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Poll: Are you going to leave Twitter after Musk's acquisition?

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Re: Poll: Are you going to leave Twitter after Musk's acquisition?

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Post by usrn »

d4mi3n wrote: post #10

I'd like to call out that individual responses to this don't matter. What matters is if Twitter remains a place for public discourse. So long as we allow public discourse to happen on private platforms that aren't held responsible for maintaining the availability, accountability, and freedom (as in speech) of these public forums, Twitter will continue to be problematic. Whether it's Musk or a private group of shareho…

Maybe people will finally start moving the "official" accounts of politicians and government agencies to something federated like Mastodon or Pleroma.

Re: Poll: Are you going to leave Twitter after Musk's acquisition?

#15

Post by mwachs »

rvz wrote: post #5

Let's be honest. Not many people are going to leave. Just look at #deletefacebook, #deleteinstagram, #deleteTwitter. They didn't delete anything and stayed on the platform. The shit show must go on.

I think a lot of people did delete Facebook?

Re: Poll: Are you going to leave Twitter after Musk's acquisition?

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Post by d4mi3n »

usrn wrote: post #14
d4mi3n wrote: post #10

I'd like to call out that individual responses to this don't matter. What matters is if Twitter remains a place for public discourse. So long as we allow public discourse to happen on private platforms that aren't held responsible for maintaining the availability, accountability, and freedom (as in speech) of these public forums, Twitter will continue to be problematic. Whether it's Musk or a private group of shareho…

Maybe people will finally start moving the "official" accounts of politicians and government agencies to something federated like Mastodon or Pleroma.

That's one approach. Regulation is another--we have regulatory models and regimes for broadcast television, radio, and newspaper. Social media is a bit more complex as it is both broadcast and at times bi-directional, but I suspect a lot of concepts between mediums still apply.

EDIT: I'd appreciate counterpoints over downvotes. This isn't Reddit. Make your thoughts known, I welcome insights or opinions other than my own.

Re: Poll: Are you going to leave Twitter after Musk's acquisition?

#18

Post by rglullis »

usrn wrote: post #14
d4mi3n wrote: post #10

I'd like to call out that individual responses to this don't matter. What matters is if Twitter remains a place for public discourse. So long as we allow public discourse to happen on private platforms that aren't held responsible for maintaining the availability, accountability, and freedom (as in speech) of these public forums, Twitter will continue to be problematic. Whether it's Musk or a private group of shareho…

Maybe people will finally start moving the "official" accounts of politicians and government agencies to something federated like Mastodon or Pleroma.

It still boggles my mind how none of the big media conglomerates haven't even tried to set up their own servers.

To me is the biggest evidence that big media doesn't really care about the the quality of public discourse of the dominance of closed platforms, and all those editorials are just posturing.

Re: Poll: Are you going to leave Twitter after Musk's acquisition?

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Post by fimbulvetr »

lol768 wrote: post #13

Elon's statement suggests forced "authentication" for all users, so that'll presumably be the end of anonymous Twitter profiles and the start of needing to prove identity at sign-up time: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1518677066325053441

I would expect that feature roughly the same time I expect full self driving in Teslas, or the Cybertruck, or a mission to Mars. Musk makes lots of promises.
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