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> Even new governments traditionally have 100 days But companies do not. Buy a company and start making big mistakes and there will be consequences. The compet

> Even new governments traditionally have 100 days But companies do not. Buy a company and start making big mistakes and there will be consequences. The competition for users is fierce. If you want 100 days, get elected instead of being forced into buying a company you didn't really want in the first place.

inglor_cz 4y ago
There will be consequences both ways. It is well possible that new Twitter will attract other people if its politics changes. Not everyone in America, much less outside it, wants to pretend that they share the values of Californian Democrats from the progressive tribe, which according to this study [0] makes up whopping 8 per cent of the American population. [0] https://hiddentribes.us/#america-s-hidden-tribes https://hiddentribes.us/#america-s-hidden-tribes
- tchaffee 4y ago
  Lots of things are possible. But what we are discussing is why GP deleted his account: Musk and the rest of the PayPal mafia are hardcore neofeudalist libertarians. You can make all the promises and guesses about the future that you want, but until those guesses materialize, they are vaporware. People can rightly continue to leave a platform they have no interest or faith in. If any of your guesses do materialize people can presumably change their mind and come back to Twitter. > Not everyone in America, much less outside it, wants to pretend that they share the values of Californian Democrats from the progressive tribe That's not very relevant to an advertising platform. TV and radio stations rarely appeal to more than one or two tribes and both platforms are highly moderated to the point where the public has almost zero voice. Musk's dream of forcing people to tolerate free speech is rather idealistic. According to your source, if Musk wants to attract the biggest audience, he should ban politics from the platform.

inglor_cz 4y ago

There will be consequences both ways. It is well possible that new Twitter will attract other people if its politics changes. Not everyone in America, much less outside it, wants to pretend that they share the values of Californian Democrats from the progressive tribe, which according to this study [0] makes up whopping 8 per cent of the American population. [0] https://hiddentribes.us/#america-s-hidden-tribes https://hiddentribes.us/#america-s-hidden-tribes

tchaffee 4y ago
Lots of things are possible. But what we are discussing is why GP deleted his account: Musk and the rest of the PayPal mafia are hardcore neofeudalist libertarians. You can make all the promises and guesses about the future that you want, but until those guesses materialize, they are vaporware. People can rightly continue to leave a platform they have no interest or faith in. If any of your guesses do materialize people can presumably change their mind and come back to Twitter. > Not everyone in America, much less outside it, wants to pretend that they share the values of Californian Democrats from the progressive tribe That's not very relevant to an advertising platform. TV and radio stations rarely appeal to more than one or two tribes and both platforms are highly moderated to the point where the public has almost zero voice. Musk's dream of forcing people to tolerate free speech is rather idealistic. According to your source, if Musk wants to attract the biggest audience, he should ban politics from the platform.