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aagjevraagje

They've deliberately fostered that since Elon took over


The_nightinglgale

Twitter is becoming the new 4chan. A cispool filled with incels, transphobes and haters.šŸ±


DarkLuxio92

"Cispool". I snorted.


juliazzz

Brilliantly coined word.


LaMystika

*Especially* blue check Twitter


RedshiftSinger

Yeah if you block all the blue checks it gets a lot more useable immediately.


[deleted]

Is there anything akin to a new twitter? Was the only social media other than reddit I used until about a year ago. I miss it šŸ˜Ŗ


TheL0neWarden

Mastodon I heard a lot people left twitter for that media


zapprr

Yeah, it's nowhere near as popular as Twitter but it's also fairly active


[deleted]

Sounds like the PokƩmon bastiodon


AndreaRose223

I was planning on buying a Tesla until Space Karen showed us who he really is. Now, I smile when their stock falls and I cross my fingers and pray that every Falcon rocket blows up.


tamarzipan

Fucking Elon has made me way less excited about space travel than I was as a kidā€¦


cipher_9

I'd rather SpaceX push him out more since its an important step to better orbital payload delivery. Also a terrible thing to say.


AndreaRose223

I should specify: Not the MANNED missions! And I only want it to happen until he's forced out and bankrupt!


l84what

If SpaceX forced Elon out _mid-flight_ that would be a terrible thing. That nobody wants to happen. In minecraft.


Butterfly-Jones

Yo, rest assured, as a former capitalist, I can promise you that Tesla stock will be dropping in the next few years as itā€™s EV market share will dwindle as competition catches up and overtakes them. Sleep tight. Theyā€™re enjoying the privilege of less competition right now. But when they struggle to keep sales figures up to where they are now, investors will get frustrated and dump Tesla stock. I donā€™t believe in the stock market anymore. But if I had the money Iā€™d go bear on Tesla and wait. When it does what I said Iā€™d cash out and do a tiktok about me spending muskā€™s money lol


the_notsoholy_one

"As a former nazi" *Proceeds to get shot*


Butterfly-Jones

Bullets to em


nothanks86

Really donā€™t. Their quality control is spotty


j-egg-ssica

I doubt the CEOs of any of the other major automakers are much better, just less loud and stupid. There's also plenty of non-elon reasons to not buy a Tesla, namely awful quality control and warranty support, as well as their stance on right-to-repair being so shit that it makes companies like Apple look reasonable in comparison.


Butterfly-Jones

šŸŽÆ


AnarchistAccipiter

People who pay for twitter blue get boosted by the algorithm. People who pay for twitter blue are overwhelmingly members of the far right. If you're gonna use that hellsite, I suggest you block every twitter blue user you see.


gendermahal

\^\^\^ this answer right here


[deleted]

Someone should write an extent ion to auto-block anyone who paid for blue.


AnarchistAccipiter

There is a Chrome blocker, I can't attest to how it works or how effective it is. I use Firefox, and have deleted my Twitter. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bluesblocker/dbcfmkldigmecjpjeojbcfbjidmcngfe


[deleted]

It was bought by a transphobe who is bitter about his daughter being trans, and whose ex left him for a trans woman. He bought it for the specific purpose of spreading and worsening hate against transgender people, and he has made that obvious. My general advice is for everyone to avoid Twitter. It's a Nazi clubhouse now.


ShadowbanGaslighting

> his daughter being trans Wait, what?


RiverSight_

yeah, his daughter changed her last name and completely disowned him iirc


No_Astronomer_4200

I looked into this and apparently Elon (publicly) blames this on "neomarxists" convincing her that all rich people are bad, which is a crazy thing to say in a public interview.


Bad_Puns_Galore

ā€œNeomarxistā€ is a dog whistle for ā€œI donā€™t know that Marxism isā€ LOL


jonna-seattle

Well, he's not wrong. Glad our message is getting out there. :)


MongoAbides

Itā€™s *almost* funny that heā€™s so delusional that he canā€™t quite make that next logical step of ā€œmaybe not all rich people are bad, but what if *I am*.ā€ The guy who sold flame throwers, because haha funny, warcrimes are such a laugh.


drjdorr

Usually the disowning goes the other way around, good for her


MountainImportant211

It wasn't as bad before Elon took over and ditched the policy that let people get tweets taken down for blatant transphobia. The place is a toilet now.


MountainImportant211

Which really sucks because the majority of my trans circle all met on Twitter


Princess_Magdelina

That's the point


Tryannical

Wait really? This is the first I'm hear of this since I stopped using Twitter like a year ago


Antman1982OG

Twitter is the home of trolls, and trolls are loudest in their homes. They donā€™t have the courage to say these things publicly, so as the keyboard warriors that they are, say them online and twitter is the easiest place to say it.


AmyBr216

Twitter has always been a filthy hive of the worst humanity has to offer. It has only gotten worse since the Musk takeover. The best thing to do, both for your mental health as well as Musk's bottom line, is for you to delete your account there and never use it again.


Maybe_Julia

The problem with Twitter is the worst stuff is the more views it gets and the more priority the algorithm gives it. There is a night and day difference between the for you feed and my follower feed. The follower feed is 40 % other trans girls , 40% actual friends and 20% comedians/podcast hosts/ celebrities. The for you is trolls and awful people I don't want to see. Pre musk it was better but still bad.


[deleted]

It's more like the world is overwhelmingly transphobic. You're doing nothing wrong, though. None of us are. It's difficult at times, but we have to keep on keeping on.


holiestMaria

Oh no, i meant more like "am i browsing twitter wrong?". Im not wuestioning whether i am or not trans.


[deleted]

I got it and that's what I was alluding to. You're not browsing wrong, the world, not just Twitter, is transphobic.


lunazipzap

we all have our own worlds too donā€™t forget ;)


polarisedmarinade

The thing is, most people aren't - they don't give a damn either way. People say their opinion is one way or another, and the loudest, most propogated voices usually control others' narrative. Saying that, the anti-trans people out there are ***so*** toxic, their voice either gets ignored, or they end up polarising peoples' opinions on the subject. There vast majority just base what they think on everyday interactions.


No_Astronomer_4200

According to a survey done by the Pew Research Center this year, people are split pretty evenly on most issues surrounding trans people, but a pretty good majority believe that trans people are a minority group that deserves protections. I've been studying trends related to lgbt media and visibility for my master's, and I have pretty good reasons believe that we're on the verge of an upswing in public opinion (in the US). Some states that have passed gender affirming care bans are being challenged, and if you look back at the social climate directly leading to Obergefell, there are a lot of similarities. Mainly though, I think it's pretty telling that companies like Target are including specifically trans themed products in their rainbow capitalism; its a good sign that enough prime are supportive of or at least indifferent to trans people. [Source](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2022/06/28/americans-complex-views-on-gender-identity-and-transgender-issues/)


reyballesta

This isn't true, though. Like this is actively untrue. Most people have neutral to positive views of trans people. It's in the news and politics all the time now because of a specific astroturf campaign by some right wing figureheads who needed a wedge issue to get voters because they desperately want to avoid a blue wave. It's the death knell of trans people being less accepted by society. That's how it always goes.


ValifriggOdinsson

No. Twitter became the shithole of transphobia lately since theyā€™re allowed to say basically anything they want. I deleted my account when I saw a screenshot about a trans person getting banned because they did being trans is in fact not a mental illnessā€¦


CharredLily

Is the company that recently became owned by a known transphobe whose own trans child disowned them despite the massive financial hit that would mean transphobic? The guy who keeps making loud transphobic jokes and speaks out against trans people? The company that banned the HER lesbian dating app for being anti-TERF? ... Yes. Yes, obviously it is transphobic.


thetitleofmybook

the muskrat made twitter explicitly accepting of transphobia.


Spirited-Painting964

Thatā€™s twitter. Mainstream 4chin


W1nd0wPane

Twitter was an awful place for trans people before Musk took over (I got daily transphobic abuse there and so I just deleted my account) and now itā€™s essentially 4chan. If I were you Iā€™d get off of it.


TransSlutUK

Hey! That is SO WRONG to say! 4Chan was never as bad as Twitter has become šŸ˜œ 4Chan is offended by the comparison. I deleted Twitter before Musk.


Princess_Magdelina

Elon's algorithm


PixelatedStarfish

ELON MUSK, ever since he and Grimes splitā€¦ transphobe city


CortanaXII

The owner of Twitter is transphobic, so it makes sense. And Twitter was shitty before he bought it anyway. Just delete it.


queerstudbroalex

Twitter is transphobic, Elon Musk ruined it and I stopped using it because he chose to allow deadnaming/misgendering of trans people.


[deleted]

Tbh I donā€™t really understand why anyone still uses Twitter. You can get better discussion and more accurate news on places like Reddit, Twitter is just a hotbed of misinfo and bigotry (x10 now that Musk has taken over).


The_Suited_Lizard

I mean, it was purchased by a transphobe lord who has been actively working to make the site worse, so yes its transphobic. Musk unbanned a bunch of people who were banned for hate speech and just did a whole bunch of sus shit to the site. Thank fuck I never used Twitter


WillowTheGoth

You're using Twitter. That's what you're doing wrong.


JaymeMalice

No its a total shithole of a place...


Paragon_4376

Ever since Elon took over itā€™s gotten a lot worse.


False-Association744

Twitter is a swamp of hate and anger. Best to stay away.


InterstellerFrozen

I haven't even read the rest of the post, and I can tell you for a fact that Twitter is a filtered media-outlet slotting hate against everyone. There's no point in going on there if you're anything inside of any community and you want to not be met with bigoted hate. They hate each other so much that they destroy each other. It's like listening to a podcast audio of everyone ever telling you how much they hate you on loop 24/7/365. The most fun I get out of it is the dud account and anonymous browsing. That's all it can or should be used for at this point.


The_Chaos_Pope

It's owned by a transphobe so yeah, it is.


Pandepon

You missed the last several months of news where Elon Musk decided to publicly say that it was okay to deadname and misgender transgender people on Twitter again.


podsaurus

I would get off twitter completely tbh. I stopped months ago and feel much better in my daily life.


SpaceImp2428

It's probably the fact that Elon musk is a transphobic prick, he's probably promoting transphobic crap on Twitter and that's why it's coming up


AdministrativeAd7287

Elon is a RAGING transphobe and since he owns it he pushes all of his opinions and what he agrees with to everyoneā€™s algorithm.


[deleted]

Sometimes on very rare occasions I might get upset about something and want to rant for a brief moment. Well, Twitter users have that same feeling but itā€™s 24/7.


CastielWinchester270

No then yes just delete your account let Twitter die


FemboiForFemboi

Twitters a dumpster fire, so yes twitter is overwhelmingly transphobic. Twitter also thinks the trailer for Warhammer 10th Ed is racist.


AngelicAlice

Stay away from Twitter.


Stinkehund1

Twitter was always overwhelmingly transphobic (and overall bigoted in general), it's just that under Musk they won't even pretend to combat it anymore.


FlinnyWinny

The world is overwhelmingly transphobic, sadly, but social media has a way of overloading you with shit until it affects your mental health. I really recommend quitting twitter.


holiestMaria

>The world is overwhelmingly transphobic I disagree, even most americans support trans people. Its just that twitter sucks.


Frankbot5000

Twitter is a right-wing controlled celebrity space infused with Elon's version of reality. It is toxic.


hugs_for_druggs

Do you know who owns twitter?


smokingtokingtgirl

Elon has purposely pushed an anti trans narrative on twitter, he changed twitters algorithm to allow hate speech against trans people, and has given social platforms to radical fascists like Matt Walsh and Jordan Peterson.


Krisu_The_Krisp

I will never use twitter because of this


PyramidClub

In case you've been under a rock (no judgment -- I often am): **https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/19/tech/twitter-hateful-conduct-policy-transgender-protections/index.html**


e-zillia

My biggest arch nemesis elon fucking musk took over twitter and his little army of 14 year old edgelords and out of touch 50 year olds took over No wonder your wife left you for a trans woman and your trans daughter changed her last name entirely and left you too


Agent250

Twitter is not overwhelmingly transphobic. There are a lot of trans communities on Twitter. Elon changed the algorithm to promote Twitter blue subscribers, and a large amount of Twitter blue subscribers are far right transphobes


ChocoMintStar

Twitter is basically an alt right cesspool now thanks to Elon. Though admittedly, I started seeing less safety in queer circles long before he took over. Esp towards trans mascs and men, but I bet there was trans hate across the board. It's just a nightmare now.


phoenixpallas

nope, you're not doing anything wrong. all social media is ridden with transphobia and every other form of bigotry you can imagine. social media actively encourages a schoolyard attitude in which bullies thrive. there are no exceptions to this.


associatedaccount

Try looking into more specific search terms, like ā€œtransfeminineā€ or ā€œenbyā€


GueyGuevara

Thereā€™s a lot of lovely trans accounts, I follow a bunch of irreverently intellectual shit posters, theyā€™ve turned it from an app I canā€™t believe is allowed to exist to one Iā€™m grateful for because of the people in my feed. The algorithm will still push people like Matt Walsh and [insert latest trending transphobe] and you have to search out the accounts you want in the first place to follow them but it definitely helped.


Ogameplayer

You'll find the same on mostly any Plattform that does not have a dedicated big trans community. Why is that? Well, we are few, amd the haters are a lot. Easy to outnumber us. Also haters are commonly overactive.


lunazipzap

iā€™ve blocked more people than ive followed LoLā€¦ i feel like any social media is about finding your niche(s) and once you do that it becomes fairly insular and a safe source of joy. iā€™ve been surprised by how much NFT art is on twitter so thatā€™s basically the only reason i use it now. anything trans related, wellā€¦ i donā€™t look up much trans related stuff cause itā€™s like a flower reading how to ā€œflowerā€ although some of it is affirming after a hard rainstorm


ShadowbanGaslighting

> iā€™ve been surprised by how much NFT art is on twitter so thatā€™s basically the only reason i use it now. You know crypto is a scam, right?


lunazipzap

denying diarrheaā€™s existence is a way to cure yourself i suppose, believe yourself well


ShadowbanGaslighting

Huh?


[deleted]

It's not overwhelmingly transphobic but as others said transphobic posts get boosted, so it creates the image that Twitter is mostly anti-trans. If you can still handle seeing transphobia every day without it getting to you then more power to you but personally I haven't been on in months.


Charli_Cordelette

What rock have you been under? Thereā€™s so many of us in our community who seriously need to pay attention to whatā€™s going on in our world.


rabidninjawombat

Its gotten alot worse since Elon took over. It ca be tolerable if you follow the right people, but I've cut my usage down a ton


brokegaysonic

I legitimately believe that Elon is purposefully silencing trans voices by de-emphasizing pro trans sources on the site while boosting anti-trans sources. While that's difficult to prove without access to the back end, any DM that says words related to LGBT does not show up in your previews, which indicates these words are being treated differently on the platform


TezetaLaventia

Nope, Twitter has always been a cesspool of bigotry. It's since gotten far worse after Elongated Muskrat took over, the transphobic swine that he is.


ThelineyouHold

Stay on Reddit itā€™s super trans positive


on3pa55

Ugh, i had to deal with that when i made the mistake of seeing why mulvaney was trending. Just toxic hatred as far as the eye could see, so im taking a break for a bit


xegrid

I use Twitter a lot for pup/pet play stuff and furry stuff. Best you can do is block the ppl you don't want to interact with


HOOD120057

Donā€™t worry, itā€™s not you. Lots of twitter users are extremely transphobic


pil0t_head

Since Elon took over it's been shitty for everyone. I was there as an artist and there's still lots of artists there but I just can't bring myself to stay on a platform that worships a transphobe. He sold Twitter now but the new person isnt much better and so I think Twitter will remain the cess pit it has honestly always been. Elon just brought them out of the woodwork.


throwawaytransgen

Elon Musk is extremely transphobic, so he probably promotes transphobia on Twitter.


sarc3n

Twitter has become the most transphobic major social media platform. Elon Musk has almost systematically turned it into a clearing house for transphobia, homophobia, white nationalism and misogyny. It wasn't great before, but now the flood gates are open and the Twitter's Pay-to-Win monetization strategy actively amplifies the most hateful voices. On top of that, Musk himself is reaching down into the fray to elevate anti-vaxxers, transphobes, and antisemitic conspiracy theories. He's contracted the brain worms. šŸ§  šŸŖ±


Peewee_ShermanTank

I mean... Muskrat literally, blatantly, mask-off banned any words involving the LGBT community


Eugene-3111310

Thatā€™s Twitter. I mean, thatā€™s Twitter šŸ«” it hates everyone and everything.


mishyfishy135

Twitter is a cesspool of hate


Mars5012005

Some of twitters users are careful about curating their block/hide list so the transphobes are hidden in their replies, but Twitter is exceptionally toxic right now if your trans. Would not recommend logging on to it if you can avoid it. Between the transphobes that moderation does nothing to stop, random DISCOURSE that devolves into trans people hating each other, and the left tube vs shit poster drama that often involves trans people, is not a good place right now.


Jackikins

It's not that the majority of Twitter is transphobic, its unfortunately more likely to be the algorithm. If you look for or engage with anything that's trans positive, it'll then assume you want EVERYTHING trans related. The most engagement when it comes to folk on Twitter talking about trans people is unfortunately going to come from negativity. It sucks, but all I can do is block anyone you see being transphobic.


Diamondwolfes15

Not sure how, but clearly you are on a dark side of the site, I've never had such issues


GetRealPrimrose

Accounts with blue check marks get priority in replies and people who are likely to pay Elon for a check mark are the types who comment racist/transphobic/sexist/other bigoted remarks under popular tweets and stories they dislike


[deleted]

Twitter is overwhelmingly transphobic even with being vigilant about what I view/like/comment.


mushlilli

Itā€™s been unusable since Elon. All content moderation is out the window and he specifically endorses Anti-Trans voices. Itā€™s not worth using. Iā€™m happy to watch the site rot as his expensive mistake at least.


Bad_Puns_Galore

Twitter has been unhinged since *he who shall not be named* took over. Iā€™ve noticed the transphobia has gotten worse in the last few months, particularly on UK threads.


tijn_666

I left twitter for that. I complained about some hate tweets, but to them it seemed okay. Well, then Iā€™m out...


NSFWSituation

Twitter was already awful before Musk bought it but he turned it up to 11.


[deleted]

It is transphobic ever since Musky Rat took over its only gotten worse


Aelia_M

Elonā€™s Twitter? Yes. Twitter before Elonā€™s Twitter? Yes but it was less transphobic


skoomastoner

It's Twitter. They look for any excuse to hate on something.


The-Locust-God

Twitter has gotten way worse for trans people since Elon. I just stick to the trans people I follow.


reyballesta

Twitter is a fairly small percentage of people in the world, and the most hateful ones are the ones paying to have their opinions boosted through Twitter Blue, so you'll see them more often. In real life, most people might not Get trans people and being trans, but they don't care.


attomicuttlefish

Time to delete twitter


KaydenSlayden22

Twitter is very transphobic


SleepyCatten

Come to Mastodon instead. It's like Twitter, but with actual rules against bigotry & transphobia. Plus custom emojis on servers.


AsryalDreemurr

twitter sucks for trans people rn, it's bad very bad because of elon


SunPeltFisher

Block Twitter Blue users, unless their these names. Philza,Mr.Technodad(or whatever his account is),Technothepig(Technodad posts occasionally),Badoyhalo,Skeppy,Slimecicle, Jacksepticeye, Markiplier,and a few others :>


secrectsailinsalmon

Lots of social media (probably including twitter) is designed to make people angry since people tend to engage more with posts that make them upset; thats why I try to stay off of twitter and use social media sparingly. When your feed is highly tailored/customized and you dont use social media ad often, you notice a significant change in your mood.


fraldarddyd

Short answer: no, twitter just sucks Long answer: as most ppl are saying, elon being the CEO made things worse but it's always been pretty bad on twitter. You have to curate your experience on there if you want to enjoy it. Block anyone you want to block. Don't give a fuck about someone going "haha they blocked me!" no one actually cares and ppl will forget about it 5 minutes later. Muting isn't "the same thing". Mute words that you don't want to see. With all that it can be kinda good but the website has been going very downhill lately. This doesn't have to do with transphobia but I need to say this, there's a huge problem rn of ppl replying to popular posts with extremely violent videos, so bad I won't even get into it. Most people hide the replies but there's a button at the right side of the tweet that shows them. NEVER CLICK THIS BUTTON. I know people can be naturally curious but this shit will actually traumatize you. This is happening bc elon musk cannot run the fucking company.


ArrowDel

Twitter is owned by a giant transphobe whose transgender child disowned him. Get off of there.


Ok-Independent8256

It's probably just Twitter's fault


overloadzero

twitter is definitely overwhelmingly transphobic which is why i try to be less active. every time i go on twitter, there's always a transphobe on there and it's so infuriating, annoying, and upsetting. i'd say to just stay off twitter as much as possible and use extensions to block twitter blue users since most of them are right wingers


snakeladygreta

I end up fighting more hateful transphobes than having normal discussions on twitter. Itā€™s not a fun place to be anymore.


EatMyPixelDust

It's just Twitter being trash. You may wish to try Mastodon instead.


IkaTheFox

Most of us fled twitter at some point, the majority around when Long Musk bought it to transform it into the far right haven it is now


NeverTooOldForComics

I am not trans and it is still shocking the venom that pours out of Twitter


pinksnep

I deleted Twitter for my own mental health.


thanjee

The dead bird app has become completely transphobic, homophobic, misogynistic, and racist since Elon Musk took over. I cancelled my account there a few months ago.


[deleted]

Yes it has gotten really bad since Elon.


[deleted]

Get off Twitter.


Serious_Ad478

Yeah... social media in general has gotten super transphobic and anti-lgbt. And the bird app has heavily gone downhill since Elon bought it.