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What is there to even talk about or discuss? A rich man bought a social network. How is that going to affect my life? Who cares (outside of Twitter employees)?
by altdataseller 4y ago
What is there to even talk about or discuss? A rich man bought a social network. How is that going to affect my life? Who cares (outside of Twitter employees)?
- aliswe 4y agoa lot of people care. but at this point we're only speculating and this has been done previously in the numerous bouts of this purchase. I believe that is why there is no real banger post on HN rn.
- mattbrewsbytes 4y agoIts a headline because of profits. The actual news is 1 sentence conveying "transaction completed". I wish traditional media would relegate stuff like this to their business section but they are profit seeking as well.
- crazygringo 4y agoWell, if he unbans the former president it has the potential to literally change the outcome of the next presidential election. Not saying either of those are going to happen, but the probability is large enough that it could actually wind up affecting your life quite a lot. Not to mention this has a good chance of becoming the biggest free speech "test" of our lifetime (whether you think that's good or bad), which may affect moderation elsewhere as well as laws around them, which could easily directly you affect you as well. Does that answer your questions? I mean, there's a reason it's the top front-page news story on the NY Times. Because of the democratic and free speech implications that could affect pretty much everyone.
- melagonster 4y agoa social media represent one specific group of human, now their life depend on Musk.