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Reddit And Twitter: The New Giants Of Anti-Social Media

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Reddit And Twitter: The New Giants Of Anti-Social Media

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TechnologyEnglish · 3 years ago

Reddit apps forced to close, as Twitter blocks users who aren't logged in. When did social media become so hostile?

This pretty much sums up the last couple days. Thankfully we have Beehaw and Mastodon.

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I’ve never heard the term anti-social media, but having now been on Mastodon for nine months, I don’t really need Twitter anymore. I expect in time Lemmy will fill the same Reddit-shaped void.

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