Isn’t a “persistent spike” just an increase?
An increase that never stops increasing.
And a rapid one.
Well yeah site own by a nazi.
100%! I’m sure you’re not using it but if you have friends/family still on there urge them to quit using Twitter.
No one I personally know uses it. I quit the moment he bought Twitter.
That’s excellent! Hopefully there will be more and more people who don’t know anyone who uses Twitter.
I don’t really hear many talk about social media. But that’s because I don’t go on anything but this. I definitely don’t talk about it in every day conversation either.
Then it’s not a spike, it’s a trend. Created by, mostly (hopefully) bots, there to move the overton window and normalise racism and hyper-regressive world views to divide the working class while the rich use us as Cannon fodder for their genocide against our fellow working class. Wankers.
In other news, grass is green.
So if you do nothing to prevent a problem, and In fact, actively encourage the problem, it gets worse?
Surprise surprise, when the CEO is a Nazi, Nazis think it’s free eats!
I wouldn’t say it’s a “spike”, Bob.
Anyone still on Twitter is fine hanging out in a Nazi bar.
“Persistent spike” isn’t a spike. That’s the status quo.
Somehow, the most reasonable account on Vichy Twitter is Grok because it’s hard to train an LLM using only data dumbasses wrote.
Sadly that’s going to change. Musk is going to push an update that I suspect will turn Grok into a far-right disinformation parrot or become closer to that. See https://lemm.ee/post/67429541 and https://lemm.ee/post/67216433
No shit. Really?
Study also finds that the sky is blue.
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.
You just now found out about this?
No shit.
