5 ms·

Actually it makes me relieved to think that a reasonable person holds the platform to not censor others, at least in principle and according to his words. But

Actually it makes me relieved to think that a reasonable person holds the platform to not censor others, at least in principle and according to his words. But only time will tell. For me it was good news, honestly.

hermanradtke 4y ago
The word “reasonable” is doing a lot of work here based on Musk’s own history of censorship. I also find his behavior fairly unpredictable.
- zackees 4y ago
- germandiago 4y ago
  I do not think it cold get much worse than the state of things in Twitter, honestly. This is just my opinion, you do not have why to agree, of course.
pstuart 4y ago
I was engaged in dialog with the Google engineer who is suing Google for "censoring" content. This person still maintains that Sandyhook was a false flag operation and is bent about that being "censored". If you've followed the trial of Alex Jones regarding this you'll learn that in court he admits it's not true. But his fans still think it's the case, and meanwhile have terrorized parents of the victims. Some speech should not be amplified, it's a shame that you can't recognize that.
drekk 4y ago
I don't know if I'd call the person selling blood emeralds as a teenager "reasonable", but I'm sure handing over the public discourse to this random billionaire is a better alternative to creating a proper digital commons that exists for purposes beyond rentable virtual ad space
- germandiago 4y ago
  Maybe it has TESLA or run other business successfully bc of emeralds. Yeah... btw that thing is a very manipulated story. His father held some stocks in part of a mine. That is all I know for a fact. This guy, and many rich, has been attacked repeteadly just bc some ppl think that influential and rich ppl should be attacked. I do not have anything for or agains Mr. Elon Musk. But any business person compared to the politicians or activists that usually attack them are way way better than those who attack them, that usually create zero value and a lot of induced division. Bc they live from doing that. We have to stand ppl like that in this world, unfortunately...
dbbk 4y ago
What do you mean by "reasonable"? Because Elon Musk is quite clearly erratic.
- germandiago 4y ago
  The success of business ppl are mostly (but not only, world is not perfect and depends on the place in the world) by the value they provide. Musk,and any enterpreneur AFAIK, does not make money from forcing anyone to pay a buck. That, for me, is much more respectable than what many other ppl do for a living. Nothing is perfect, but living from your own job without forcing 3rd parties to do what you want is something that I respect. Later he couldbe whatever, even it could hapoen I do not like him personally. But in that regard, nothing against any business person that tries to provide things for others.
lake_vincent 4y ago
Reasonable? Just like his Ukraine "peace plan" idea, right? Totally reasonable, and not an unhinged egomaniac with entirely too much money, and not enough humility. I'm sure it won't go to his head, as evidenced by his many level-headed tweets about covid, immigration, and many other topics. That is because his huge brain enables him to think clearly about anything and everything, so anything he censors will be correct censorship! If anyone should control a major media platform, it's a stable genius like him...

hermanradtke 4y ago

The word “reasonable” is doing a lot of work here based on Musk’s own history of censorship. I also find his behavior fairly unpredictable.

zackees 4y ago
germandiago 4y ago
I do not think it cold get much worse than the state of things in Twitter, honestly. This is just my opinion, you do not have why to agree, of course.

pstuart 4y ago

I was engaged in dialog with the Google engineer who is suing Google for "censoring" content. This person still maintains that Sandyhook was a false flag operation and is bent about that being "censored". If you've followed the trial of Alex Jones regarding this you'll learn that in court he admits it's not true. But his fans still think it's the case, and meanwhile have terrorized parents of the victims. Some speech should not be amplified, it's a shame that you can't recognize that.

drekk 4y ago

I don't know if I'd call the person selling blood emeralds as a teenager "reasonable", but I'm sure handing over the public discourse to this random billionaire is a better alternative to creating a proper digital commons that exists for purposes beyond rentable virtual ad space

germandiago 4y ago
Maybe it has TESLA or run other business successfully bc of emeralds. Yeah... btw that thing is a very manipulated story. His father held some stocks in part of a mine. That is all I know for a fact. This guy, and many rich, has been attacked repeteadly just bc some ppl think that influential and rich ppl should be attacked. I do not have anything for or agains Mr. Elon Musk. But any business person compared to the politicians or activists that usually attack them are way way better than those who attack them, that usually create zero value and a lot of induced division. Bc they live from doing that. We have to stand ppl like that in this world, unfortunately...

dbbk 4y ago

What do you mean by "reasonable"? Because Elon Musk is quite clearly erratic.

germandiago 4y ago
The success of business ppl are mostly (but not only, world is not perfect and depends on the place in the world) by the value they provide. Musk,and any enterpreneur AFAIK, does not make money from forcing anyone to pay a buck. That, for me, is much more respectable than what many other ppl do for a living. Nothing is perfect, but living from your own job without forcing 3rd parties to do what you want is something that I respect. Later he couldbe whatever, even it could hapoen I do not like him personally. But in that regard, nothing against any business person that tries to provide things for others.

lake_vincent 4y ago

Reasonable? Just like his Ukraine "peace plan" idea, right? Totally reasonable, and not an unhinged egomaniac with entirely too much money, and not enough humility. I'm sure it won't go to his head, as evidenced by his many level-headed tweets about covid, immigration, and many other topics. That is because his huge brain enables him to think clearly about anything and everything, so anything he censors will be correct censorship! If anyone should control a major media platform, it's a stable genius like him...