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Summary

Stephen King announced his departure from X (formerly Twitter), calling the platform “too toxic” and urging followers to join him on Threads.

King has frequently clashed with X owner Elon Musk over verification charges and political disputes, including Musk’s support for Donald Trump.

Other entities, including The Guardian, German football club St Pauli, and actor Jamie Lee Curtis, have also left the platform, citing concerns over toxic content, misinformation, and hate speech.

Rival platforms like Threads and Bluesky are gaining traction, with Bluesky reporting nearly 15 million users globally.

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[-] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Why wouldn't they want to join this place and be called bootlickers for moderate policy take by some screaming communist from a .ml? Sounds like a great time to me! Getting yelled at by flying squid twice a day is a joy!

This place is primarily made up of a ton anarchist and communists screaming and spreading their own bullshit. Centrist and and less progressive folks are commonly shouted at, called bootlickers, or Nazis for relatively centrrist views.

Mods and admins are far less balanced than reddit or pre x Twitter as well. LWis about to as close to center as you can get and it's quite obvious.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

What do you mean when you say "this place"? Because Lemmy is decentralized, and it can vary wildly by instance and community.

[-] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

It's still small, so the whole platform still feels like one of the larger reddit subs. The same people show up everywhere, and if you want to create a niche community, you'll go months without seeing any posts.

[-] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

LW. The only instance really even close to supporting commercial needs. I may be missing a few snale ones but LWis the most "normal" for lack of a better description.

[-] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago
[-] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Lemmyworld, the instance you are commenting on.

[-] USSEthernet@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago

StarTrek.website recently defederated from hexbear and we got called names too. I'd say our instance is pretty well balanced and small.

[-] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I'll check it out!

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