What's the most toxic social media platforms you've used?

[Heatman]

There's a reason why some people are no longer interested in making use of social media platforms. This is because of how toxic and unfriendly people on those social media sites behave when dealing with others. They make the online environment so uncomfortable for people.

What's the most toxic social media platforms you've used?

 

[Bryn]

Twitter, and that was long before Elon Musk took over and made it worse...

 

[Heatman]

Twitter, and that was long before Elon Musk took over and made it worse...

I completely agree with you. Twitter/X is one social media platform that if you don't have a tough skin, it's going to be very difficult for you to last a day on that site.

 

[Bryn]

it's going to be very difficult for you to last a day on that site.

Or even a few hours...

And it's not a site for liberal-minded people either

 

[Cpvr]

Twitter, and that was long before Elon Musk took over and made it worse...

I joined Twitter in 2009 and I’ve witnessed a lot of things on there.

It’s a shame that it’s no longer the same platform that it used to be.

 

[Bryn]

It’s a shame that it’s no longer the same platform that it used to be.

And that's why people are flocking to Bluesky in their millions...

 

[Shortie]

I would have to say that the most toxic social media platform I have used in the past would be Twitter. It is such a shame it went the way it did.

 

[fdk]

I don't use any social media really anymore except for work-related purposes... they've all, in some degree, given in to toxicity, hate and division. Facebook was the first platform I stopped using and that was in around 2013. From then on, I migrated to Twitter, and found that it was generally quite well moderated and generally a safe platform.

I started using Twitter again a lot during lockdown in 2020 after a long break, and found that it had already at that point began the creep towards becoming a lot more tolerant of hatred and being pro-"free speech". Since the Musk takeover, I think I've probably visited Twitter for personal purposes about five times... it doesn't interest me anymore. It wouldn't surprise me if in 10-20 years documentaries are made about how social media grew into a breeding ground for terrorism, violence and child abuse.

 

[Cory]

Between actively using only two modern-day social media sites, Facebook and Reddit, I would have to say Reddit could be somewhat toxic at times due to the sheer number of people on there who "attack" you for voicing an opinion that they're not in agreeance with. I don't visit any social media websites anymore unless they're from a Google search.

 

[Cpvr]

And that's why people are flocking to Bluesky in their millions...

You’re absolutely right. Bluesky just recently surpassed 25 million members and they were at 18 million members in November. They’ll more than likely surpass 30 million sometime in January.

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Twitter still has over 300 million members though, so it’ll take sometime for Bluesky to really put a dent on Twitter’s numbers.