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This is like going to a bar then getting mad because the bar owner really wants everyone to consume excessive amounts of overpriced alcohol.

Meanwhile there are people are going to the bar having a decent time and meeting interesting people.

Obviously I think you should do whatever is best for you, so this isn't a recommendation or criticism, but X is fine if you use it right. The issue you describe really only applies if you're mindless scrolling on the "for you" page – something X is very happy to let you do if that's how you want to use it. However this problem isn't unique to X, you'll find most businesses are happy to exploit people like this for profit.

On X if you curate lists of interesting users or look for content within specific communities you'll find it much, much more productive.

The reason sites like xcancel.com even exist is because people know there's some really interesting stuff on X which they want to view. You can improve the signal to noise if you decide to actively curate your own experience on X rather than handing that responsibility to X and your limbic system.

I think there are some people who genuinely can't control themselves though, so for them, yes, I agree – say out of the bars, stay out of McDonalds and stay away from X.

>>kypro+(OP)
I guess it would be like that, if the bar owner was a seig-heiling nazi [0] who always brings his nazi friends [1][2], and spends most of his time in the bar actively trying to start fights between other patrons, to the point that people who used to go just for fun have left for other bars [3].

Also the bar makes and distributes child pornography [4][5][6].

0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VfYjPzj1Xw

1: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67446797

2: https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/29/23981928/elon-musk-ad-bo...

3: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nazi_bar

4: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/05/india-eu-investigate-musks-x...

5: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/06/x-grok-...

6: https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/grok-says-safeguard...