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People will migrate to where they feel comfortable. When all the tiresome "woke" "butthurt" "non-serious thinkers" leave, Twitter can finally achieve its true form of being yet another Gab/Gettr/Parler/TruthSocial, unique only in being saddled with billions in debt.
Nice. 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) - highl…
I am increasingly shocked that how mainstream traditional mainstreet political views are now viewed as "alt-right" online by the perpetual online class If Elon is alt-right then 85% of the US population is "alt-right"
That's pretty disgusting.
Nice. 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) - highl…
Free 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 s…
Watch as Elon eviscerates the mainstream media. He already calls many legit publications disinformation, saying that twitter will be the best and most truthful source of news itself.
It's straight out of Trump's playbook. These are the the robber barons of the Internet. Hearst has nothing on them.
I see it as the sequel to atlas shrugged.
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I am increasingly shocked that how mainstream traditional mainstreet political views are now viewed as "alt-right" online by the perpetual online class If Elon is alt-right then 85% of the US population is "alt-right"
Curious how you got to 85%?
A very vocal subset of Elon's followers went from "free speech absolutists" to organized mass reporting their enemies in a matter of days. That has to be some kind of record. Their enemies list: https://twitter.com/elmforkJBGC/status/1596041824573198336 Python script to mass report: https://twitter.com/WhiteRoseAFA/status/1596236817858056192
As for the non-technical aspects: Mastodon is social media, just like any other, with all the associated faults. Don’t expect miracles.
The way people carefully curate their own little filter bubbles on purpose is insane to me. As an adult, why would you never want to be exposed to viewpoints that differ from your own? That's not healthy. Edit: I'm mostly referring to those that also regularly publish their opinions assuming for others to read them.
It’s either that or leave that platform. I did this with Facebook and never got involved with Twitter. My life is great. I get plenty of opinions I don’t agree with on HN, and it’s great.