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His commitment to his free speech is unwavering.
by mannykannot 4y ago
His commitment to his free speech is unwavering.
- WJW 4y agoUnwaveringly low?
- awb 4y agoHis commitment to his free speech is unwavering
- Jaepa 4y agoHey its not just his free speech – its also the free speech of those who agree with him, or is politically aligned with him.
- emodendroket 4y agoNote: subject to change
- yieldcrv 4y agoHe is using the concept of legal free speech correctly while memeing about a philosophical free speech that matches the colloquialism that many of his sycophants and observers think Legal free speech has only to do with retribution via criminal liability from government organizations, alongside freedom to disassociate from speech and expression that you don't like Twitter is not a government organization and is also not capable of levying criminal charges against anyone, and is free to disassociate from speech and expression it doesn't like thanks to the 1st amendment. Yes, this is the same capability as anyone else and the same possibility as Twitter operated before, aside from different choices of who its leadership chooses to dis/associate with. It is an accurate commitment to free speech.
- JoelMcCracken 4y agoSo he's doing the same thing twitter was doing pre-acquisition, without pre-acquisition-twitter memeing about "philosophical free speech"?
- yieldcrv 4y agoYes, correct
- IgorPartola 4y agoRemember all those comments on HN for how right Musk is to decent free speech and how this is definitely going to improve Twitter? Pepperidge Farms remembers.
- pepperidgeFarm 4y agoYes I do.
- helmholtz 4y agoBrilliant.
- isoprophlex 4y agoCan we please have some intellectually stimulating discussion, or thoughtful jokes, or at least lowbrow humor that is somewhat original instead of these reddit-tier tired old memes..?
- minimaxir 4y agoGiven the amount of downvoted "republishing public data is the real crime!" comments in this thread, tired old memes are indeed a conversational improvement.
- theturtletalks 4y agoIt's why I prefer HN over Reddit nowadays. For popular posts, you have to scroll so far on Reddit before you hit meaningful discussion. Although the anecdotes and story-telling on Reddit is unmatched.
- gisely 4y agoYes the HN cogniscenti have such a fine sense of humor. Why share some of it lads? Nah man, jokes are forbidden on HN.
- avereveard 4y ago
- hospadar 4y agoWell not really _free_, it did cost $44B (:
- dzdt 4y agoThe "[lack of]" parenthetical is implied. Yes.
- barbariangrunge 4y agoPhilosophically, I think his “freedom of reach” distinction is a hack/loophole without a strong basis. Twitter is a promotion service, just like Facebook (in each, they let users promote themselves in exchange for being targeted for promotion by others). The entire point of it is to promote content. It is not a content platform, except by coincidence. Once you “maximum derank” somebody, you are denying them access to the whole point of the service. By all means, ban the users you don’t want. Keep your service free of toxicity. Nobody likes a forum full of trolls. But don’t call it “free speech”
- djur 4y agoIf there was a setting I could use to "maximum derank" my account I'd use it without hesitation. I want to talk to my friends, not get yelled at by randos. I hate it when a tweet starts getting attention.
- ncr100 4y agoSome people are freer than others. /s