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Bye, Twitter
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#12Free speech is now a euphemism for providing loud voices on private platforms for the far right, while banning progressive voices on the same platform. Any time a "free speech " platform like Truth Social emerges, we can be sure that its primary purpose is amplifying Nazis and banning liberals. Sad to see Twitter starting to go in the same direction.
My primary argument against banning (the right, or anyone) is I'm big enough to decide for myself if I want to listen/read them. When a platform makes the call on my behalf, they could be removing dissenting but legitimately truthful voices. I.e. people who have unpopular but true views, people who IMO should absolutely be heard out, but aren't because they're banned.
A 2nd order effect is people self censor, since saying something truthful but controversial could get them banned or deboosted or whatever the term is.
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Similar to my commentary in other threads today. You basically won’t ever hear someone refer to a person as “center right” anymore. We can only hear that they are “far right” and that your average communist is “center left”. Just absurd.
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#14Twitter 2.0 = Free Speech
Free Speech = Woke + Non-woke
Non-woke = hate speech
Therefore Twitter is pro-hate speech.
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#15Nice. I've always been a firm believer that you haven't _really_ left a platform unless you first make a blog post loudly proclaiming that you're _definitely leaving_ but this guy takes it a few steps further by:
- keeping his account active, poised to return immediately (but still, definitely leaving)
- maybe posting on Twitter occasionally to point people to ongoing resources (but still, definitely leaving)
- highlighting how moderation on Mastodon varies by instance, which pressures certain groups to return to Twitter (the place he's definitely left, remember?)
If Elon's alt-right, you're alt-left, and I don't believe either is true. Your posts are also not unpaid contributions (or if they are, then they were back when Twitter was public, too, but somehow that was okay). It takes some serious arrogance and mental gymnastics to even arrive at such a conclusion. I'd pay you to NOT post.
Shut up already, you're several weeks late to this particular bandwagon anyway.
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#16What are the bets on when this guy comes back to Twitter? I give it 1 month. I don't know, I just think that if you give a public proclamation of "I leaving X!" Then you are giving everyone permanent permission to make fun of you, if you ever come back to that platform.
As the saying goes. It’s not an airport, not necessary to announce your departure.
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#17The same people who lost their marbles over COVID/fear of death are now losing their marbles again over a private platform being raided & turned into a public square.
I stopped listening to these people years ago. Good riddance.
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#18Twitter 2.0 = Free Speech Free Speech = Woke + Non-woke Non-woke = hate speech Therefore Twitter is pro-hate speech.
I was hoping with Elon granting "amnesty" that my account would get unbanned, but unfortunately my accounts remain banned for no obvious reason despite just about never being used and the appeal option being broken. Now I've just given up hope.
Kind of frustrating because some of my favorite streamers use Twitter to announce their impromptu streaming.
Anyways, all platforms ban people, even Hacker News. If free speech depends on private money paying for fancy engineers and infrastructure around the world, then there's something strangely expensive about your free speech. Which begs the question of just who is paying for this free speech (advertisers).
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#19Elon bought twitter in hopes of turning it into his personal idea billboard, and also for it to serve as a promotional platform for people he wants to leverage. Even with a smaller audience, because of it's web presence, it does the job for him, even if it loses money in the short run.
It does no good to express personal quitting on platforms like this, as they were never meant to serve unpopular, non-wealthy, and uninfluential people like us. The false narrative that any of these platforms offer us any potential beyond minor success or indentured work is what keeps people grinding at working for free to coddle the egos of those in control of these useless celebrity commercial platforms.
They don't care if you quit and delete your account. It's long overdue to stop caring about apps like Twitter, just abandon your account and move on.
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#20I like Twitter more now that Elon owns it.