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

Post by swader999 » Mon, Apr 25, 2022, 7:29 PM UTC

pastor_bob wrote: post #640

abnry wrote: post #631

Ways I think Twitter could immediately improve, from the perspective of users: - Optional verification check marks for anyone who wants them. Throw out the Blue Check status symbol. Offer "real person" twitter filter. - Transparent and consistent moderation policies. Bans are inconsistently applied for reasons that are often hard to figure out. - Return to a reverse chronological time and/or down selection of rage-ba…

I personally would love to see how many people a person has Blocked, similar to Following/Followers number. would find it very informative about a tweeter

Post by ng12 » Mon, Apr 25, 2022, 7:32 PM UTC

TrevorJ wrote: post #650

Something that gets missed a lot, is how much the news media relies on Twitter now. The percentage of stories that get run on online news sites which are built entirely on a few Twitter hot takes is astonishing. This is allowing journalists to write a lot more stories without leaving their desks, which means they can likely pump out a ton more articles each week than in the old days. If Twitter changes such that it's…

Post by ratsmack » Mon, Apr 25, 2022, 7:34 PM UTC

crate_barre wrote: post #632

abnry wrote: post #631

Ways I think Twitter could immediately improve, from the perspective of users: - Optional verification check marks for anyone who wants them. Throw out the Blue Check status symbol. Offer "real person" twitter filter. - Transparent and consistent moderation policies. Bans are inconsistently applied for reasons that are often hard to figure out. - Return to a reverse chronological time and/or down selection of rage-ba…

Or more realistically, the first thing he’ll do is re-platform all those that got de-platformed. Trump 2024, here we go.

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Apr 25, 2022, 7:34 PM UTC

vinay_ys wrote: post #647

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…

Musk had no qualifications to run a rocket company. He didn't have much qualifications to run a car or solar company either. But he has done well by any measure of success. The only qualification that he seems to need is clear thinking based on first principles and genuine conviction and perseverance at super hard problems even while facing total personal destruction. And total personal destruction is always a real p…

Post by edison112358 » Mon, Apr 25, 2022, 7:36 PM UTC