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Because it's not sourced from "authority". Because the authorities are just as polarized as the userbase, but have power they didn't earn, and are rarely held a

Because it's not sourced from "authority". Because the authorities are just as polarized as the userbase, but have power they didn't earn, and are rarely held accountable. Or at least they used to be on twitter. Twitter's staff leanings (at least previously) aren't a secret: https://files.catbox.moe/3mvjhv.jpg https://files.catbox.moe/3mvjhv.jpg With the userbase being the "fact checkers" there's at least a chance of balance, if not unbiased research. With their pre-Musk staff there was approximately a 1.3% chance of balance if political donations are any measure. We'll see once changes are made to the platform itself. To be clear, I'm more anti-authoritarian than a fan of either big party. If twitter's employees were 97% Republican donating I'd be saying the exact same thing.

Forgeties79 4y ago
> We'll see once changes are made to the platform itself. Assuming we see anything of substance beyond his chest pounding about it and some loud firings. He explicitly said yesterday that he has not changed twitter’s content moderation policies to help advertisers feel better. Which isn’t surprising at all. The dude is outrageous and full of hot air, but he isn’t stupid. He knows that Twitter can’t function if there isn’t some moderation in place, and he knows it was a long road to get where they are now. He can nitpick all he wants, but I am willing to gamble that 99% of the current policies will be in place a year from now and nothing substantive will change, which he’ll try to mask with a few more high profile stunts or proclamations. Source: https://www.cnet.com/news/twitter-elon-musk-timeline-musk-says-twitter-had-massive-drop-in-revenue/ https://www.cnet.com/news/twitter-elon-musk-timeline-musk-sa...