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The problem with these "Twitter Files" is that it is being released in the form of "bombshells" when in reality they are exposing nothing. But by doing it in th
by wesleywt 4y ago
The problem with these "Twitter Files" is that it is being released in the form of "bombshells" when in reality they are exposing nothing. But by doing it in the form of a bombshell the right wing is making it look like they have been oppressed all these years, when it is their voices that are mostly promoted on these platforms.
- over_bridge 4y agoExactly. Elon is going for theatrics but none of the releases are big enough to break through to the average person. All of them together might but these scraps of news aren't doing it. Also they cite these right wing personalities being suppressed but honestly there are so many of them, of course some will be flagged. I'm pretty left leaning and I'm struggling to even think who would be the leftwing equivalents of some of these names. We don't really coalesce around political personalities so who would there be to get flagged? The presentation of these details is being done in such an overtly gleeful right-wing manner that it's hard to take it in objectively.
- hyperdunc 4y agoEither you're kidding, or you're so far left that everything else looks right wing.
- veec_cas_tant 4y agoCan you post a quick breakdown of what is actually being revealed? I'm honestly shocked that anyone at least a bit technically literate didn't understand the types of tools social media companies use. Elon and others seem to be pitching these releases as huge bombshells about conservatives being silenced. I haven't seen any evidence for that claim at all. The most detailed analysis we've got so far was a spreadsheet of employee political donations. Maybe they are building up to it?