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Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources

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Post by hash07e »

longtimegoogler wrote: post #534

As an ethnic Jew, pure un-moderated free speech is a frightening prospect for me. I can't wait for twitter to become another Parler or 4-chan filled with hateful content. As someone impacted by this kind of speech, I don't see how this is any different than yelling fire in a crowded theater. We are essentially normalizing ideas that will lead to violence and oppression of certain groups.

"As an ethnic Jew, pure un-moderated free speech is a frightening prospect for me."

Don't worry. Whole MSM bash white people and they are ok.

You will be fine.

Re: Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources

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Post by fullshark »

dash2 wrote: post #550

Well, my favourite comment so far comes from Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1518645588350361602?...

Yglesias of all people shouldn't consider silencing people to be a trivial matter, but he wants to remain in his in-group...

Re: Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources

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Post by sidcool »

Musk has seen production hell. This is a different kind. Good luck Elon. Make good on your promises.

EDIT: What I will be watching for is what Elon will do when freedom of speech is at odds with a big chunk of revenue. He is investing a boatload of money and at his philanthropic worst, he would like to break even in a few years.

Re: Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources

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Post by robonerd »

dash2 wrote: post #550

Well, my favourite comment so far comes from Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1518645588350361602?...

If he's earnestly serious about colonizing Mars (I have serious doubts), then investing in influence over political discourse seems prudent. There are many who will oppose any attempt to set up colonies on Mars, for numerous reasons.

Re: Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources

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Post by ljm »

generalizations wrote: post #469

I'm surprised no one has mentioned that Twitter is probably the best social media platform for interplanetary communication, where low bandwidth and delayed transmission are fundamental bottlenecks, and both limitations are considered part of the appeal (character limitations and a format where you simply disperse messages and have no real notion of when they'll be received). In that case, I wonder if the monetizatio…

If I move to Mars and my only contact with Earth is via Twitter over Starlink in Elon’s Hyperverse, then I think I’ll take my chances with the climate catastrophe on Earth. Death would be more merciful.

Re: Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources

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Post by boringg »

generalizations wrote: post #469

I'm surprised no one has mentioned that Twitter is probably the best social media platform for interplanetary communication, where low bandwidth and delayed transmission are fundamental bottlenecks, and both limitations are considered part of the appeal (character limitations and a format where you simply disperse messages and have no real notion of when they'll be received). In that case, I wonder if the monetizatio…

Interplanetary communication is actually an interesting angle though I don't think he's bringing into his portfolio of companies for that angle.

I haven't given much thought to this but managing earth time zones and other planet timezones is going to be a real PITA - obviously these are smaller issues.

I would have to imagine that interplanetary communication wouldn't be as frivolous as the stuff we waste energy on here currently as the deployment costs are much larger.

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Post by pid-1 »

MarcScott wrote: post #178

Am I the only person here that finds Twitter a nice place? I'm careful about who I follow, most of whom are tech people or educators. My feed is a really nice place to go, and I can't remember the last time I read or saw anything that triggered me in the slightest. I'm seeing loads of comments about how toxic Twitter is, but isn't that on you? Don't follow or engage and the algorithm will skip you over.

+1 I have a decent experience. That said I'm really diligent with who I follow. If ppl start tweeting random drama, they get no second chances.

Re: Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources

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Post by jimkleiber »

avs733 wrote: post #423
altacc wrote: post #41

He's already said that he'd follow all local laws so it would be interesting to see if he can find the elusive path of maintaining free speech, following the law and not having Twitter being a toxic cesspool used mainly to shout down those not our your "side". Personally my reservations are because I think running a social media site is a lot about understanding people and defining a healthy culture for your elusive…

> He's already said that he'd follow all local laws I'm all for a good damning with faint praise, and this definitely put a smile on my face. I'm still convinced this is just the Twitter board calling Musk's bluff. Lets say this does fall through, the SEC, Tesla, and SpaceX fall out could be REALLY bad.

Speaking of the SEC [0]:

> In 2018, he came under fire after tweeting that he was considering taking Tesla private, and the SEC charged him with fraud. Musk agreed to a court-approved deal in order to settle the charges, which required that Tesla lawyers review any social media posts containing information "material" to shareholders. Months later, after he was called out for defying the order, the settlement was amended to include a specific list of topics Musk needs permission to tweet about. The list includes tweets about the company's financial condition, production numbers or new business lines.

> The SEC notified Tesla that two of Musk's tweets from 2019 and 2020 — one about Tesla's solar roof production volumes and one about the company's stock price — hadn't received the required pre-approval, the Journal's Dave Michaels and Rebecca Elliott reported.

I find it hard to overlook that at least one thing that might be motivating him to buy Twitter is to tweet however he wants to tweet, regardless of US law.

[0]: https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/01/tech/elon-musk-tesla-sec-twee...

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