I'm just mentioning he is more than just a car company CEO. Never been on twitter, never will be. Don't care what he does with his money
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Elon Musk Is Officially Purchasing Twitter for $44 Billion
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I would ask where this has ever worked in the world of social media. This is more like Murdoch's purchase of MySpace, once these start going the way of the dinosaur there's no salvaging them. I think Elon treats it like his own billionaires playground, the premise of no rules will result in a haven for right wing fanatics in their own echo chamber but will further lose its appeal to the mainstream.
Of course Reid ended the fillibuster on federal judges below the Supreme Court because McConnell was holding up all judicial nominees in violation of norms. "Both sides" may have played a part. But McConnell was clearly the primary cause.
Very well said and I am in complete agreement with you.
Anyway, to my mind, this is an unwelcome and unfortunate development, and, apart from generating profit, I cannot see any positive outcome for Twitter (or for many - such as women, minorities, the vulnerable, people who are harassed and who are targets of hate speech - who currently use the platform).
Yes, let the lies and miss-information fly, let's let Trump take over the country and turn us into an Authoritarian government already. Sick of people having a say.
A bully has now appointed himself in charge of "free speech"? Oh, no, no problem there.
And the solution to this is not moderation or censorship. The solution is more free speech.
If Trump takes over the country, it will be because we the people support him. If you are sick of people having a say, move to North Korea.
A survey of well-educated GOP supporters from 2012 says nothing about their views of the the Republican Party in 2022. Obviously. Trump happened in-between.
That’s fair. 😊 Both sides play hardball.Of course Reid ended the fillibuster on federal judges below the Supreme Court because McConnell was holding up all judicial nominees in violation of norms. "Both sides" may have played a part. But McConnell was clearly the primary cause.
And Parag Agrawal was not a bully?A bully has now appointed himself in charge of "free speech"? Oh, no, no problem there.
He’s been banning people like the best of the Fascists.
There is some breathtaking ignorance out there.
The translation of this post is— “if the people democratically vote Trump in, he’ll turn us into an Authoritarian gov’t.”
Well, it’s the people’s choice.
Plus— a true dictator has complete control of the gov’t. Trump never had that because so many in the bureaucracy and in Congress were against him.
The true danger is a totalitarian state where gov’t and industry collude to suppress free speech, which is what has been happening with the Democrats and Big Tech since 2020 and which Musk’s purchase of Twitter will hopefully address.
He knows how to collect billions from the government to make his companies look successful just like many others.
Now look at his companies more closely. Abusive, ingrained with racism, late to deliver on promises almost without exception, propped up by unwavering support from weird nerds who choose to ignore the obvious reg flags.
I'm sure Twitter will be fine, but let's not pretend there aren't any issues with the businesses Musk involves himself in.
1. Maybe in a ideal world where propaganda can be marginalized. But on the internet, propaganda drives engagement.
2. Moderation is important part to free speech. The wheat needs to be separated from the chaff. Otherwise much of the value is lost.
Twitter is not the only "social" site hemorrhaging users lately. Many are seeing a decline due to the erratic behavoir of owners and management.
Great insight, when people can't handle opposing viewpoints or follow rules they may buy their own personal political playground and the few people that are on it are their pawns.
We'll have to wait and see how the Elon era goes, it will be interesting. I have high hopes that he will be able to clean up that mess.
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"hell scape of harassment"
What do you call the last few years where the woke mob whipped into a frenzy by fake news & false narratives has attacked anyone who isn't goose stepping with them? You think the place where blue checkmarks circle jerk via virtue signalling was some Shangri-la of social media?
It means concentrating power into the hands of a few is a bad idea.
Seems like you mistranslated there. The post that you responded to didn't say anything about returning him to office democratically.
It's not the people's choice when districts are gerrymandered to insure a political advantage within states and the House of Representatives. It's not the people's choice when in a 50-50 Senate the Democrats represent 40% more voters than the Republicans. It's not the people's choice when a Senate that lopsided has full control over appointments to the Supreme Court. It's not the people's choice when the Supreme Court doesn't represent the people. It's not the people's choice when Republicans have controlled the presidency for 12 of the last 30 years despite only winning the popular vote once. It's not the people's choice when the people are deliberately misinformed.
Or like Desantis actually and plainly violating the first amendment in Florida.
And who decides what is good speech vs. bad speech? Who does the "separating"? Sorry, but this concept of free speech is over 250 years old, and it has only been in recent memory that we've begun to emphasize "feelings" over objective truth.
In this new digital world, social media is in fact the new town square. We have allowed private companies to impose their own biases on the ability of people to communicate their ideas online. I am glad to see that with Twitter at least, that will stop. And the writing is on the wall for the other social media guys.
If you want to have your discourse in a moderated forum, well, here we are.
Interesting today.
Elon, who has never stated or acted as right or left, promises free speech and the twitter employees and the left goes nuts.
Elon, who has never stated or acted as right or left, promises free speech and the twitter employees and the left goes nuts.
“Several Twitter employees expressed serious concerns and fear over Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of the company including a prominent worry that Musk would undo censorship mechanisms they had worked to implement over the years, The Washington Post reported Monday.”
They said the quite part outloud.
They said the quite part outloud.