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>Town square. The one thing that keeps Twitter standing is its cultural relevance. Social networks rise and fall. Twitter is no more the town square than MySp
by three_seagrass 4y ago
>Town square. The one thing that keeps Twitter standing is its cultural relevance.
Social networks rise and fall. Twitter is no more the town square than MySpace, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, YouTube, TikTok, Mastadon, Snap, LinkedIn, etc. are, and the attempts to redefine them as such are only a means to political end.
Musk cares more about making money than anything else - he didn't become a billionaire by being altruistic and he's not going to start now after this investment.
- fleddr 4y agoFalse, none of those other platforms have the town square vibe. They're fragmented boxes of content and conversation.
- three_seagrass 4y agoBy that same logic, tweets are fragments of content and conversation.
- perrygeo 4y agoAgree that Twitter is no town square. Disagree that Musk cares more about making money. Given his financial position in this whole ordeal, it's hard to see how he comes out without a loss. Power and influence over political speech though... priceless.