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Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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543 points donohoe | 8 comments | 09 Jul 25 14:52 UTC | HN request time: 1.196s | source | bottom
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leakycap ◴[09 Jul 25 15:17 UTC] No.44511088[source]▶
When I saw this news, my first thought was that she lasted about 1 year and 11 months longer than I expected after the first few weeks.

I know Twitter had many terrible aspects, but I do miss the world voice old Twitter provided for quotes that could be engaged with in an "everyone is here" kind of feeling that doesn't exist on any other platforms right now.

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kylebenzle ◴[09 Jul 25 16:46 UTC] No.44512181[source]▶
Of course I hate what Elon has done to Twitter but you're feeling previously that everyone was there was an illusion brought on by massive propaganda and manipulation of the conversation. The same thing has happened to Reddit now, well it feels more inclusive and open it's actually an incredibly controlled enclosed system that only allows one specific viewpoint. Now of course to the people inside that bubble it feels like freedom but to everyone else it looks like a liberal echo chamber.

For example, when the actual owner of the at Bitcoin handle wasn't pushing the narrative that Jack Dorsey wanted they hijacked the moniker and gave it to a pro b Blockstream (THE COMPANY THAT CONTROLS THE BITCOIN CODE BASE) individual. For most people that support Bitcoin and blockstream it looks like a victory of free speech but in reality they're just controlling more and more of the speech and kicking out anyone from the conversation who disagrees.

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fkyoureadthedoc ◴[09 Jul 25 16:55 UTC] No.44512292[source]▶
> liberal echo chamber

It skews one way, but there's definitely a large diversity in opinions on Reddit that are not hard to find. It's also transitioning into an India social media site, just from sheer population numbers.

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fourseventy ◴[10 Jul 25 01:34 UTC] No.44516375[source]▶
Nowadays Reddit is a far left echo chamber that will downvote you into oblivion for voicing an opinion as controversial as "men can't get pregnant"
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1. saagarjha ◴[10 Jul 25 02:02 UTC] No.44516503[source]▶
You've gotten downvoted here for saying the exact same thing. Maybe you should improve your opinions?
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2. saagarjha ◴[10 Jul 25 10:08 UTC] No.44519298[source]▶
Nobody is making you say anything. You can just keep quiet.
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3. fourseventy ◴[10 Jul 25 13:23 UTC] No.44520743[source]▶
So your opinion is that men can get pregnant?
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4. fkyoureadthedoc ◴[10 Jul 25 15:52 UTC] No.44522374[source]▶
Most people aren't interested in just talking past each other or responding to people saying something to get a rise.

What you're trying to say here is that you disagree with having a distinction between sex and gender identity, but you're doing it in a purposefully obtuse and inflammatory way. That indicates to me that you're not really interested in having a conversation. You're likely seeking downvotes and bans to justify your own bias.

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5. latency-guy2 ◴[10 Jul 25 22:44 UTC] No.44526533{3}[source]▶
This is so uninteresting considering the comments that you passed over from the other user:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44510731#44516503

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44510731#44519298

No, I imagine you don't see the blatant disregard. Maybe sagaar is a genuine representation of this community, and as are you. Entirely inflammatory people who seek to poison the well and act like they're not doing it.

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6. collyw ◴[11 Jul 25 09:27 UTC] No.44530106{3}[source]▶
Men can't get pregnant and I am not going to pretend that they can.
7. saagarjha ◴[11 Jul 25 13:36 UTC] No.44531984{4}[source]▶
Oh, I know exactly what I'm doing and I'll own up to it. I think it's a more honest position than being the guy who posts "noncontroversial" comments that always end up downvoted for some reason.
8. fkyoureadthedoc ◴[11 Jul 25 15:11 UTC] No.44533049{4}[source]▶
The first link is someone responding in kind to another inflammatory comment from the same person. It's all part of the same thread in which the person I originally responded to was being a doofus on purpose. I could have just responded to his first root instead of his leaf comment, it was the same content twice.

The second I can't even view, I guess it's removed, in which case probably more of the same and my comment applies equally to it. Not like I'm going to go down every branch of the convo and reply to every one of them.