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"measured" - he did not say this. He said "even extends" which implies that it was already on the edge of what he deemed free speech that was acceptable to him.
by erlich 4y ago
"measured" - he did not say this. He said "even extends" which implies that it was already on the edge of what he deemed free speech that was acceptable to him.
Can someone change their mind? Yes.
And this wasn't like an election promise or anything. The man can do what he likes. He bought Twitter with his own money.
Is there reason to believe the risk to his personal safety has increased since buying Twitter...yes there is a lot of evidence. He is very hated now.
> the passage you cite from Twitter policy was only added today,
This whole situation shows such derangement of people though. Most people would agree that it's probably a good policy to prevent posting live tracking of people on Twitter. If the policy was changed prior to him buying Twitter, people would welcome it. But now that its him doing it, they are angry at him for doing it, but they welcome the policy itself.
It's really quite an interesting study of group psychology.
- Chinjut 4y agoOf course he CAN do it. He did do it, after all. Have you never heard of criticizing someone for something they can do?
- orwin 4y agoIf the policy changed this summer, it would have been the 1rst topic discussed in my country, and I would have been vocal about it. 'laviondebernard' was probably the pro-ecological account with the most reach in my country, propped up a discussion about a tax in private jets, and follow up the plane of the richest man in the world as well as planes owned by Total and other big companies. The fact that this account isn't yet taken down shows it was just another kneejerk reaction from Musk, followedup by another one to hide his thin skin, and isn't about protecting anyone. Also, planes are not people.
- erlich 4y agoI guess the question is do you make an exception for public figures. Which seems to be the case. But you have to think, would you want your travel plans tracked? It's easy to be okay with it because you seem to not like Elon Musk and the things he does, but if it was someone else who you liked and who was being harassed...you have to have some level of fairness.
- orwin 4y agoIf i had a private plane, of course i wouldn't care. I don't care if they follow Bernard (richest man in the world now) either, and he is a way, way, way more private person the Elon Musk. Bernard wasn't okay, sold his plane and now rent jets at a private company, which is a good solution tbf. Now it will be a bit harder (and more expensive) for him to go on "fuck it" trip like london-to-london because the taxi is taking too long to arrive. Fine by me.