Bots are way worse. I go to X for updates on the Ukraine war and tons of pro-Z

Aug 21, 2024
9:29:23pm

Hyrum in Houston Contributor

garbage. Never had that before.

Tried to get live updates with the Venezuelan election protests and it was mostly fake news.

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Hyrum in Houston

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Time

I’m not a Musk fan boy. I don’t know how much of a business genius he is and I don’t know

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

Aug 21, 7:48am

I agree. X has improved more than not. Still things I would change, but better

gww687

Aug 21, 7:52am

I don't use twitter, but some have complained (here and elsewhere) that the bots

gangbusters

Aug 21, 7:52am

Not sure if bots are worse

JoeExotic

Aug 21, 7:55am

a lot less bots now

vabeachcoug

Aug 21, 10:45am

Do you guys repeating this actually use Twitter/X? Cause the bot “problem” seems worse than ever

TCuz

Aug 21, 10:52am

...more than cougarboard. haha. I get my news there

vabeachcoug

Aug 21, 11:07am

I just keep my feed curated,sports/church leaders, sometimes it likes to switch over to the "For You" tab by itself.

keithcoug

Aug 21, 7:55am

Opposition to free speech is increasing.

Shore10

Aug 21, 8:03am

What's going on in Europe/UK is legit terrifying to me.

gangbusters

Aug 21, 8:04am

Amen.

Shore10

Aug 21, 8:08am

What’s going on there?

BaseCoug

Aug 21, 9:52am

Don't wanna get nuked by mods, but extreme censorship and selective prosecution

gangbusters

Aug 21, 10:00am

That's the funny part. There are few if any bots. Now it's real people and their reach is not being throttled like it

zonacougar

Aug 21, 8:06am

Bots are way worse. I go to X for updates on the Ukraine war and tons of pro-Z

Hyrum in Houston

Aug 21, 9:29pm

I like that you can mute certain words now. More sites should have that.

Mostlyaccurate

Aug 21, 7:52am

I think it’s mostly the same. Some small good changes, some small bad ones.

TCuz

Aug 21, 7:56am

Community notes are great, but For You is worthless for me. I can tell 3-4 posts

russkiejedi

Aug 21, 10:11am

My main gripe is the auto refresh of the feed. Otherwise it’s better.

maxpowers

Aug 21, 7:57am

Changing the name was dumb. Getting overly political, not wise.

DubuMfalme

Aug 21, 7:59am

Because he believes the threats of the left and free speech are more important that electric cars and making money.

zonacougar

Aug 21, 8:08am

I have yet to hear a left-leaning person say it's better. Don't you think that's

LifeLongLakerFan

Aug 21, 8:12am

I don't have a Twitter account. All I'm saying is as a business decision. . .

DubuMfalme

Aug 21, 8:17am

Understood. The point still stands.

LifeLongLakerFan

Aug 21, 8:20am

if you type Twitter it still takes you there. I don't think there is a single person who has not been able to still

zonacougar

Aug 21, 1:52pm

It's not surprising. It was a leftist echo chamber before, and now they have to hear ALL the ideas - it's got to me so

zonacougar

Aug 21, 1:50pm

Twitter is better now. . . Fewer workers too. D.O.G.E. next

Zoobieman

Aug 21, 8:04am

It's funny because I'm hearing libs saying X now has too much influence (which something I never heard when they felt

zonacougar

Aug 21, 8:05am

I just don't see any difference

fattycoug

Aug 21, 8:16am

How is that possible? Twitter was going to completely explode in a matter of

Ojiisan

Aug 21, 8:16am

I noticed during the pandemic how filtered the responses were. Remember

Painterboy

Aug 21, 9:40am

I feel like I get a lot more spam followers than I use to.

nitestal

Aug 21, 10:02am

X...a big supporter of free speech.

vabeachcoug

Aug 21, 10:44am

Agreed. Though it was dumb of him to change the name

ColonelMustard

Aug 21, 12:37pm

Holy moly. The only noticeable difference that I see is that the algorithm feeds me anti LGBTQ content

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