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So… What exactly is your definition of what should be posted in the technology community?

Article Date: February 13, 2025

Numerous studies have reported an increase in hate speech on X (formerly Twitter) in the months immediately following Elon Musk’s acquisition of the platform on October 27th, 2022; relatedly, despite Musk’s pledge to “defeat the spam bots,” a recent study reported no substantial change in the concentration of inauthentic accounts. However, it is not known whether any of these trends endured. We address this by examining material posted on X from the beginning of 2022 through June 2023, the period that includes Musk’s full tenure as CEO. We find that the increase in hate speech just before Musk bought X persisted until at least May of 2023, with the weekly rate of hate speech being approximately 50% higher than the months preceding his purchase, although this increase cannot be directly attributed to any policy at X. The increase is seen across multiple dimensions of hate, including racism, homophobia, and transphobia. Moreover, there is a doubling of hate post “likes,” indicating increased engagement with hate posts. In addition to measuring hate speech, we also measure the presence of inauthentic accounts on the platform; these accounts are often used in spam and malicious information campaigns. We find no reduction (and a possible increase) in activity by these users after Musk purchased X, which could point to further negative outcomes, such as the potential for scams, interference in elections, or harm to public health campaigns. Overall, the long-term increase in hate speech, and the prevalence of potentially inauthentic accounts, are concerning, as these factors can undermine safe and democratic online environments, and increase the risk of offline harms.

Am I tripping, out of touch with reality? These people really don’t seem to understand the problem

How so? Can you explain what do you mean here exactly?

Not using it even with a gun pointed at my head.

Why? You can use it to send messages to random numbers till the gun is pointed elsewhere.

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LOL: https://prismreports.org/2024/12/09/wga-strike-tv-writers/

they’re just going to lower the quality of their products.

Great, you as user of the service/ product can make your choice to not deal with companies that use AI.

The rest of users can enjoy more choices as they might simply prefer AI.

AI in the strict sense doesn’t exist yet.

WTF?

My dude, don’t put words in my mouth.

I said Protesting AI is dumb , not all protesting is dumb.

Also, when did protesting AI had actually worked to achieve real improvement?

2 things: AI is wider than LLMs and if you were even remotely correct then artists and writers would not protest it at all.

One problem I see in your way of thought here, adblock use among social media users will never reach 100%.

Furthermore, adblockers are getting weaker with Google Chrome MV3. All of this leads to the logical conclusion in my eyes that you can only change the sources that power users use which will eventually lead to better privacy for all people involved. You will never be able to control people setups to be super private.

Said that on Social Media

Olvid, for people close to me. Signal for strangers.

What. The. Fuck. Are You Talking About?

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Yes, they are even republished by OCCRP.

How so?