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>> Trolls, disinformation spreaders, and "free reach absolutists" are going to be thrilled with the megaphone Musk will provide them to drown out their enemies.
by phkahler 5y ago
>> Trolls, disinformation spreaders, and "free reach absolutists" are going to be thrilled with the megaphone Musk will provide them to drown out their enemies.
Just remember, twitter does not give those people a megaphone. It's the media that report on their stupid shit that gives them an audience. Otherwise nobody would know what they're saying - especially the people who don't like them - and yet everyone knows who some of those people are.
- rectang 5y agoImpeding unlimited harassment is anti-free-reach. Trolls won't get banned under Musk — they're his soul mates. They will have free rein to brigade the posts of their enemies and will use massive replying at scale as a megaphone to scream others down.
- phkahler 5y agoYou can block them right? I foresee measures coming to prevent coordinated attacks too large for simple blocking, but that will take some time.
- UberFly 5y agoTruth is only some of the "trolls" historically have been banned on Twitter. The ones the board agreed with were allowed to keep at it.