Well, if one of the big social media platforms is now a far-right playground, th...

b112 · 2026-09-15T09:45:35 1789465535

All media orgs have X accounts, and see such things. And posts on X are in the news regularly.

So I don't think experimentation is an angle.

tovej · 2026-09-16T05:53:27 1789538007

Then you are not thinking very much.

Media does report on far-right output on twitter sometimes, but not often. And when they do, it often boosts the message instead.

It's the same mechanism as how Donald Trump originally got elected.

...and at the same time, they are focus-testing extremist messaging.

b112 · 2026-09-16T12:48:02 1789562882

Stop with the personal attacks. You can disagree with my assessments, without claiming I "dont think much".

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3."

tovej · 2026-09-16T20:47:59 1789591679

I'm sorry.

The purpose was to underline that catering to the far-right and providing them with a space try out messaging is not a very hidden aspect of X.

I didn't mean to imply that you don't think in general.

b112 · 2026-09-16T23:06:29 1789599989

Thank you.