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N = 1 and all that but the change to elevate blue check accounts actually organically made me stop using Twitter. I respect their right to monetize however they

N = 1 and all that but the change to elevate blue check accounts actually organically made me stop using Twitter. I respect their right to monetize however they feel is best, but it elevated the most ignorant and illiberal and downright hateful and toxic tweets from the dullest and most ignorant and generally worst people the platform has to offer. It simply made the platform unpleasant to use in the way its UX had previously encouraged me to use it, so I stopped. Maybe I'm alone in not wanting to see (real example off the top of my head) apologia for a mass shooter's neo-nazi tattoos pushed to the top of my feed in the interest of "neutral and transparent free speech". But I don't think so.

Freedom2 3y ago
GP probably thinks it's important that anti-mask, anti-vaccine, pro-violence rhetoric makes its way to the top of the replies in the name of "free speech".
- ori_b 3y ago
  Meanwhile: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/5/2/twitter-fulfilling-more-government-censorship-requests-under-musk https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/5/2/twitter-fulfillin... > The social media giant fully or partially complied with 98.8 percent of takedown requests it received from October 27, the date of Musk’s takeover, to April 13, including hundreds of requests from Turkey and India, which have faced criticism for silencing critics. > Twitter fully complied with 440, or 50 percent, of requests and partially complied with 377, or 42 percent, during the 12-month period before Musk’s takeover.
- dragontamer 3y ago
  Meanwhile, legitimate newspapers like "Kyiv Independent" is getting deprioritized right now. Because its become obvious that Elon is anti-Ukrainian with a huge number of his actions.
  - remote_phone 3y ago
    He’s been paying for the Starlink connection that the Ukrainian army has been using in the field. Tell me again how he’s anti-Ukrainian?
    - dragontamer 3y ago
      1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/08/us-quietly-paying-millions-send-starlink-terminals-ukraine-contrary-spacexs-claims/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/08/us-quietl... Those come from the Pentagon's budget, not Elon Musk. 2. Musk turned off Starlink in Crimea. 3. Musk believes Crimea belongs to Russia. Following, and loudly proclaiming, Russian propaganda. ---------- Given all the issues Starlink has been having, all it has proven is that SpaceX is an unreliable partner. In the future, its clear that unless your politics line up with Musk, you shouldn't trust that internet service.
      - remote_phone 3y ago
        That article was dated April 8th 2022 over a year ago. A more recent article says that the U.S. stopped paying for them in September and SpaceX picked up the costs. Then in December they got funding from European countries. If Musk were “anti-Ukraine” he would have simply stopped the service. SpaceX is the sole internet provider for a vast part of Ukraine. A Ukrainian official said: "Musk assured us he will continue to support Ukraine. When we had a powerful blackout, I messaged him on that day and he momentarily reacted and has already delivered some steps. He understands the situation." Boy, that doesn’t sound very anti-Ukrainian to me. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/starlink-will-send-another-10000-satellite-terminals-to-ukraine/amp/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/starlink-will-se... Crimea belongs to Russia. Russia invaded in 2014 and no one, including Obama, did anything about it. The entire world stepped back and let it happen. No one lifted a finger. You can’t go back and retroactively show your disapproval over something almost 10 years later and say “hey that shouldn’t have happened!”. The outcome of war determines who owns land, regardless of what people may want to see. People may say what they want about Israel’s right to occupy the Holy Land but I dare them to try to take it away through war. Israel owns the land that it occupies.

Freedom2 3y ago

GP probably thinks it's important that anti-mask, anti-vaccine, pro-violence rhetoric makes its way to the top of the replies in the name of "free speech".

ori_b 3y ago
Meanwhile: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/5/2/twitter-fulfilling-more-government-censorship-requests-under-musk https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/5/2/twitter-fulfillin... > The social media giant fully or partially complied with 98.8 percent of takedown requests it received from October 27, the date of Musk’s takeover, to April 13, including hundreds of requests from Turkey and India, which have faced criticism for silencing critics. > Twitter fully complied with 440, or 50 percent, of requests and partially complied with 377, or 42 percent, during the 12-month period before Musk’s takeover.
dragontamer 3y ago
Meanwhile, legitimate newspapers like "Kyiv Independent" is getting deprioritized right now. Because its become obvious that Elon is anti-Ukrainian with a huge number of his actions.
- remote_phone 3y ago
  He’s been paying for the Starlink connection that the Ukrainian army has been using in the field. Tell me again how he’s anti-Ukrainian?
  - dragontamer 3y ago
    1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/08/us-quietly-paying-millions-send-starlink-terminals-ukraine-contrary-spacexs-claims/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/08/us-quietl... Those come from the Pentagon's budget, not Elon Musk. 2. Musk turned off Starlink in Crimea. 3. Musk believes Crimea belongs to Russia. Following, and loudly proclaiming, Russian propaganda. ---------- Given all the issues Starlink has been having, all it has proven is that SpaceX is an unreliable partner. In the future, its clear that unless your politics line up with Musk, you shouldn't trust that internet service.
    - remote_phone 3y ago
      That article was dated April 8th 2022 over a year ago. A more recent article says that the U.S. stopped paying for them in September and SpaceX picked up the costs. Then in December they got funding from European countries. If Musk were “anti-Ukraine” he would have simply stopped the service. SpaceX is the sole internet provider for a vast part of Ukraine. A Ukrainian official said: "Musk assured us he will continue to support Ukraine. When we had a powerful blackout, I messaged him on that day and he momentarily reacted and has already delivered some steps. He understands the situation." Boy, that doesn’t sound very anti-Ukrainian to me. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/starlink-will-send-another-10000-satellite-terminals-to-ukraine/amp/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/starlink-will-se... Crimea belongs to Russia. Russia invaded in 2014 and no one, including Obama, did anything about it. The entire world stepped back and let it happen. No one lifted a finger. You can’t go back and retroactively show your disapproval over something almost 10 years later and say “hey that shouldn’t have happened!”. The outcome of war determines who owns land, regardless of what people may want to see. People may say what they want about Israel’s right to occupy the Holy Land but I dare them to try to take it away through war. Israel owns the land that it occupies.