• Obinice@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    If you’re using Twitter as a news source what are you even doing in the first place?

    Go to the news outlets directly, the BBC, whoever.

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      8 hours ago

      tbf lemmy is a very good news source, and sharing and discussing news articles is why reddit was created.

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        I like it in theory, but the content posted here seems even more politically biased than on Reddit, or at least I’ve found it difficult to find a good sample from different sides, and neutral content is pretty much not happening. Even in tech, most of it seems to be bashing on Musk or some other billionaire.

        I just want to know what’s happening in the world and I want to discuss it. Why does everything need to be so slanted? I really miss /r/neutralnews on Reddit because the mods at least enforced the rule that facts must be cited, which helped quite a bit on nonsense posts.

        I like the format, I just don’t think we have the right moderation team and/or userbase to get exactly what I’m looking for. But I’m unwilling to go back to Reddit out of stubbornness, so I settle for lemmy.

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        7 hours ago

        Really, because since I blocked most meme communities, I feel like all I’m getting in Lemmy lately is news about Twitter and Bluesky.

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      14 hours ago

      I argue this is the one time I wouldn’t call it Twitter.

      This is a problem unique to Elon’s social media’s dumpster, X. He’s actively hindering free speech and free press

      Edit: sorry. I read more comments I see I’m wrong and this was an ongoing thing. Here’s my foot in mouth comment for prosperity I guess

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        9 hours ago

        It’s not unique to Xitter. Facebook has been deprioritizing posts with links in them for a while.