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Paul Singer, the CEO of Elliot, is extremely partisan and is a top donor to the Republican Party. Seen in this light these moves have caused fear that they are

Paul Singer, the CEO of Elliot, is extremely partisan and is a top donor to the Republican Party. Seen in this light these moves have caused fear that they are an attack on Twitter to turn it into a right-wing propaganda channel. For example: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/29/paul-singer-elliott-management-twitter-jack-dorsey https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/29/paul-sing...

ta3728744 7y ago
Twitter is already a leftist propaganda channel actively engaged in crushing dissent. Perhaps it’s time to balance the scales.
- Whatarethese 7y ago
  Thats weird because because both Twitter and Facebook were the things that got Trump elected in the first place...
  - Mountain_Skies 7y ago
    What an incredibly low opinion you have of the average voter.
    - philjohn 7y ago
      Propaganda and fake news work. Otherwise Fox News wouldn't be a thing.
      - Mountain_Skies 7y ago
        If only we had someone like to you to decide who is too stupid to vote and what information is safe for people to hear.
        philjohn 7y ago
        Sadly that ended with the fairness doctrine in the 80's. I don't ask for a lot - just no blatant lies or fake outrage designed to weaponise one side against the other.
- cyorir 7y ago
  Any "Twitter is a _ propaganda channel" seems a bit odd when you consider that users choose who to follow, who to block, what topics to follow, what keywords to mute, whether or not to see targeted ads, etc. Twitter might be able to do a better job of tackling outright misinformation that spreads on the platform and they aren't always perfect when it comes to banning or suspending accounts (or failing to do so), but in general it's hard to say that a platform is just a propaganda channel for a specific ideology when it is inhabited by a diverse range of incompatible ideologies. Users tend to sort themselves into bubbles of like-minded accounts, but that is on users rather than Twitter.

ta3728744 7y ago

Twitter is already a leftist propaganda channel actively engaged in crushing dissent. Perhaps it’s time to balance the scales.

Whatarethese 7y ago
Thats weird because because both Twitter and Facebook were the things that got Trump elected in the first place...
- Mountain_Skies 7y ago
  What an incredibly low opinion you have of the average voter.
  - philjohn 7y ago
    Propaganda and fake news work. Otherwise Fox News wouldn't be a thing.
    - Mountain_Skies 7y ago
      If only we had someone like to you to decide who is too stupid to vote and what information is safe for people to hear.
      - philjohn 7y ago
        Sadly that ended with the fairness doctrine in the 80's. I don't ask for a lot - just no blatant lies or fake outrage designed to weaponise one side against the other.
cyorir 7y ago
Any "Twitter is a _ propaganda channel" seems a bit odd when you consider that users choose who to follow, who to block, what topics to follow, what keywords to mute, whether or not to see targeted ads, etc. Twitter might be able to do a better job of tackling outright misinformation that spreads on the platform and they aren't always perfect when it comes to banning or suspending accounts (or failing to do so), but in general it's hard to say that a platform is just a propaganda channel for a specific ideology when it is inhabited by a diverse range of incompatible ideologies. Users tend to sort themselves into bubbles of like-minded accounts, but that is on users rather than Twitter.