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Hey, don't rewrite history - twitter was always notoriously bad, under Elon it surely got even worse though.
I agree with everything except the "got even worse" part. It was always a steaming turd.
It was, but now it's a steaming turd with Nazis and KKK apologists.
A few Nazis and KKK apologists convinced a shit-ton of marketers, influencers, Karens, and other predatory users to leave.
On balance, Nazis and Klukkers didn't make it any worse than it was.
2 things can be true at once about something, imagine that.
I think the "even" in that quote adequately implies that...