Elon Musk Owns Twitter; CEO and CFO have left

Post by OrangeMonkey » Fri, Oct 28, 2022, 10:43 AM UTC

jerojero wrote: post #8

This whole thing has been rather interesting to observe. I do wonder how the platform will change now that it's privately owned. I don't really care a lot about the platform itself, but it's influence on politics is very real. Personally I don't think this acquisition is healthy for a democracy, but nonetheless, it's something I want to observe. I've always thought these platforms need more democratic structures of g…

Post by lupire » Fri, Oct 28, 2022, 10:48 AM UTC

amadeuspagel wrote: post #65

jerojero wrote: post #33

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Discoverability is important, but imo there should be a dedicated section for it instead of mixing it with the tweets of the people you actually follow. But on the other hand, people might not really be willing to "switch tabs" and so if you move the feature somewhere else then people will never really see it. It's kind of a trade off. I think what's a bit annoying is that often times these discovery features are use…

I like that idea, but note that youtube already has that - the default "home" tab is the recommendation engine, you can go to the "subscriptions" tab to show only your subscriptions - and people still keep whining about it.

Post by lupire » Fri, Oct 28, 2022, 10:53 AM UTC

mapme wrote: post #23

PainfullyNormal wrote: post #19

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> but it's influence on politics is very real. > Personally I don't think this acquisition is healthy for a democracy Fewer than a quarter of Americans use Twitter. Empty rhetoric is empty.

This is assuming that political power comes from influencing all Americans rather than a small fraction who hold true power (politicians, donors, journalists, industry groups, etc.). If the small fraction is all on Twitter then viola the rhetoric is meaningful.

Post by lupire » Fri, Oct 28, 2022, 10:58 AM UTC

epakai wrote: post #55

wellthatsawrap1 wrote: post #49

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Like if people voted him back into the presidency. That would be terrible for democracy.

The people didn't vote him in the first time. We just have weird rules that enable our minority party to win the presidency. This is often claimed to prevent tyranny of the majority, but it's not a boon for democracy, rather a way to limit the extreme outcomes of democracy. It's never good when someone denies the legitimacy of the very system that brought them into power. This is the part that makes him "terrible for…

Post by lupire » Fri, Oct 28, 2022, 11:00 AM UTC

oxplot wrote: post #53

fzeroracer wrote: post #15

The odds are that Twitter will probably be dead in a year. He'll bring on a few yes-men executives that'll applaud him when he guts development and then when everything grinds to a halt they'll catch the blame. Especially since he'll probably force something like integrated NFTs on a whim. Unlike Facebook and how it's captured an older audience that's relative inelastic to moving to other platforms, I don't see peopl…

> The odds are that Twitter will probably be dead in a year. And that's based on what exactly? > He'll bring on a few yes-men executives that'll applaud him Again, based on what? Now here's a prediction actually based on Musk's past perf: He'll bring in people who get shit done, and get it done fast. Twitter will achieve things everyone says is stupid, ridiculous and impossible now as he's done in the past 20 years w…