the worst people left on the platform.
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Worse than Truth Social? Press X to doubt.
That would require that it be a social media platform, as supposed to a money laundering front.
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Truth Social is just a way to get money to Trump. Scam/money laundering/bribing. With max a few million/year in revenue I wouldn't compare it to actual social media apps.
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Well that makes sense, after all, Nazi bars do tend to be hostile to members of any minority group and Twitter is the biggest Nazi bar on the internet.
I would say for everyone...
the worst, if you don't count Gab and Truth Social
'X is the worst social media app' Period
Meanwhile, Tumblr is (or was?) incredibly queer back when I used it. Where's the love?
Reddit should have got a mention, but you know who really wins? Good ol' Lemmy-- LGBTQ (especially T) representing here. Although that's cheating cause we have blahaj, haha (not like the Fediverse will ever get mentioned, lol)
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Only the first 7 ~~letters~~ words of this headline are needed.
Lgbt nation being surprisingly anti-lgbt by refusing to tell everyone the best social media website for lgbt folk.
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I dunno. I think X may be the least biased platform ever. It's complete shit regardless of who you are.
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I mean, yeah, that's true... On the basis that it's the worst social media platform for... Anything at all.
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