r/technology • u/rejs7 • Nov 05 '24

Social Media X Is a White-Supremacist Site - The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/11/x-white-supremacist-site/680538/
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u/Nagemasu Nov 06 '24

Almost like news is worthless when it doesn't reach anyone for it to impact! And what better way to make an impact by displaying it to the very people it's talking about.

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u/Dwn_Wth_Vwls Nov 06 '24

Seems like quite the reach to justify the continued use of what they believe is a white supremacist site. There are other methods to reach people.

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u/villageer Nov 06 '24

The Atlantic is a news organization. Their purpose is to investigate and write news and deliver that to people. Which they’re doing with this article. How does The Atlantic having a Twitter negate the findings of its journalistic work?

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u/AtticaBlue Nov 06 '24

It doesn’t, of course. But between those who want to defend Musk, those who are racist and those who are avowed white supremacists—and I’ll wager there’s massive overlap on that Venn diagram—you’re seeing the predictable response here.