This is a "free speech" guy, not a free speech guy. If Twitter follows other "free speech" platforms, it will become very one-sided. I'd expect all the newly banned folks to set up elsewhere. Maybe Mastodon, maybe something more established like Tumblr.
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#22This is a "free speech" guy, not a free speech guy. If Twitter follows other "free speech" platforms, it will become very one-sided. I'd expect all the newly banned folks to set up elsewhere. Maybe Mastodon, maybe something more established like Tumblr.
I don’t know if that will be the case. Previous free speech platform attempts only attracted a specific crowd - but Twitter has the opposing crowd quite firmly entrenched, so it may balance out better.
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#24I welcome all to check out Sqwok ( https://sqwok.im ). It's been a labor of love and it continues to be developed with a goal of becoming an excellent place for live public discussion. Personally I'm interested to see what happens at Twitter with Elon at the helm. A friend and active Twitter user who lets say isn't a fan of his, has stated that they don't think he'd be foolish enough to burn it to the ground and thus…
Is there ActivityPub federation yet?
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#25I used to have an account and forgot long time ago. It's so difficult to keep using it while most of my friends are using facebook or twitter.
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#26Is it really gonna turn into a hellscape just because people you disagree with will no longer be silenced?
The concern is not about disagreeable ideas, it's about abuse and threats.
Not all censorship is de jure.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
A hellscape for people with fragile ideological bubbles, thin skins, and too much time on their hands, absolutely.
I don't do Twitter, at all, who are we talking about?
No one in particular. The decrease in moderation will, logically, make Twitter worse for anyone who can’t stand opposing viewpoints (whatever they may be), or who loves spending hours arguing.
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#28I'm not jumping ship because I want to see/experience what happens. If he turns it into something I don't want to be part of (it's close to that already, as I just don't gain much from being on it), then I'll stop using the platform, I guess. I don't think I'll go to Mastodon though, I'll just be done.
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#29Yeah, pretty keen on moving to services that don't optimize for engagement, which so often has been things like "the new terrible thing person x has said". Hoping there's a new wave of non-algo sites and forums and things.
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#30I created a Twitter account for the first time since 2014. Excited for the show.
I was on in 2011 and tweeted for a while there when I had a friend network that did the same. Time changes us and people grow apart. I dropped off the tweet train hard in 2015 and got on with my life.
I'm just sad that social networks are dying under the strangling weight of advertising instead of being simplified, made robust, and turned into public utilities.