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Does anyone else feel like he's going to start doing petty shit like banning people he doesn't like (e.g. that musk flight tracker account)? He talks a lot abou

Does anyone else feel like he's going to start doing petty shit like banning people he doesn't like (e.g. that musk flight tracker account)? He talks a lot about free speech but he has a track record of limiting speech on the platform (blocking multiple people) and off (making the founders of Tesla sign a hush contract).

darknavi 4y ago
Perhaps. But it's his (or his investors) 40 billion to burn. I'd hope that spending that much money makes you think twice about being a petty ass.
- rosenjcb 4y ago
  His whole life he's had to listen to shareholders. This is his one chance to just say "Fuck it" and just do whatever he wants. I would hope the businessman and him would prevent him from doing this. However like most gag orders he imposes, it would be completely hidden from us. He won't be tweeting about it.
thepasswordis 4y ago
As opposed to petty things like banning the sitting president of the united states?
- rosenjcb 4y ago
  I'm confused, are you talking about banning Trump (after he lost the election)? I'm not saying the decision is right or wrong, but Twitter thought a long time about it. I'm pretty sure the board wanted him banned even earlier, but they waited for the right moment.
- jakemauer 4y ago
  - xanaxagoras 4y ago
  - dragonwriter 4y ago
    > If he was anyone else he would've been banned a dozen times over. If he was anyone else, Twitter wouldn't have rewritten its rules specifically to retroactively excuse it's history of not enforcing them against him, before yeaes later, after he lost reelection, finally seeing it's interests no longer served by bending over to enable him.
  - mardifoufs 4y ago
    They didn't ban the taliban leaders accounts when they took over Kabul either. And trust me, they were fully open about who they were.
  - thepasswordis 4y ago
    >He led an insurrection against the current government and called for violence many times A case which of course not only has twitter been unable to make, but which his opposition party has also been unable to make as well. I would ask you to link me to the places where he is calling for an "insurrection" (and not a protest), but conveniently the account has been removed, making it much more difficult to do.
    - lambic2 4y ago
      This documentary might help you see its case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVUs4dS30c0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVUs4dS30c0
- rootusrootus 4y ago
  Why should a politician get special privileges?
- bezospen15 4y ago
beeboop 4y ago
No
clay10 4y ago
It would be contradicting everything hes currently saying. I don't think him blocking people from his account is indicative that he would ban those same people from the platform, nor do I consider it "limiting speech on the platform".
memish 4y ago
No. There is a difference between choosing who to follow, who to mute, who to block and Twitter deciding these things for you. He's advocating the former, not the latter.
- rosenjcb 4y ago
  Well, he decided that the whole world shouldn't hear about how the original founders of Tesla were removed and replaced with Musk. However, I can appreciate the distinction between muting people on your own threads vs removing people from the entire platform.

darknavi 4y ago

Perhaps. But it's his (or his investors) 40 billion to burn. I'd hope that spending that much money makes you think twice about being a petty ass.

rosenjcb 4y ago
His whole life he's had to listen to shareholders. This is his one chance to just say "Fuck it" and just do whatever he wants. I would hope the businessman and him would prevent him from doing this. However like most gag orders he imposes, it would be completely hidden from us. He won't be tweeting about it.

thepasswordis 4y ago

As opposed to petty things like banning the sitting president of the united states?

rosenjcb 4y ago
I'm confused, are you talking about banning Trump (after he lost the election)? I'm not saying the decision is right or wrong, but Twitter thought a long time about it. I'm pretty sure the board wanted him banned even earlier, but they waited for the right moment.
jakemauer 4y ago
- xanaxagoras 4y ago
- dragonwriter 4y ago
  > If he was anyone else he would've been banned a dozen times over. If he was anyone else, Twitter wouldn't have rewritten its rules specifically to retroactively excuse it's history of not enforcing them against him, before yeaes later, after he lost reelection, finally seeing it's interests no longer served by bending over to enable him.
- mardifoufs 4y ago
  They didn't ban the taliban leaders accounts when they took over Kabul either. And trust me, they were fully open about who they were.
- thepasswordis 4y ago
  >He led an insurrection against the current government and called for violence many times A case which of course not only has twitter been unable to make, but which his opposition party has also been unable to make as well. I would ask you to link me to the places where he is calling for an "insurrection" (and not a protest), but conveniently the account has been removed, making it much more difficult to do.
  - lambic2 4y ago
    This documentary might help you see its case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVUs4dS30c0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVUs4dS30c0
rootusrootus 4y ago
Why should a politician get special privileges?
bezospen15 4y ago

beeboop 4y ago

clay10 4y ago

It would be contradicting everything hes currently saying. I don't think him blocking people from his account is indicative that he would ban those same people from the platform, nor do I consider it "limiting speech on the platform".

memish 4y ago

No. There is a difference between choosing who to follow, who to mute, who to block and Twitter deciding these things for you. He's advocating the former, not the latter.

rosenjcb 4y ago
Well, he decided that the whole world shouldn't hear about how the original founders of Tesla were removed and replaced with Musk. However, I can appreciate the distinction between muting people on your own threads vs removing people from the entire platform.