Post #952884
2026-04-06 05:50 UTC
Social media is turning into a freak show
https://www.natesilver.net/p/social-media-has-become-a-freak-show
The ecosystem is unhealthy, especially on X/Twitter, and that's producing some strange beasts among the most influential accounts.
1/3
#LeaveX #FarRight #BigTech #SocialMedia
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@leavex@mastodon.social 2026-04-06 05:51
"I recently came across a bubble chart depicting X accounts that had received the most “engagement” in February 2026. It was depressing: most of the top accounts were extremely low-quality and highly partisan. I hadn’t even heard of many of them and only follow a handful of the top accounts. So I tracked down the original data myself and, with help from Claude, made my own improved version of the chart. Here, voilà, are X accounts with the most engagement so far in 2026: 2/3 #LeaveX