Musk & Twitter
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“Twitter remains, by Elon’s own admission, the de facto public town square. Despite its severe censorship, it is still the only major digital public space where anonymous accounts can interact with celebrities, journalists and business titans (including Elon), where world leaders engage in spirited public diplomacy, and where dominant cultural and political narratives incubate and spread. “
“If Elon Musk bought Twitter and did nothing more than return it to the speech norms it had ten years ago, that act alone would constitute a “national security threat.” The threat posed to America’s joke institutions and the clowns who run them would be, in fact, existential.”
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@kid-chocolate coz let's put the crook in charge. Elon fanboi-ism is a symptom of the social media age not a panacea for its ills.
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@dogmeat said in Tech, monopolies, censorship:
@kid-chocolate coz let's put the crook in charge. Elon fanboi-ism is a symptom of the social media age not a panacea for its ills.
As are paragraphs like the above.
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@kirwan Fair point, but this isn't Twitter - thankfully and I'm not trying to portray myself as the saviour of mankind. I would however be locked up if I tried to get away with some of the stuff Musk has.
Anyway I will back off now having made my contempt for St Elon clear (again )
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More Elon fanbois. I’m getting seriously, seriously concerned this could become a contagion.
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@kid-chocolate said in Tech, monopolies, censorship:
More Elon fanbois.
Is there a place to recognise his achievements while thinking he's a dick? I'm super impressed with what he's done with Tesla and SpaceX, but honestly, he's a bit of a dick.
CEO Adulation is a US thing too, they revere them the way they do with Coaches. I've never really understood why... it's a cultural thing.
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Could be a political meme, but the shoe fits here too.
Bullseye!
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@kid-chocolate said in Tech, monopolies, censorship:
Could be a political meme, but the shoe fits here too.
Bullseye!
I thought Twitter was a publicly listed company??
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@kirwan said in Tech, monopolies, censorship:
@hooroo it is, but when they get into censorship drama they fall back on we are a private company and can moderate how we see fit.
Think hoisted by their own petard.
I suppose they can based on what their owners want.
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@nzzp said in Tech, monopolies, censorship:
@kid-chocolate said in Tech, monopolies, censorship:
More Elon fanbois.
Is there a place to recognise his achievements while thinking he's a dick? I'm super impressed with what he's done with Tesla and SpaceX, but honestly, he's a bit of a dick.
CEO Adulation is a US thing too, they revere them the way they do with Coaches. I've never really understood why... it's a cultural thing.
To use the rugby analogy, someone can be a great player and be a dickhead. The worst part of Elon Musk is his stream of consiousness on Twitter. And his dancing.
Saw a great quote about all this; Elon is putting his money where his mouth is.
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@hooroo said in Tech, monopolies, censorship:
@kirwan said in Tech, monopolies, censorship:
@hooroo it is, but when they get into censorship drama they fall back on we are a private company and can moderate how we see fit.
Think hoisted by their own petard.
I suppose they can based on what their owners want.
Yep. Where it gets creepy is when like minded companies band together to decide what can be online or not. So you get Twitter, Patreon, online payment companies and credit card companies de-platforming people and new compnaies to create a closed shop.
That shouldn't be allowed.
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LOL!
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@dogmeat said in Tech, monopolies, censorship:
@kirwan Fair point, but this isn't Twitter - thankfully and I'm not trying to portray myself as the saviour of mankind. I would however be locked up if I tried to get away with some of the stuff Musk has.
Anyway I will back off now having made my contempt for St Elon clear (again )
I'm not across Musk's history (Just that he does batteries and space shit, and was married to a weird Canadian singer). Please elucidate.
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Nice comment I read - It was all good when Twitter was run by Jack/Parag and his Merry Woke Band of Cancellers. But the thought of Elon introducing free speech, giving everyone a voice, instituting rational oversight, and eliminating cancellation, is just terrifying for some people and for the progressive left narrative.
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@frank said in Tech, monopolies, censorship:
Musk makes offer to buy Twitter (seems like a lowball offer to me)
I think he's doing it so he can walk away with his pride when his offer gets rejected - or at least, now he gets a 'win' either way.
He has legal trouble as well and if I were an investor in the states I'd be expecting the authorities to do something about him ignoring their rules. If he can do whatever he wants, they'll be shown to be completely useless.