Post AReRrj3DqWd5wKMM2S by Minnesnowta@universeodon.com
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 (DIR) Post #ARePOMABfB7SeHU9DM by atomicpoet@mastodon.social
       2023-01-15T00:37:15Z
       
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       What I appreciate about Mastodon is how it takes me out of affinity bubbles. What do I mean by this?On Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok, algorithms constantly feed me stuff from people it believes I want to see.It ends up being the same type of people: nerdy white dudes and conventionally attractive women. Because Mastodon has no similar algorithm, I'm not put in that box!I see more LGBT+, POC, neurodiverse, disabled, etc. on here than in Big Social.I'm thankful for this opportunity!
       
 (DIR) Post #ARePOMcBz3WM38aVrk by atomicpoet@mastodon.social
       2023-01-15T00:40:16Z
       
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       Some people might ask, "Well, why didn't you go out of your way to see more diverse people on Big Social?"Because Big Social tries really hard to put you in a box, and it's near impossible to get out of it. And it assumes if you have an interest in something, that's your identity.This is actually one reason I've stopped using Big Social services.
       
 (DIR) Post #AReRriarXxwcWN5hpo by atomicpoet@mastodon.social
       2023-01-15T00:49:38Z
       
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       For the longest time, TikTok thought I was a lesbian. It just fed me nothing but lesbian content over and over again. Which was fine for a little bit—but TikTok's idea of lesbian identity is rather one note.Why did TikTok believe I was a lesbian? Because I watched one video from one lesbian, and it just kept sending me more stuff like, "5 things every lesbian relates to" nonstop.So I "reset". And then it shoved me in an identity box immediately again!
       
 (DIR) Post #AReRrj3DqWd5wKMM2S by Minnesnowta@universeodon.com
       2023-01-15T00:55:09Z
       
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       @atomicpoet Out all social media that I use, I think Youtube has the best algorithm. I literally could leave television behind, and watch Youtube all day, especially the videos of people traversing the earth like 'bald and bankrupt', and the lovely Jonna Jinton's vids of Sweden.
       
 (DIR) Post #AReRrjPuUAmH4gyTOy by lamp@mastodong.lol
       2023-01-15T01:10:09Z
       
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       @Minnesnowta @atomicpoet youtube is the only good thing
       
 (DIR) Post #ARfzfbNA9xMGFa2M5Y by shoq@mastodon.social
       2023-01-15T14:56:49Z
       
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       @atomicpoet As more confirmation of your point, just before you posted this, I was in the process of noticing just how many profiles of trans folks I see here every day. It's not that their population is that much greater here (it is, but not by much), but rather that you are correct: the CIS-centered algos have just been excluding them elsewhere.
       
 (DIR) Post #ARfzfbuq8kIRw1nFa4 by parkermolloy@masto.ai
       2023-01-15T15:05:58Z
       
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       @shoq @atomicpoet And in the case of Twitter, the algo seems to have gotten even worse for trans folks (and people who post pro-trans stuff, generally, since EM took over
       
 (DIR) Post #ARfzfcNCRIyvLz3tmi by shoq@mastodon.social
       2023-01-15T15:24:16Z
       
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       @parkermolloy @atomicpoet Funny you mention that. I was just doing some searches with the Bird's API (the only way a non-blue account can search more than 7 days past), looking for trans-related abuse and trolling. In my very first test, I found 3 similar to this one in a single result. The frequency confirms the nut-Right's increasing determination to associate "trans" with "woke." I guess "pedophilia" was just too many syllables for the hate-mobs to struggle with?
       
 (DIR) Post #ARfzfczq7dtFHp8l0q by parkermolloy@masto.ai
       2023-01-15T15:57:02Z
       
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       @shoq @atomicpoet And just last week there was the right wing freak out over Joker being made "trans and pregnant" in a new comic, which, as I wrote here, was not actually the case. https://www.readtpa.com/p/im-going-to-become-the-joker
       
 (DIR) Post #ARfzfdXW6QpQyGteVM by parkermolloy@masto.ai
       2023-01-15T15:58:29Z
       
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       @shoq @atomicpoet And the entire goal here for the right seems to be to treat the existence (or, in the comic book case, the incorrectly perceived existence) of trans people with a "woke" world. So now they're pushing for laws that would purge trans people from public life.
       
 (DIR) Post #ARfzfdySUGNaJpVAUy by parkermolloy@masto.ai
       2023-01-15T16:14:25Z
       
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       @shoq @atomicpoet Also, wait, Twitter made it so you can't search more than 7 days in the past unless you pay the $8-11? That's nuts.