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1. Twitter is the de facto “public square”. 2. Musk being on the board or not, and his actions re. Twitter in general, will have consequences, especially given
by jmeister 5y ago
1. Twitter is the de facto “public square”.
2. Musk being on the board or not, and his actions re. Twitter in general, will have consequences, especially given that he has unlimited money.
3. Up until recently, the liberal-left was cheering for tech platforms exercising their sovereignty and censoring power: “if you don’t like it, build your own Twitter”. They’re having to eat crow. This has major implications for the future of the political debate on regulations/anti-trust etc.
- JumpCrisscross 5y ago> Twitter is the de facto “public square” In the way the village cock fight was. Twitter is a convenient source of quotes for journalists. Beyond that it’s totally opt in.
- wronglyprepaid 5y ago> 1. Twitter is the de facto “public square”. Can you clarify why you think so? I think even of the small fraction of Americans that use it, most have no reach.
- jeltz 5y agoMaybe few average people use it but Twitter is very popular among politicians in many countries. So people interested in politics use Twitter a lot. If Twitter changes dramatically it will most likely affect the political discourse in many countries.