X gets my vote, but I have had outsized positive experiences from it (including getting married and a few job offers). It isn't a platform for the faint of heart. You have to commit to posting things other people actually regularly find interesting on there to get the most out of it, which is simply not a bar most people pass. Even then can take a few months before you start to find your footing.
I went on X today for the first time in a long time. I mentioned something in a thread about an experience a fried had that was relevant to the parent post. Someone (who claimed to be the CTO of some company in his bio), called me a liar, then proceeded to call me and the friend I mentioned a bunch of derogatory names, after I attempted to expand on and clarify things based on his earlier accusations.
Does Reddit still ban people for having discussions in good faith, if they think you’re on the wrong side of the group-think? That was my fate there.
Between the culture and the bots, both of those sites are pretty bad. AI has just made it worse.
Personally, I think it's x or Reddit. Of course, there are many bots too.
X gets my vote, but I have had outsized positive experiences from it (including getting married and a few job offers). It isn't a platform for the faint of heart. You have to commit to posting things other people actually regularly find interesting on there to get the most out of it, which is simply not a bar most people pass. Even then can take a few months before you start to find your footing.
I went on X today for the first time in a long time. I mentioned something in a thread about an experience a fried had that was relevant to the parent post. Someone (who claimed to be the CTO of some company in his bio), called me a liar, then proceeded to call me and the friend I mentioned a bunch of derogatory names, after I attempted to expand on and clarify things based on his earlier accusations.
Does Reddit still ban people for having discussions in good faith, if they think you’re on the wrong side of the group-think? That was my fate there.
Between the culture and the bots, both of those sites are pretty bad. AI has just made it worse.
I can't think of a worse website to talk to people on than Twitter these days
The fediverse. Mastodon is good if you curate properly. Lemmy might also be good but I don't follow it as much.
I’d just caution that a lot of the Fediverse is heavily Marxist-Leninist. If that’s for you, go for it.
IRC feels more authentic than discord to me
What are some good IRCs? Can you please tell me?
libera.chat is probably the biggest. Rizon is the unofficial home of various 4chan affiliated IRC channels.