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> Communication is too important and sensitive to be controlled by a few. Wasn't it controlled by a few even before Musk decided to buy it? Where I live, the s

> Communication is too important and sensitive to be controlled by a few. Wasn't it controlled by a few even before Musk decided to buy it? Where I live, the supreme court controls all the content and user accounts from all major social networks, Twitter included. It takes literally 5 minutes to a single judge to suspend or cancel any user account and its contents.

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tenebrisalietum 4y ago
In the old days there was IRC, which: - anyone could spin up a server - servers can link together, scalable - it's pretty much the absolute minimum you need on top of TCP to implement a chat, so extremely lightweight and a server can literally handle 10s of thousands of users - anyone joins any server they want - decentralized - works over dial up - mature ecosystem - decades of time to work out kinks and issues - 7000 engineers? I can set up a server in about an hour. Has drawbacks but just saying, the future is in the past.
memish 4y ago
Yes, but it was the anointed few in control of Twitter before. Key difference.
- feet 4y ago
  What is the difference between "the anointed" and musk?
  - daveguy 4y ago
    The ones who built it instead of bought it?
    - feet 4y ago
      What makes them different functionally? That doesn't sound like it means anything to me, just one of them came in later than the others
      - daveguy 4y ago
        I'm not saying it's the way it should be. Just a perceptual difference -- a perceptual epoch.
        feet 4y ago
        So it isn't actually different, it just seems different?
        daveguy 4y ago
        Exactly. And seeming different has a huge impact on how people interact with it. Behavioral response is one category where perception matters most. I don't see how Musk loses the chaos monger robber baron perception. He literally bought it.
    - smoldesu 4y ago
      People were buying and selling Twitter before Musk came along though.
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andsoitis 4y ago
> It takes literally 5 minutes to a single judge to suspend or cancel any user account and its contents. Where on earth do you live?

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tenebrisalietum 4y ago

In the old days there was IRC, which: - anyone could spin up a server - servers can link together, scalable - it's pretty much the absolute minimum you need on top of TCP to implement a chat, so extremely lightweight and a server can literally handle 10s of thousands of users - anyone joins any server they want - decentralized - works over dial up - mature ecosystem - decades of time to work out kinks and issues - 7000 engineers? I can set up a server in about an hour. Has drawbacks but just saying, the future is in the past.

memish 4y ago

Yes, but it was the anointed few in control of Twitter before. Key difference.

feet 4y ago
What is the difference between "the anointed" and musk?
- daveguy 4y ago
  The ones who built it instead of bought it?
  - feet 4y ago
    What makes them different functionally? That doesn't sound like it means anything to me, just one of them came in later than the others
    - daveguy 4y ago
      I'm not saying it's the way it should be. Just a perceptual difference -- a perceptual epoch.
      - feet 4y ago
        So it isn't actually different, it just seems different?
        daveguy 4y ago
        Exactly. And seeming different has a huge impact on how people interact with it. Behavioral response is one category where perception matters most. I don't see how Musk loses the chaos monger robber baron perception. He literally bought it.
  - smoldesu 4y ago
    People were buying and selling Twitter before Musk came along though.
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andsoitis 4y ago

> It takes literally 5 minutes to a single judge to suspend or cancel any user account and its contents. Where on earth do you live?