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Far more likely he wants to drastically curtail the moderation and account banning. He's basically a free-speech absolutist.

memish 5y ago
He'd do both. He'd bring back free speech and open source the algo.
the_doctah 5y ago
I prefer that over the current "Arbiters of the definition of misinformation" censorship style they and every other social media platform has adopted.
eric_cc 5y ago
> a free-speech absolutist You don't need to be an absolutist to be pretty disgusted with Twitter censorship.
- bpodgursky 5y ago
  I agree entirely, I was just being clear about his perspective.
HWR_14 5y ago
He's a "free speech for Elon" absolutist. I've never seen him defend the right of anyone to say something he didn't like on principle.
- bhouser 5y ago
  He did just that a week ago: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1508566912845766656 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1508566912845766656
  - HWR_14 5y ago
    You need to provide more context. A tweet isn't news. Who is this guy, what did he say, how did that impact Musk?
  - awb 5y ago
    The next tweet: > Haha fine, I probably don’t disagree with you, but even if I did then still!! Not a great example.
- bhouser 5y ago
  Here's a much more salient example: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1499976967105433600 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1499976967105433600 Musk is clearly pro-Ukraine, but apparently refused to block Russian news sources on Starlink when asked to.
  - HWR_14 5y ago
    > Here's a much more salient example:[refusing to block Russian sites] Starlink doesn't run their own DNS, so they're not going to block them there. And I would guess that such a simple site is hard to block by IP address - it's probably on shared hosting. > Musk is clearly pro-Ukraine, He is? He supported Ukraine giving a high profile plug to his project. If Kim Kardashian wanted to plug my product on her social media I'd do a ton to make it happen, but it doesn't make me a fan.
status200 5y ago
Free speech absolutist, unless you're tweeting the location of his jet or something else he disproves of, in which case he will attempt to stop you.
- missedthecue 5y ago
  by stop you, you mean offer to pay you thousands of dollars?
awb 5y ago
> He's basically a free-speech absolutist. What does that mean? Every country and every person I know advocates for at least some restriction on speech. Spam, fraud, violence, NDAs, national security, libel all come to mind. I don’t know of any country or platform that has been successful with “absolute free speech”.

memish 5y ago

He'd do both. He'd bring back free speech and open source the algo.

the_doctah 5y ago

I prefer that over the current "Arbiters of the definition of misinformation" censorship style they and every other social media platform has adopted.

eric_cc 5y ago

> a free-speech absolutist You don't need to be an absolutist to be pretty disgusted with Twitter censorship.

bpodgursky 5y ago
I agree entirely, I was just being clear about his perspective.

HWR_14 5y ago

He's a "free speech for Elon" absolutist. I've never seen him defend the right of anyone to say something he didn't like on principle.

bhouser 5y ago
He did just that a week ago: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1508566912845766656 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1508566912845766656
- HWR_14 5y ago
  You need to provide more context. A tweet isn't news. Who is this guy, what did he say, how did that impact Musk?
- awb 5y ago
  The next tweet: > Haha fine, I probably don’t disagree with you, but even if I did then still!! Not a great example.
bhouser 5y ago
Here's a much more salient example: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1499976967105433600 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1499976967105433600 Musk is clearly pro-Ukraine, but apparently refused to block Russian news sources on Starlink when asked to.
- HWR_14 5y ago
  > Here's a much more salient example:[refusing to block Russian sites] Starlink doesn't run their own DNS, so they're not going to block them there. And I would guess that such a simple site is hard to block by IP address - it's probably on shared hosting. > Musk is clearly pro-Ukraine, He is? He supported Ukraine giving a high profile plug to his project. If Kim Kardashian wanted to plug my product on her social media I'd do a ton to make it happen, but it doesn't make me a fan.

status200 5y ago

Free speech absolutist, unless you're tweeting the location of his jet or something else he disproves of, in which case he will attempt to stop you.

missedthecue 5y ago
by stop you, you mean offer to pay you thousands of dollars?

awb 5y ago

> He's basically a free-speech absolutist. What does that mean? Every country and every person I know advocates for at least some restriction on speech. Spam, fraud, violence, NDAs, national security, libel all come to mind. I don’t know of any country or platform that has been successful with “absolute free speech”.