The ongoing Elon Twitter saga: "insert demographic" melts down

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Not just Trump. Most crazy rightwingers.

Is there no Speaker's Corner safe sort of space general platform available to put a protective dome over you against "crazy right wingers" opinions? From what I have read all that Mr. Musk has done is open up X to a wider political spectrum of users with less bias against those of more right leaning persuasion, rather than the perceived left wing bias it enjoyed previously. Is that a fair appraisal of what's occurred?

Should international social media platforms only be allowed to enable the opinions of more liberal or left wing persuasion?
 
He is but at the same time I’m pretty bored of people moaning about it whilst continuing to use Twitter rather than the alternatives. Even though he may promote right wing content the platform even for leftists is far bigger than the competition and ultimately everyone is a slave to the likes and doesn’t want to go to a platform which doesn’t offer even half of the engagement numbers Twitter does.

Feels like it’s a case of “Elon bad but not bad enough for me to tank my own popularity making a stance”.
 
Is there no Speaker's Corner safe sort of space general platform available to put a protective dome over you against "crazy right wingers" opinions? From what I have read all that Mr. Musk has done is open up X to a wider political spectrum of users with less bias against those of more right leaning persuasion, rather than the perceived left wing bias it enjoyed previously. Is that a fair appraisal of what's occurred?

Should international social media platforms only be allowed to enable the opinions of more liberal or left wing persuasion?

The thing is its not just the allowing of the content its that he is pushing it. Musk seems either deep in CT territory or he is pushing it for amusement. Either way its bad.

The what I would call crazy rightwingers have given me a new appreciation and respect for normal rightwingers. And I never thought I would ever say that.

At the same time there are a lot of crazy leftwingers that share some of the crazy rightwinger outlook/theories.
 
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He is but at the same time I’m pretty bored of people moaning about it whilst continuing to use Twitter rather than the alternatives. Even though he may promote right wing content the platform even for leftists is far bigger than the competition and ultimately everyone is a slave to the likes and doesn’t want to go to a platform which doesn’t offer even half of the engagement numbers Twitter does.

Feels like it’s a case of “Elon bad but not bad enough for me to tank my own popularity making a stance”.

I don't think I have embraced many of your posts' opinions or statements, but i can whole heartedly embrace the above. Maybe we actually are "brothers from another mother". Or maybe not <LOL>
 
He is but at the same time I’m pretty bored of people moaning about it whilst continuing to use Twitter rather than the alternatives. Even though he may promote right wing content the platform even for leftists is far bigger than the competition and ultimately everyone is a slave to the likes and doesn’t want to go to a platform which doesn’t offer even half of the engagement numbers Twitter does.

Feels like it’s a case of “Elon bad but not bad enough for me to tank my own popularity making a stance”.

The only one I know of that I think is particularly relevant round here is Bram Cohen, who now no longer posts on Twitter.
 
The what I would call crazy rightwingers have given me a new appreciation and respect for normal rightwingers. And I never thought I would ever say that.

Probably an age / maturity / responsibility thing. I suspect you aren't a full time worker, entering the real world workplace might further ebb you to the Right ;)
 
The thing is its not just the allowing of the content its that he is pushing it. Musk seems either deep in CT territory or he is pushing it for amusement. Either way its bad.

The what I would call crazy rightwingers have given me a new appreciation and respect for normal rightwingers. And I never thought I would ever say that.

At the same time there are a lot of crazy leftwingers that share some of the crazy rightwinger outlook/theories.

So really you would like an international social media platform where you could engage solely with those that share your personal and political views? No challenging, no disagreeing? No opinions apart from centrists of your chosen genre? Sounds incredibly dull and cerebrally unchallenging...
 
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So really you would like an international social media platform where you could engage solely with those that share your personal and political views? No challenging, no disagreeing? No opinions apart from centrists of your chosen genre? Sounds incredibly dull and cerebrally unchallenging...

No thats not what I want but I would prefer that the head of a massive social media platform wasnt a dangerous rightwing conspiracy pusher.
 
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Be careful what you wish for America.


The Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has said that he wants Elon Musk as an adviser if he becomes president.

The billionaire biotech entrepreneur was in Newton, Iowa, campaigning at a town hall on Friday when he was asked about whom he would want as advisers for his potential presidency.


Ramaswamy said in response that he wanted people with a “blank fresh impression” who do not “come from within” the government.

“I’ve enjoyed getting to know better, Elon Musk recently, I expect him to be an interesting adviser of mine because he laid off 75% of the employees at Twitter,” NBC reports. “And then the effectiveness actually went up.”
 
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So really you would like an international social media platform where you could engage solely with those that share your personal and political views? No challenging, no disagreeing? No opinions apart from centrists of your chosen genre? Sounds incredibly dull and cerebrally unchallenging...

Elon is creating a platform where the extreme right and the GOP/Trump fandom have their opinions validated and anyone to the left of Hitler is ignored. So you’d fit right in but it’s not “impartial” or “balanced”
 
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