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LeftInTX

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3. I rarely go on twitter, but I was on the other day and I clicked my profile. Apparently a "for you" tab popped up.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Jan 10, 2025, 04:31 PM

Jan 2025

Ughh...It was full of Musk, Info Wars, Alex Jones, Trump tweets.....
I wondering, "where is everyone that I know?" I quickly switched to "following" and found who I follow. But yeah, their algorithm had nothing to do with my previous viewing.

I never have spent much time there. I've never considered it a "social media", but more or less "up to the minute" snippets of info. (Like during a court case, they will tweet before they write their article etc)

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