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Why would Elon give any rationale?

paulgb 4y ago
For one thing, because he specifically stated that he wouldn't ban the @elonjet account: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1589414958508691456?s=46&t=fOeYnV21W6lEFV0oV7oWYA https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1589414958508691456?s=46...
- usefulcat 4y ago
  He also previously said he wanted to buy Twitter, and made a legally binding agreement to do so, before changing his mind..
  - paulgb 4y ago
    Yes, he's not particularly consistent. Still, this was the account he held up as evidence that he was committed to free speech, because he refused to ban it even though he didn't like it. Now it’s banned.
gnud_man 4y ago
Could Elon give any rationale? Rationale of course depending on internal consistency and coherency. Elon's public persona seems to be a mess of contradictions with itself.
- bestcoder69 4y ago
  Could say he's banning x kind of bots, where he back-fills x to describe the jet account.
d23 4y ago
At some point I think he'll move to just not even bothering explaining anything since he knows his fans will defend him. His justification could be literal gibberish, and his defenders would be resorting to the Kabbalah to try to translate it into something coherent.
- sho_hn 4y ago
  You got down-voted, but I think you're onto something. The last couple of weeks/months of Elon to me are just another instance of a much-replicated "no fact-checking required for popularity" pattern. It turns out it never was, we just didn't have the sort of media immediacy that made it an issue at scale before. We need more general tools to deal with these cases.
- rachofsunshine 4y ago
  Elon's plane scandal is the elon-gate plane. Elongate is to lengthen, and plane is just plan with silence added. So Elon's plane scandal -> secret long-term plan. IT'S ALL 4D CHESS (/s)
- mikrotikker 4y ago
- camel_Snake 4y ago
  This strategy worked pretty well for Trump. Not a bad guess
ssnistfajen 4y ago
He doesn't have to. However for a self-paraded "free speech absolutist" who literally said he would not suspend @elonjet in order to follow that principle, this act makes him a massive hypocrite and demonstrates his free speech advocacy to be nothing but a show. Also, arbitrary suspensions like this when Twitter no longer has any decision-making council on such policies is not a good sign for corporate advertisers who prefer stability & reputation. Can't find those on a platform where one manchild has taken a dictatorial position.
- anttisalmela 4y ago
  The bubble that knows about this ban so far is relatively small. Will it reach the advertisers at all? Edit: my bubble was too limited.
  - minimaxir 4y ago
    Every single major non-Fox-News news org has covered the story.
  - ceejayoz 4y ago
    It's a top-three above-the-fold story on https://www.nbcnews.com/ https://www.nbcnews.com/ at this moment; any large advertiser is going to have brand safety folks employed specifically to keep an eye on stuff like this.
    - mikrotikker 4y ago
      - ssnistfajen 4y ago
        Ignoring your highly biased conspiratory language here, Twitter Files revealed nothing more than some internal communication snippets about events that were already public knowledge.
      - trillic 4y ago

For one thing, because he specifically stated that he wouldn't ban the @elonjet account: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1589414958508691456?s=46&t=fOeYnV21W6lEFV0oV7oWYA https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1589414958508691456?s=46...

usefulcat 4y ago
He also previously said he wanted to buy Twitter, and made a legally binding agreement to do so, before changing his mind..
- paulgb 4y ago
  Yes, he's not particularly consistent. Still, this was the account he held up as evidence that he was committed to free speech, because he refused to ban it even though he didn't like it. Now it’s banned.

gnud_man 4y ago

Could Elon give any rationale? Rationale of course depending on internal consistency and coherency. Elon's public persona seems to be a mess of contradictions with itself.

bestcoder69 4y ago
Could say he's banning x kind of bots, where he back-fills x to describe the jet account.

d23 4y ago

At some point I think he'll move to just not even bothering explaining anything since he knows his fans will defend him. His justification could be literal gibberish, and his defenders would be resorting to the Kabbalah to try to translate it into something coherent.

sho_hn 4y ago
You got down-voted, but I think you're onto something. The last couple of weeks/months of Elon to me are just another instance of a much-replicated "no fact-checking required for popularity" pattern. It turns out it never was, we just didn't have the sort of media immediacy that made it an issue at scale before. We need more general tools to deal with these cases.
rachofsunshine 4y ago
Elon's plane scandal is the elon-gate plane. Elongate is to lengthen, and plane is just plan with silence added. So Elon's plane scandal -> secret long-term plan. IT'S ALL 4D CHESS (/s)
mikrotikker 4y ago
camel_Snake 4y ago
This strategy worked pretty well for Trump. Not a bad guess

ssnistfajen 4y ago

He doesn't have to. However for a self-paraded "free speech absolutist" who literally said he would not suspend @elonjet in order to follow that principle, this act makes him a massive hypocrite and demonstrates his free speech advocacy to be nothing but a show. Also, arbitrary suspensions like this when Twitter no longer has any decision-making council on such policies is not a good sign for corporate advertisers who prefer stability & reputation. Can't find those on a platform where one manchild has taken a dictatorial position.

anttisalmela 4y ago
The bubble that knows about this ban so far is relatively small. Will it reach the advertisers at all? Edit: my bubble was too limited.
- minimaxir 4y ago
  Every single major non-Fox-News news org has covered the story.
- ceejayoz 4y ago
  It's a top-three above-the-fold story on https://www.nbcnews.com/ https://www.nbcnews.com/ at this moment; any large advertiser is going to have brand safety folks employed specifically to keep an eye on stuff like this.
  - mikrotikker 4y ago
    - ssnistfajen 4y ago
      Ignoring your highly biased conspiratory language here, Twitter Files revealed nothing more than some internal communication snippets about events that were already public knowledge.
    - trillic 4y ago