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[-] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 121 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Actually, in my opinion, Xitter is the worst social media app for society, not just LGBTQ+ people.

[-] metaStatic@kbin.social 36 points 1 year ago

"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

[-] Murdoc@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

Umm, does that include Lemmy?

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

I hope you used protection!

[-] metaStatic@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

depends if you think anonymous interactions are as impactful as people you actually know.

oh god, is this actually worse?

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[-] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Pechente@feddit.de 15 points 1 year ago

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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[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 58 points 1 year ago

X is the worst social media ~~app for LGBTQ+ people~~

Fixed that for you.

[-] snownyte@kbin.social 52 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Then get the fuck off of it.

Seriously, it's on you the longer you stay on that shithole platform. Despite all of the warnings. All of the things Musk has done. You're still on it. Why? Besides member count, why? Why stick with something that actively hates you and works against your best interests?

"Because uh, muh friends..."

Get those friends off the fucking platform too. If they're staying behind, consider getting new friends.

Mastodon and Blue Sky are better alternatives. Get the fuck off of X. Get some damn self-respect for once.

[-] Zerfallen@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

I feel like the type of person reading your comment on Lemmy isn't the type of person that stays on a platform after it pulls shit they don't agree with.

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[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] GnomeKat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 1 year ago

Mastodon is pretty great for queer people. Better than lemmy I would say (and obviously better than the mainstream apps) ...

[-] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 34 points 1 year ago

Lemmy is probably the worst social network in terms of discrimination against Windows users.

[-] tabular@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago)
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[-] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 6 points 1 year ago

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?

[-] GnomeKat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago

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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[-] nutsack@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

what the fuck is x? you mean Twitter

[-] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

It's always ok to deadname twitter.

[-] Gork@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

What’s the verb? Tweet on twitter, uhh X your X on aladeen?

[-] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 year ago

Tweet on twitter, take a Xit on the Xitter.

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[-] nednobbins@lemm.ee 32 points 1 year ago

They could have left out, "for LGBTQ+ people" and it would have been just as accurate.

[-] paraphrand@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

What did TikTok do better than the rest? Be annoyingly vertical and short form?

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I'm genuinely surprised something owned partly by the Chinese government isn't at the bottom.

[-] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

On the Chinese only servers they forbsure don't allow it

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[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Less accent on actual interactions between fellow consumers plus genZ prevalence?

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[-] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 year ago

I'm surprised those scores are so high honestly

It's fuckin hard being queer on social media

[-] radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 year ago

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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[-] Cyberflunk@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

X is the worst social media app. Ftfy

[-] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] Jakdracula@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

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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[-] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Worse than Truth Social? Press X to doubt.

[-] drislands@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That would require that it be a social media platform, as supposed to a money laundering front.

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[-] baru@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

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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[-] ZeroCool@vger.social 14 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] kokesh@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I would say for everyone...

[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

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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[-] willow@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 year ago

the worst, if you don't count Gab and Truth Social

[-] uebquauntbez@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

'X is the worst social media app' Period

[-] bigschnitz@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Only the first 7 ~~letters~~ words of this headline are needed.

[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I mean, yeah, that's true... On the basis that it's the worst social media platform for... Anything at all.

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

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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[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

In other breaking news: Water continues to be wet. We'll bring you live updates as they become available. Back to you, Tim.

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