I don’t think he wants to accuse Jack of wrongdoing (maybe only of not keeping things on a tight leash).
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I don’t think he wants to accuse Jack of wrongdoing (maybe only of not keeping things on a tight leash).
Daniel in SD
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Yeah, that's what makes it so funny. Jack was dragged before congress multiple times, I'm sure he heard about systemic bias complaints!
Yeah. Talk about jumping to conclusions. Here you go @EVNow. Pretty obvious he was just mocking the hashtag.
I'm liking post.news. Mastadon took some effort to just look at the content providers I wanted (they bury it in the preferences), but once I did find that it's nicer than Twitter too. If they fix the interface I think they have a winner.
When someone has been on the bottom of the pecking order as a teen, they seek validation. When people suddenly start giving them positive attention for something they did or can do, it can become addictive. Suddenly someone wants you for your talent and skill.
I went through that personally in microcosm to Elon. I went to a high school with a lot of geeks and even the other geeks picked on me. It was pretty miserable. Then I got to college and some people began to pay attention to my talents and I did get a bit full of myself for a little while until someone wiser than I was helped drag me back to earth. It's probably why I tend to deflect when someone is complimentary to me today. I don't want to go anywhere near that person I became for a little while.
Like every human being Elon has strengths and weaknesses. He has been getting so much praise for his strengths he has forgotten his weaknesses and thinks he can do anything. Emotionally he's still that 15 year old kid looking for validation rather than abuse from his peers.
AlanSubie4Life
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Everything that is wrong with Twitter. @EVNow is probably aggressively using The Algorithm, and this Right Wing Cope account got just enough engagement to pop to the top of his interest list in his feed/timeline, and the rest is history. All speculation of course, but this definitely is something that happens! It tends to make people very upset.
I think Twitter should have a policy of displaying all the least interesting posts first to minimize engagement when The Algorithm is enabled. But I am not a marketing expert. I also disable The Algorithm.
They say “It takes a village to raise a child”, however, on the internet, randos are now telling the world’s richest man how to raise his child.
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mach-edriver
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Musk himself injected his child (for reasons known only to him) into the discussion of Musk, the business leader. These weren't leaked vacation snaps. The idea that he thrust this little kid into global discourse, which he very deliberately did, without knowing that it'd invite commentary from millions of internet randos is beyond ludicrous.They say “It takes a village to raise a child”, however, on the internet, randos are now telling the world’s richest man how to raise his child.
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Daniel in SD
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Don't want to get thread removed. haha.
I think a few recently joined TMC members are running an Elon Musk smear campaign that is failing miserably. Twitter has improved immensely in a very short time, so it appears that yet another Elon Musk company will be a huge success. I expect that this will make the naysayers and Monday morning quarterbacks sitting at home in their armchairs eating pudding
very disappointed.Hard for you all to spin this one, eh?
The truth train is just getting started.
Think boomerang.
The truth train is just getting started.
Think boomerang.
AlanSubie4Life
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Elon currently hammering Jack for not being engaged enough with preventing child exploitation, on Spaces. Tables have turned!
They think he is a nice person though. Would be awesome if Jack joined the space.
There’s quite a lot of back and forth on this with Jack today…sounds like the friendship could be a bit shaky.
They think he is a nice person though. Would be awesome if Jack joined the space.
There’s quite a lot of back and forth on this with Jack today…sounds like the friendship could be a bit shaky.
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what specifically has changed other than people being unbanned? I'm on Twitter every day (read only), and I don't notice any differences.
Elon purchased a crime scene (high crimes) for 44 billion dollars.
Red pill suppository for all the sleepers.
Will go down in history as one the greatest patriotic moves ever. What a time to be alive.
Red pill suppository for all the sleepers.
Will go down in history as one the greatest patriotic moves ever. What a time to be alive.
ElectricIAC
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Yeah but we're not talking about dumping toxic waste or selling arms to terrorists. Twitter deals in something that's protected by the first amendment. Congress has very little power to force them to censor or not censor anything. The first amendment has exactly nothing to do with a private company's moderation policy.
bkp_duke
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I'm sorry, but this is not correct. Not per the Constitution, not per the law, and not per SCOTUS rulings on the constitution.
A private company CAN put restrictions on what is allowed on their platform, including free speech. The first amendment is only universal in regards to speaking out against the government.
The First Amendment, Censorship, and Private Companies: What Does “Free Speech” Really Mean? - Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Learn about the specifics of the First Amendment, how censorship has been defined and challenged over time, and what all of this means to private companies and on social media.
www.carnegielibrary.org
Opinion analysis: Court holds that First Amendment does not apply to private operator of public-access channels - SCOTUSblog
The First Amendment bars the government from restricting freedom of speech, but it does not generally apply to private actors, like corporations. However, private actors can be held liable for violating the First Amendment when they are acting on behalf of the government or doing something that the
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First Amendment constraints don’t apply to private platforms, Supreme Court affirms
The case had caused concern for some online speech advocates
www.theverge.com
When a user signs up for a service such as Twitter, they agree to the "Terms of Service". And those ToS are effectively a contract where the user abides by those specified rules in exchange for access and utilization of the platform.
For me:
1) Fewer bots and crypto scam tweets
2) Huge improvement in performance
3) Better signal to noise ratio
4) Better content and memes.
5) The entertainment value in listening to Elon Musk haters trying to contort themselves into believing their “unbiased” tweets while “promising“ to leave Twitter immediately. Priceless.
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Of course. Elon plays 3-D Chess. When Jim didn't take the resignation deal, Elon rubbed his hands together and thought to himself "I love it when a plan comes together".
So what's today's nonsense? I'm barely on Twitter anymore but curious. Trump's FBI and DHS apparently helped Joe Biden? This is today's super big Elon breakthrough? lol
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