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Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

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Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

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Post by cbsmith »

systemvoltage wrote: post #559
noetic_techy wrote: post #557

It's either this or one of its competitors rises to take them on at some point and we get a bifurcated society where specific companies cater to specific politics. That may be unavoidable anyways. I think people outside the SV bubble (I grew up there, don't live there anymore) don't realize how hated and despised their censorship policies really are. Musk has his pulse on that, so I'm happy to see him step in and sha…

> one of its competitors rises The ideological complex has not allowed anyone to rise. That's the issue. Even neutrality is considered distasteful.

Huh, wha?

Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

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Post by jimbob45 »

Uhhrrr wrote: post #507

It's easy to look at Musk's tweets and think he's just doing buying in so he can shitpost more effectively, but he is savvy enough to realize that Twitter is not nearly as valuable as it could be. Its reach is as huge as any network and anyone with a public presence "has to" be on it. The big knock against it is that users and brands are afraid of spontaneous howling mobs. Fewer users means less reach and fewer brand…

I agree and people forget Twitter owned TikTok four years before TikTok was a thing (in the form of Vine). I'm still amazed that people take Twitter seriously as a business while they have still have board members around from when Vine was closed down. That kind of ignorance seems inexcusable to me.

Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

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Post by systemvoltage »

pixelatedindex wrote: post #435
caffeine wrote: post #428

This is great news! Twitter and the rest of the rotten and censorious platforms could use a proper shake-up. Hope the authoritarians and political repressives and anyone who works on the content moderation team all resign in protest! Good riddance!

Very unclear if this should have ended in a /s or not - which is more of a reflection of the world in which we live in rather than the comment itself.

It is crazy that sane things are controversial and insane things are mainstream.

Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

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Post by taf2 »

noetic_techy wrote: post #557

It's either this or one of its competitors rises to take them on at some point and we get a bifurcated society where specific companies cater to specific politics. That may be unavoidable anyways. I think people outside the SV bubble (I grew up there, don't live there anymore) don't realize how hated and despised their censorship policies really are. Musk has his pulse on that, so I'm happy to see him step in and sha…

You mean like the news? As an experiment try this for two months. On month 1 - watch only CNN. On month 2 - watch only Fox. Maybe take a 1 week break between both and write down your thoughts on the world... very interesting how it evolves based on what you watch/listen too... From what I hear if you just watched Russian state media it'd be an even more extreme version. The great thing about our free society is you have the choice to do this experiment, as I understand it you can't do this in Russia today...

Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

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Post by memish »

noetic_techy wrote: post #557

It's either this or one of its competitors rises to take them on at some point and we get a bifurcated society where specific companies cater to specific politics. That may be unavoidable anyways. I think people outside the SV bubble (I grew up there, don't live there anymore) don't realize how hated and despised their censorship policies really are. Musk has his pulse on that, so I'm happy to see him step in and sha…

Backing this up with some data, the most common reaction on twitter is:

"Elon will improve Twitter by expanding freedom of speech on the platform"

https://twitter.com/NarrativesProj/status/151139309757754574...

Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

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Post by root_axis »

panick21_ wrote: post #478
root_axis wrote: post #300

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think it's about that, but I am absolutely sure that Musk would sooner pay 100x the cost in order to send a "fuck you" to someone that rankled him rather than take the ego hit and pay the 50k even if it's a pittance to him.

That a totally insane take. Maybe if it was Bezos or somebody. Not for some kid.

Not insane at all, Elon has a long history of petty behavior.

Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

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Post by tedivm »

noetic_techy wrote: post #557

It's either this or one of its competitors rises to take them on at some point and we get a bifurcated society where specific companies cater to specific politics. That may be unavoidable anyways. I think people outside the SV bubble (I grew up there, don't live there anymore) don't realize how hated and despised their censorship policies really are. Musk has his pulse on that, so I'm happy to see him step in and sha…

Outside of the SV bubble people have actual lives that don't resolve around tech companies. Until someone shows actual evidence with real numbers behind it it's hard to take the whole "people don't realize how much people do or think X" seriously.

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Post by jasonlotito »

noetic_techy wrote: post #557

It's either this or one of its competitors rises to take them on at some point and we get a bifurcated society where specific companies cater to specific politics. That may be unavoidable anyways. I think people outside the SV bubble (I grew up there, don't live there anymore) don't realize how hated and despised their censorship policies really are. Musk has his pulse on that, so I'm happy to see him step in and sha…

> don't realize how hated and despised their censorship policies really are.

Majority of Americans (and most people I'd imagine) do not really care about their policies. They don't give two figs about it, and just go about their life just fine without being affected by it one bit. I'm sure you can find some people on both sides of the spectrum regarding their policies, but the vast majority don't. As someone who isn't from SV or has ever worked for in or for an SV company, my bubble is surrounded by farmers.

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Post by gotaquestion »

ryanSrich wrote: post #554
randyrand wrote: post #551

Earlier quoted context omitted.

ya, let us condescendingly judge you!

Lol exactly. Not taking that bait. Also, follow was the wrong word. They're all lists. I have 50+ twitter lists.

When someone claims "free speech infringement" and then has no data to back it up they are either trolling or don't really care enough to make a substantial argument.
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