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German anti-racism body leaves X over 'rise in hate speech'::A German agency that tackles discrimination and racism says it is quitting the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. It cited a rise in hate speech since owner Elon Musk took over last year.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I guess we'll see if they choose Mastodon or one of the proprietary platforms.

You must be woefully innocent if you think people aren't paid to switch and promote different platforms.

I recommend looking into how Red Bull got big. They literally paid influential people on college campuses to shill their product to people who can't think for themselves.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Uh, your comment doesn't make sense. Mastodon is part of the fediverse and is Foss.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Choosing Mastodon would be okay.

Here, just for you ❤️: I guess we’ll see if they choose Mastodon, or one of the proprietary platforms.