“Twitter will be forming a content moderation council with diverse viewpoints”

Post by klyrs » Fri, Oct 28, 2022, 8:13 PM UTC

mwint wrote: post #166

concinds wrote: post #144

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Let's avoid disinfo. Neither account was banned to begin with. Both accounts were restricted, which could be lifted after the user deletes the offending tweet. It's overwhelmingly likely Musk had nothing to do with either case (and he said so himself). https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/28/technology/kanye-ye-twitt...

Oh come on, that’s like saying someone isn’t being tortured, just temporarily having their pleasure removed until they confess.

Post by cman1444 » Fri, Oct 28, 2022, 8:14 PM UTC

halfmatthalfcat wrote: post #188

hitpointdrew wrote: post #182

Finally, diversity of ideas, and not diversity of skin color.

You cannot have the former without the latter.

Post by verisimi » Fri, Oct 28, 2022, 8:14 PM UTC

jszymborski wrote: post #25

mikkergp wrote: post #7

This sort of justifies the viewpoint that despite all his bluster, Elon will probably run Twitter the way a "reasonable executive" would. Not just release the hounds. Keep the advertisers happy, but try to reduce the reliance on advertisers. Keep moderating content to reduce abuse, maybe eliminate the high profile banning but a person on the ground will have largely the same experience. (probably less action on more…

A bunch of accounts like The Babylon Bee and Ye have been unbanned w/o input from any such committee of diverse viewpoints. I don't have much faith that Musk will not act unilaterally in service of his friends and allies.

Post by concinds » Fri, Oct 28, 2022, 8:15 PM UTC

tibbydudeza wrote: post #36

hn2017 wrote: post #28

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Musk is way over his head. If you view the 4chan forums, they're already plotting racist, anti-semitic content and rejoicing. Advertisers will not be happy real quick.

Right wing provocateurs are already having their supporters posting the n-word, racist and anti LGBTQ content since Elon took over. It is going to be fun watching it implode.

Post by jjk166 » Fri, Oct 28, 2022, 8:15 PM UTC

UncleOxidant wrote: post #101

SpicyLemonZest wrote: post #62

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Supreme Court justices, despite their huge partisan differences and passionate disagreements on many individual cases, often talk about how they personally enjoy working with each other. My impression is that this is true of many Congressional committees as well, although it's less legible there because most congressmembers find it politically advantageous to talk about how mad they are at the other party.

There's a huge amount of history there, though. It didn't just get formed this week. It's got some members who have been on the court since the early 90s. Some since the late 90s and others in the aughts. The SCOTUS has long-lived institutional memory and norms of behavior. It's members also tend to become somewhat isolated from what's going on in the culture outside.