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Musk's acquisition of twitter was, among many other things, an attempt to use his wealth to steer the marketplace of ideas. The man lives in a world where he ca
by MisterBastahrd 4y ago
Musk's acquisition of twitter was, among many other things, an attempt to use his wealth to steer the marketplace of ideas. The man lives in a world where he can freely attempt to destroy anyone who tells him "no" without consequence. The New York Times, then, would seem to have been fully warranted in their apprehension regarding social giants like twitter.
- bad_username 4y agoTwitter is hardly a marketplace of ideas. It is a marketplace of hot takes. Twitter format is the enemy of depth and nuance. More importantly, Twitter has been steering this marketplace in a very specific direction, promoting certain viewpoints and suppressing the opposing ones. I am not convinced Musk is going to handle the issue in any good way, but Twitter has not been a neutral "public square" for a good number of years already.
- watwut 4y agoIt was the place where you could read what actual biologists think, actual layers think etc, without having it filtered through third party. As duch, you really could use it as marketplace of ideas.
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- throwawaylinux 4y ago> The man lives in a world where he can freely attempt to destroy anyone who tells him "no" without consequence. That's Tuesday for the NYT -- they live in a world where they can freely attempt to incite wars and overthrow governments.