Three users who disagreed with the site’s owner saw views for their posts plummet.
The Weird, Fragmented World of Social Media After Twitter
The common forum that Elon Musk destroyed will never be replaced—and that’s okay.
Twitter Is Dead, X Is Elon’s Personal Propaganda Platform, Where Grok Checks His Feed Before Answering
Last week, Elon Musk’s Grok AI started spewing extreme antisemitism, calling itself “MechaHitler” and pushing conspiracy theories about Jewish people. But that wasn’t the mo…
Here’s What Elon Musk Sees When He Opens X (Published 2025)
The New York Times tracked 1,109 accounts that Mr. Musk follows on X to recreate his news feed.
Criticism of X (social network)
X, formerly known as Twitter, has faced various criticisms over the years, particularly concerning content moderation, censorship, and platform management.
How Elon Musk’s Own Account Dominates X (Published 2024)
The billionaire has effectively become the star of his social media platform, transforming X into a reflection of his personal views before the election.
A few weeks of X’s algorithm can make you more right-wing – and it doesn’t wear off quickly
Elon Musk’s social media platform is boosting conservative content – and it’s having long-lasting effects on how users see the world.
A few weeks of X’s algorithm can make you more right-wing – and it doesn’t wear off quickly
Elon Musk’s social media platform is boosting conservative content – and it’s having long-lasting effects on how users see the world.
X is Severely Punishing Posts With Links in Them—Here's The Proof
As someone who frequently shares posts on X linking to external content sources (including my own content and content from other websites), I've noticed a major shift since Elon Musk took over Twit
Bluesky And X Users Plummet Year After Trump’s Election Win—Truth Social Makes Small Gains
Bluesky, a liberal-leaning social platform that welcomed hordes of users disillusioned by Elon Musk’s X, hasn’t sustained its surge in activity after President Donald Trump won a second term.
Former Reddit CEO: Content Moderation Teams Don’t Care About Your Politics, They Just Want You To Stop Being A Jerk
Last week, about the same time I posted by giant post on all the things that Elon Musk didn’t understand about content moderation, former Reddit CEO Yishan Wong posted a really long, but comp…
How Bluesky, Alternative to X and Facebook, Is Handling Explosive Growth
<blockquote><br /><strong><em>The fledgling social media site has been flooded with new users since the election. It hasn’t all been easy.</em></strong></b...
My 2024 thoughts on the state of social media
I see a continued fragmentation of social media as people leave X(Twitter).
Twitter died a long time ago and X isn't worth it. Before I made the jump, my ego was holding me back. I was too concerned with vanity metrics. I finally realized if you're posting stuff people want to follow, then they'll follow you, even when you leave. siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/kelsey-hightower-b…
Open-source champion Kelsey Hightower on the promise of Bluesky
www.siliconrepublic.comPeople are misunderstanding what happened here. They mostly did not go back to twitter. They went to linkedin or substack or threads nowhere and so interesting technical conversations simply didn't happen that could have.
Ryan Moulton
Lots of people tried to reconstruct the ML/AI/stats community over here. 90% of them left because the random abuse they got for just posting ordinary research results was too much. bsky.app/profile/jwherrman.bsky.social…
Elon Musk, owner of X, has called the editor of the Economist "a traitor to the West, plain and simple" after her recent interview with him. He now argues that "anyone who opposes remigration is a traitor" Musk has been socialising violence since Aug25: "fight or die, that's what it comes down to"
Twitter/X - Cautionary Tales
Lessons to learn from X's failures
Facebook and Twitter shutter pro-Trump network reaching 55 million accounts
Quit X (by あ) — Semble
Twitter users #BlockTheBlue as ‘verified’ accounts take on new meaning
Criticism of X (social network)
The political effects of X’s feed algorithm
