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Twitter is 100 times more toxic than FB, but somehow everyone is focused on FB.

I guess someone powerful is annoyed.



I agree. Twitter is a machine devised to draw people into clapbacks, cheapshots, fights, spats, and arguments. It's completely toxic.

But journalists love Twitter. Every other account is a journalist or media personality. So all the "social media bad" articles implicate Facebook.


FB is 10 times larger than Twitter, and is diversified across a fairly large number of different platforms.


Journalists live their lives on Twitter.


The last 1.75 fuckin' years have in part been because of the fact journalists and politicians live on twitter. These dudes think pleasing twitter mobs is more important than actual real life people.


And consistently reveal their biases, one of the greatest social platforms for that reason as you can see the sausage get made in real time.


Whataboutism is not a good defense for FB. All social media companies profiting from hate and addiction are evil.


My mom isnt on twatter


Maybe you missed the part where FB undermined the US election?




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