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> He may very well prove that you can make a social media service more profitable by making it more harmful to users and damaging to the community in general.
by tokinonagare 4y ago
> He may very well prove that you can make a social media service more profitable by making it more harmful to users and damaging to the community in general.
By removing the very politically-biased censorship he already did a very healthy move for the whole world.
- CharlesW 4y ago> By removing the very politically-biased censorship… About that…¹²³ ¹ https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/25/23571103/elon-musk-twitter-india-social-media-bbc-documentary-modi-censorship https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/25/23571103/elon-musk-twitte... ² https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/16/tech/musk-censors-press/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/16/tech/musk-censors-press/index... ³ https://theintercept.com/2022/11/22/elon-musk-twitter-censor-ddosecrets/ https://theintercept.com/2022/11/22/elon-musk-twitter-censor...
- throwaway69123 4y agoMusk said they would comply with the laws of each country how is this inconsistent with that statement?
- vxNsr 4y agoThe first link is just straight speculation and bad reporting as it shows the authors disdain and bias for the subject matter. The second link is even worse beginning with an editorialization of “thin skinned” the whole rest of the article is moot. We can’t know if any of it is accurate if the author starts off with such bias against the very subject of the article. The third link has nothing to do with Elon. It’s a low profile block of an account that was breaking multiple laws. Not sure what you expect there.
- ElevenLathe 4y agoI'm sure dumping millions of users suddenly into the equivalent of /b/ will be a politically neutral change. /s Unfortunately it isn't possible to have an unmoderated forum. Choosing not to moderate is still a moderation choice.
- mc32 4y agoHe did but we see both the liberal and autocratic governments of the world lament that they wish Elon would be open to government censorship. Now, some people don’t want to have this be acknowledged but it’s what we’re seeing.