When Elon bought Twitter I was hopeful- I strongly believe the world needs an open, free-speech based, ‘public square’. The problem with the Internet right now is many ‘public squares’ are privately owned, and those private companies cater to advertisers more than users.
Sadly I don’t think it’s worked out that well. I think Twitter is probably better off than they were, but you can’t have a public square without openness. And while Twitter/X is now more free, it’s also less open.
More free in that the moderation doesn’t have a bias. I think any bias is harmful, be it Left or Right leaning. I much prefer the current approach of fact checking posts with community notes over hiding posts that are deemed undesirable.
Didn’t our little Free Speech Absolutist™️ ban the “slurs” cis and cisgender while also banning folks who misgender cis folks while supporting those who do the same to trans folks? (To say nothing of the removal of lots and lots of other legal speech that he did not like. If that’s what unbiased looks like to you, I think that you may want to examine your own biases.
When Elon bought Twitter I was hopeful- I strongly believe the world needs an open, free-speech based, ‘public square’. The problem with the Internet right now is many ‘public squares’ are privately owned, and those private companies cater to advertisers more than users.
Sadly I don’t think it’s worked out that well. I think Twitter is probably better off than they were, but you can’t have a public square without openness. And while Twitter/X is now more free, it’s also less open.
Yeah, well, Elon showed you how much he actually values free speech.
“more free” my dude people who pay $8 per month get their replies boosted up above everyone else. What are you talking about?
More free in that the moderation doesn’t have a bias. I think any bias is harmful, be it Left or Right leaning. I much prefer the current approach of fact checking posts with community notes over hiding posts that are deemed undesirable.
Didn’t our little Free Speech Absolutist™️ ban the “slurs” cis and cisgender while also banning folks who misgender cis folks while supporting those who do the same to trans folks? (To say nothing of the removal of lots and lots of other legal speech that he did not like. If that’s what unbiased looks like to you, I think that you may want to examine your own biases.