Opinion Is X Basically A Gore Site Now?

[deadshot138]

Every fucked up thing that's happened recently gets plastered all over X for all to see. When did this become a thing? Is it what Musk intended?

 

[Hellowhosthat]

It's just barely moderated now. You get an absolute tonne of porn on there too now. If I'm using it at work I've had to switch my feed to just accounts I follow as the normal feed just throws anything at you. It's not even like using Reddit where it'll at least throw stuff at you from communities you read, it just seems to be a complete free for all.

 

[KAZSoliloquy]

it's basically 4chan now. this is what elon wanted so good for him. ruined a perfectly good social media platform.

 

[deadshot138]

it's basically 4chan now. this is what elon wanted so good for him. ruined a perfectly good social media platform.

 

[Kingz]

That kind of content was always on X. I’m sure it’s just the algorithm thinking that’s the content you want to engage with for some small engagement.

I’ve noticed it too.

For me, I started getting a lot of gore on my feed as a lot of accounts I engage with started posting brutal Gaza videos last year.

If you start seeing a lot of videos and photos from that I assume the algorithm thinks you want to see more of that content then you start seeing feeds that just post random gory shit pop up on your feed.

It only takes one. I expanded one Kyle Kulinski post and I’m still getting flooded with left wing tweets

I just put the sensitive content feature back on. Now that left wing mods aren’t flagging clean conservative speech or photos/videos that aren’t violent or porn as “sensitive content” there is no point to not have it on.

If X now says it’s sensitive content, I’ll believe that it might be something I don’t want to see.

 

[Bobby00]

Dont know never had a account even before Musk. Sounds like sherdog but worse.

 

[Mujeriego]

Never had it.
This is as close to social media that I have.
And I only originally came here 10 years ago to call MMA gay.
And it is.

 

[Bornstarch]

Elon is a regular 4chan poster. He's a huge anime fan and very big into gaming.

I think it's good that people get to see the reality of the world. People shouldn't be shielded. You should be able to block sensitive content if you don't want to see

 

[deadshot138]

That kind of content was always on X. I’m sure it’s just the algorithm thinking that’s the content you want to engage with for some small engagement.

I’ve noticed it too.

For me, I started getting a lot of gore on my feed as a lot of accounts I engage with started posting brutal Gaza videos last year.

If you start seeing a lot of videos and photos from that I assume the algorithm thinks you want to see more of that content then you start seeing feeds that just post random gory shit pop up on your feed.

It only takes one. I expanded one Kyle Kulinski post and I’m still getting flooded with left wing tweets

I just put the sensitive content feature back on. Now that left wing mods aren’t flagging clean conservative speech or photos/videos that aren’t violent or porn as “sensitive content” there is no point to not have it on.

If X now says it’s sensitive content, I’ll believe that it might be something I don’t want to see.

I don't even have X. I've just seen the horrible shit second hand. From Israel/Palestine stuff, to that freeway shooter found half decomposed in the woods, to the woman burning on the subway. There's no moderation.

 

[Fox by the Sea]

Lol what are you guys following to get shit like this in the feed?

 

[Bubzeh]

It's a rough place. Hoping everyone gets rid - mines gone - hopefully more will follow but I'm not holding my breath with how fucked up people are.

 

[Limbo Pete]

Millions of years of evolution has lead us to this

Spoiler

PY IN BIO!

 

[Croo67]

We need to bring back the days of Harvard Medical Professors being censored for speaking out on issues within their field.

It would also be ideal if the algorithm could be set to once again kill dead any evidence that counters official narratives.

As for the ‘gore’, it was there prior to Musk but at least it’s not the CSAM that is rife on BlueSky.

 

[Rygu]

It's been like that for years, IG is just as bad there's an actual trend of showing murders on IG currently.

Personally if it's recent news I see no issue with it, but the showing murders just for clicks I'm not a fan of.

 

[Belaya Smert]

Well it looks to be time to make an account by all metrics.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Lol what are you guys following to get shit like this in the feed?

I follow MMA and soccer accounts. If I go to the for you feed it thinks that means I'd be interested in porn and riots.

Edit I guess thinking about it maybe soccer and riots makes sense.

 

[Fox by the Sea]

I follow MMA and soccer accounts. If I go to the for you feed it thinks that means I'd be interested in porn and riots.

Edit I guess thinking about it maybe soccer and riots makes sense.

It matters a lot what you follow. I follow art galleries, art accounts,europrofessors, euro political commentators, news pages like Reuters or bloomers, and I never get weird links. I do however get them on Instagram, where I have 2 posts in 6 years, and in the recommended section I've seen clips of people shot in the head, onlyfans hoes plenty, horoscope and self improvement bullshit.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

It matters a lot what you follow. I follow art galleries, art accounts,europrofessors, euro political commentators, news pages like Reuters or bloomers, and I never get weird links. I do however get them on Instagram, where I have 2 posts in 6 years, and in the recommended section I've seen clips of people shot in the head, onlyfans hoes plenty, horoscope and self improvement bullshit.

I think what you interact with matters too tbh. I've searched stuff up on here for the purposes of looking at what people have posted on here before and it started feeding me a bunch of right wing accounts for a while.

It is annoying that algorithms basically guide people down rabbit holes of things they want to hear. That's what I hespect about the war room, I may not agree with everyone but people aren't going to pander to me and I'm not going to pander to them and at the end of the day I think people mostly respect each other.

 

[The_Renaissance]

I follow MMA and soccer accounts. If I go to the for you feed it thinks that means I'd be interested in porn and riots.

Edit I guess thinking about it maybe soccer and riots makes sense.

The algorithm on there is sickening to be honest. I got locked out of an account I only used to browse, not tweet. Created a new account so obviously my timeline was completely blank. Used it for a few months to look at a few comedy accounts I like. Happened to do some scrolling on the night United beat City, next day my timeline was full of United stuff. Liked ONE random anti-woke tweet, and the following day boom - non-stop political posts / Reform UK type stuff. Insane how it tries to ensnare you in stuff to make you angry and keep you online.

 

[Seano]

I never see shit like this on X. I don't spend a ton of time on there, to be fair but all I ever see is people complaining about politics and black people fighting each other.