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Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

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Yes, because when the American government controls Twitter, you can be certain all views will be respected and treated impartially...

Does American government censor the press? Or mail?

During the Trump administration, their vindictive treatment of the press and the selective removal of access to the White House by outlets not toeing the line more or less amounted to quasi-censorship in practice.

Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

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I think Twitter's CEO summed it up well, and I agree: > He’s both a passionate believer and intense critic of the service which is exactly what we need on @Twitter, and in the boardroom, to make us stronger in the long-term. Welcome Elon! https://twitter.com/paraga/status/1511320964813910017

Elon is his one of his new bosses, I would take anything the CEO says with a grain of salt.

I give his tenure as CEO 6 months at most before he's forced out by the board, or resigns for ideological differences. The changing wind that Elon is going to usher in is going to be fundamental and sweeping, and I wouldn't be surprised to see an exodus of employees follow.

Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

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He filed forms that he was going to be a passive investor, and the same day joined the board after discussion that had been in the works for weeks. This is strike two on misleading investors. I haven't seen analysis on whether it was illegal, but I wouldn't want somebody like him on my board even if it succeeded in keeping him from buying up more stock. With him on the outside, maybe he causes more trouble than on th…

Musk seems to be looking for more ways to pick a fight with the SEC, probably so he can press his perceived grievances.

Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

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I’m curious how you think this is going to ruin anything for you. Do you mean on a tangible level, or on an emotional level? Do you actually think there will be large scale policy changes that will damage your ability to communicate with people via the platform?

The valuable parts of Twitter seem to be when niche experts tweet about their niche and specific niche comedy. Everything else seems really unhealthy.

I could see a lot of monetization efforts ruin Twitter. I could also see people saying “I don’t want to support Elon, I’m leaving Twitter” if that’s what you mean.

Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

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So while this one-liner comment seems to be drawing ire, I do think it brings up a difficult point. As more and more of our civic discourse moves online, there are no "public spaces" online where the rule of law and public interest comes first. There is no town square, no soapbox in the park, no public access TV, or the ability for masses to organize and march or protest (or whatever the online equivalent is), with o…

Yup, we actually need public twitters. Nothing fancy, no recommendations, not even sophisticated antispam, just simple follow list like rss with feedback. People can learn the self-curate

Sure but who owns and runs that? Who is responsible for the infrastructure costs, the operations of it, the uptime, etc..

The government? Which government? The Internet is global, so would you have a public Twitter for every country? How do you geo-restrict this then? Whose laws apply? How is it reported or enforced? Do we need "Twitter cops"?

You can throw out easy answers all you want but it's actually a really complex issue.

Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does American government censor the press? Or mail?

During the Trump administration, their vindictive treatment of the press and the selective removal of access to the White House by outlets not toeing the line more or less amounted to quasi-censorship in practice.

Small potatoes compared to the ugliness around the world

Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

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This story was two weeks ago: https://www.reuters.com/business/us-sec-says-teslas-musk-sho...

That story has nothing to do with this one. Did you even read the above story?

Not directly, but my implication here is that Elon Musk is in the bad graces of the SEC of is being made an insider of another huge company who facilitated him falling out of favor with that SEC. It is Twitter saying they don't care about the SEC and don't see any potential conflict with empowering someone who flaunts SEC penalties. And also, that I would be 0% surprised if Musk did this out of spite.

Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

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He filed forms that he was going to be a passive investor, and the same day joined the board after discussion that had been in the works for weeks. This is strike two on misleading investors. I haven't seen analysis on whether it was illegal, but I wouldn't want somebody like him on my board even if it succeeded in keeping him from buying up more stock. With him on the outside, maybe he causes more trouble than on th…

He is the "investors".

Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

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Yes, because when the American government controls Twitter, you can be certain all views will be respected and treated impartially...

Does American government censor the press? Or mail?

In living memory, through McCarthyism.
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