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> He announced the council I take that you are referring to the content moderation council (https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1586059953311137792 https://twi

by malshe 4y ago

> He announced the council I take that you are referring to the content moderation council (https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1586059953311137792 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1586059953311137792). I don't think he formed it though. And note that he never meant it anyways as he has been reinstating banned accounts without any council in place. In case of Trump's reinstatement, he even did an online Twitter poll.

saurik 4y ago
Are you sure of the timeline there? Despite everyone assuming he would do that immediately, he didn't do it until only a few days ago, which I would have thought actually jives with his story that he wasn't going to do such things until the council was formed... except then the other side defected before then, and so he might feel justified in being able to (finally) go ahead. (I am myself NOT sure of the timeline, I will say explicitly; but, it at least casually seems to "check out".)
- memish 4y ago
  Right, people are confused about the timeline. 1. He met with them. 2. He agreed to set up a council. 3. He announced the council. 4. They kept pressuring advertisers. 5. He felt that broke the agreement, so he called off the council and moved forward with unbanning users. All of this is confirmed by both sides except for #5. There's disagreement about whether there was any kind of "deal". But clearly Elon was under the perhaps false impression it was an agreement of some sort otherwise he would not have agreed to the council idea. The point was to stop pressuring advertisers.
  - mhoad 4y ago
    Absolutely nobody in that meeting other than Elon agrees with that version of events. Everyone else came out and said that those promises were never made in the first place and quite frankly why would they just take his word on it given he has developed a long reputation as a liar.

by malshe 4y ago

saurik 4y ago

Are you sure of the timeline there? Despite everyone assuming he would do that immediately, he didn't do it until only a few days ago, which I would have thought actually jives with his story that he wasn't going to do such things until the council was formed... except then the other side defected before then, and so he might feel justified in being able to (finally) go ahead. (I am myself NOT sure of the timeline, I will say explicitly; but, it at least casually seems to "check out".)

memish 4y ago
Right, people are confused about the timeline. 1. He met with them. 2. He agreed to set up a council. 3. He announced the council. 4. They kept pressuring advertisers. 5. He felt that broke the agreement, so he called off the council and moved forward with unbanning users. All of this is confirmed by both sides except for #5. There's disagreement about whether there was any kind of "deal". But clearly Elon was under the perhaps false impression it was an agreement of some sort otherwise he would not have agreed to the council idea. The point was to stop pressuring advertisers.
- mhoad 4y ago
  Absolutely nobody in that meeting other than Elon agrees with that version of events. Everyone else came out and said that those promises were never made in the first place and quite frankly why would they just take his word on it given he has developed a long reputation as a liar.