• Alaknár@sopuli.xyz
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      13 days ago

      Because, like it or not, it is the main place. Government entities from all over the world sit there, not on Mastodon.

      Also, I’m not entirely certain that abandoning the clueless “average users” to the full extent of far-right propaganda without even a chance for corrections is the best approach, not when Twitter is still one of, if not the, most popular social network.

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    Every day, my Google news feed has at least one news story that’s a link to X. I often accidentally click but close and tell Google to block the news source as soon as I notice it’s X.

    Many are science and environmental news outlets. I don’t care. If they post to X, I tell Google to block them from my feed.

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    14 days ago

    At this point is fair to assume Twitter users are either Nazis, pedophiles or both.

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      14 days ago

      You weren’t missing much, it was basically “I’m in popular group” said a thousand different ways.

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      14 days ago

      I did. To get an open beta key for PlanetSide 2, 14 years ago. Got the key, haven’t touched it since.

      • Heyy PlanetSide 2 player in the wild!

        I played for a bit, but my mental health always get very bad when I waste hours on it, so I think I got to like 2 months straight (I was a bored teen/young-adult lol) before I had to quit because it really fucked with my mental health for some reason…

        Like its so thrilling to troll around with the stalker + sidearm, but idk I think the atmosphere makes it depressing… the Hossin map is the most depressing atmosphere I think.

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          14 days ago

          I was lucky enough to be in a big Outfit and part of a fast drop breach team. Trained a lot together, clearing different bases and breaking down bases and pathways behind enemy lines, allowing for our main force to roll on in. Was a fun game all the time mainly for that team and social aspect. Was a lot of “Holy shit!” moments with a good unit.

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      14 days ago

      I have. But back then it didn’t have vowels and you had to text the website to post.

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    14 days ago

    Vague memory of that one time i needed a twitter account for some reason years ago and then never used/forgot about it

    Oh no