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Nearly all these "insiders" seem to be recently departed employees with obvious reasons to have a partial take on the current state of affairs. There is also a

Nearly all these "insiders" seem to be recently departed employees with obvious reasons to have a partial take on the current state of affairs. There is also a passing reference to the "Twitter Files", which were dismissed at the time by most of the mainstream media - Panorama included? In that context it's difficult not to see this as more establishment tears after Musk's slap across the face to it and its bias when he took over Twitter. There are obviously going to be problems during such a turbulent time, and serious alleged cases like the troll victim discussed should not be an acceptable corollary of the new regime, but genuine improvement and insight will not be helped by weak or questionably-motivated "investigations". I'd really like to see better and braver from the BBC on a flagship analytical programme.

zimpenfish 4y ago
> There is also a passing reference to the "Twitter Files" That seems to be in the context of "you can't trust Musk because TTF were a self-serving PR exercise" given the immediately following sentence. > > In December 2022, he released internal documents called the "Twitter Files" to explain why he believed the company hadn't been fairly applying its moderation and suspension policies under the old leadership. > > But those who have been on the inside, feel like Mr Musk has used this to de-prioritise protecting users from harm altogether. > genuine improvement and insight will not be helped by weak or questionably-motivated "investigations" Do you think they are helped by firing content moderators et al?
- mellosouls 4y ago
  If those are the content moderators responsible for the political bias and censorship we saw (and was discussed on HN many times) pre-Musk, yes.
- nradov 4y ago
  Firing employees like Jim Baker and Vijaya Gadde who censored lawful content in order to push a biased political narrative absolutely helped. Good riddance.

zimpenfish 4y ago

> There is also a passing reference to the "Twitter Files" That seems to be in the context of "you can't trust Musk because TTF were a self-serving PR exercise" given the immediately following sentence. > > In December 2022, he released internal documents called the "Twitter Files" to explain why he believed the company hadn't been fairly applying its moderation and suspension policies under the old leadership. > > But those who have been on the inside, feel like Mr Musk has used this to de-prioritise protecting users from harm altogether. > genuine improvement and insight will not be helped by weak or questionably-motivated "investigations" Do you think they are helped by firing content moderators et al?

mellosouls 4y ago
If those are the content moderators responsible for the political bias and censorship we saw (and was discussed on HN many times) pre-Musk, yes.
nradov 4y ago
Firing employees like Jim Baker and Vijaya Gadde who censored lawful content in order to push a biased political narrative absolutely helped. Good riddance.