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Jack Dorsey says he agrees with reversing Trump's Twitter ban

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Re: Jack Dorsey says he agrees with reversing Trump's Twitter ban

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Post by unsupp0rted »

Eddy_Viscosity2 wrote: post #13
Bud wrote: post #2

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Jack is a just another super-rich guy protecting his interests. He sees the political climate shifting hard right and is acting accordingly. Should there be another mob, he doesn't want to be on the wrong side of it.

I don't see the political climate shifting hard right.

Twitter un-banning Trump isn't an indicator of a political climate shift, although perhaps a social shift, or perhaps simply a one-off random Elon shift.

Re: Jack Dorsey says he agrees with reversing Trump's Twitter ban

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Post by swores »

dhuk_2018 wrote: post #8
Eddy_Viscosity2 wrote: post #4

Trump said he wouldn't go ever go back to Twitter. So this is a moot point because Trump is always honest and true to his word. /s

Wonder if they're trying to bait him away from Truth Social (his failing competitor platform)

I'd be surprised if they were remotely worried about that, seems much more likely they either believe it to be the right thing to do on principle (as claimed) - of course, whether it's the free speech principle they claim, or a pro-Trump principle, is another question - or believe that the views/engagements they get from having him on Twitter outweigh the negatives.

Re: Jack Dorsey says he agrees with reversing Trump's Twitter ban

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Post by lalos »

natly wrote: post #14
lalos wrote: post #5

It is interesting how much influence Peter Thiel has on the main players of social media: via Facebook as an early investor and ex-board member and via Twitter with his ex-coworker from Paypal days Musk. He’s very explicit in his book about the power of monopolies and now you see this consolidation of social media companies under a specific group of closed people. WSJ reported Thiel being involved with Musk on this t…

I doubt Thiel is some kind of central master mind behind all this. Musk seems quite independently driven and probably found this a necessary move with only minor chats with thiel (if any). I'm not sure Thiel has any more or less influence than Sam Altman or Paul Graham.

If someone makes you rich and successful with their business advice and you work with them for multiple years, would you ignore their phone call in the future and ignore their other suggestions? It’s not about being a master mind, there is soft power in play, humans are social animals.

Re: Jack Dorsey says he agrees with reversing Trump's Twitter ban

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Post by floatinglotus »

dncornholio wrote: post #12
belter wrote: post #3

Official company statement at the time: "Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump": https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/suspensio... Jack Dorsey at the time: "Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Calls Trump Ban After Deadly Riot 'the Right Decision'": https://people.com/politics/twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-addresse...

People can't change mind?

Sure. I used to respect Jack, now I’ve changed my mind.

Re: Jack Dorsey says he agrees with reversing Trump's Twitter ban

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Post by cosmiccatnap »

dncornholio wrote: post #12
belter wrote: post #3

Official company statement at the time: "Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump": https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/suspensio... Jack Dorsey at the time: "Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Calls Trump Ban After Deadly Riot 'the Right Decision'": https://people.com/politics/twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-addresse...

People can't change mind?

They can it's just typically called hypocrisy.
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