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mikkergp

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    Comment #33843111

    I don’t think it’s that each of the elements of what Twitter does won’t be recreated, but the essence of Twitter, the je ne sais quio won’t. Whatever you want to call it, the town …

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    Comment #33840542

    > It is unfortunate that so many are willing (and able) to willfully delude themselves into denying reality. Deny reality of what? I don’t really understand the rest of your post, …

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    Comment #33840289

    >It is stunning to me that so many otherwise intelligent people do not see the problem with big tech colluding with government officials and intelligence agencies to brazenly attem…

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    Comment #33840119

    > every sphere of culture. Please clarify because absolutelutes are too easily disproven.

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    Comment #33840091

    Yes exactly! They asked all the right questions then realized they didn’t have justification and it was a mistaken, apologize and I hope learned from the incident. And will react f…

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    Comment #33839811

    But your point is the point as to why it’s not hubris! they weren’t trying to censor anything, they were just trying to follow their own moderation policies. This I think is why th…

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    Comment #33839742

    What did Twitter do to S&P?

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    Comment #33839723

    > 97%+ Twitter employee donations were to Democrats? So what’s the principle here? What’s the plan. Which companies should have to disclose the political contributions of their emp…

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    Comment #33839639

    Have they talked any further about releasing the algorithm? I know that was one of Musks goals

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    Comment #33839630

    I saw that part and thought it was curious he glossed over it, I look forward to more detail in the future.

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    Comment #33839527

    I didn’t read details about their apology, what makes you say that?

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    Comment #33839438

    A day of deliberation is not a strong culture of censorship.

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    Comment #33839338

    Pedophiles are bad period they’re a problem everywhere and it’s weird to try and make it partisan.

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    Comment #33839325

    How long was she locked out for?

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    Comment #33839324

    This part is weird, and it seems like there was an agreement between Musk and Matt not to smear Jack in this process. But if you really think there’s massive corruption at Twitter …

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    Comment #33839302

    > . If Elon thinks this is some sort of big shock that will cause people to get excited.... I can't really see why. I don’t think he does, I think he can literally see engagement f…

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    Comment #33839275

    I agree with you, and I’m surprised Matt glossed over it. I think the question for me as a more government trusting person is; What is the difference between the government providi…

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    Comment #33839186

    I mean, this is an event that lasted a day, they admitted their own mistakes, and they clearly deliberated over it. Like I agree with you in principal and could agree if they tried…

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    Comment #33839141

    Here’s the thing thought. So far the emails show a team making a mistake, and being thoughtful about it. Trying to look to their moderation principals and disagreeing about the pat…

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    Comment #33839091

    Except so far none of the emails have talked about political allegiance, they’ve all talked about Twitter policies.

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    Comment #33839038

    Abuse of power by whom? Twitter or the Government?

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    Comment #33839030

    So far Matt hasn’t said anything about this, where is the evidence to this theory? And who was doing this and how?

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    Comment #33838808

    What’s the theory?