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Elon Musk accused of taking X account from Gene X Hwang: ‘They just took it’

48 points by CharlesW 3y ago

api 3y ago
Of course. It's one dude's personal board now.
- breakingcups 3y ago
  Now I finally realise what Musk has been reminding me of since he took over Twitter. Remember forums back in the day where sometimes the owner / admin was just a little bit too involved? A little bit too self-righteous, imposing inane rules after being slighted, etc. I've not quite been exposed to this on the same level in years (apart from some Discord servers) until Musk's Twitter takeover.
  - Spastche 3y ago
    look at the fall of freenode in the past year or two for a similar situation
  - minsc_and_boo 3y ago
    The world's richest man bought his favorite toy. This was kind of expected in hindsight.
    - api 3y ago
      The alcoholic bought the bar.
rvz 3y ago
Unsurprising and as expected. Just like the subreddits that were taken away by Reddit, Twitter/X can swap and take away usernames and does not owe money to anyone in exchange for ownership of any username. Given Twitter has done this before with brands even before Elon took over, why expect anything different now?
- minsc_and_boo 3y ago
  I mean, EM set the expectation with his free flow of information and anti-draconian dream. I'm curious to see if anyone honestly believed it.
yieldcrv 3y ago
We could use user-generated data rights just like we have user-generated data liability for both the users and limited exemptions to Section 230 for platform owners
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theandrewbailey 3y ago
Another example of why social media users are content slaves, or at best, sharecroppers, on the lord's platform.
- 1letterunixname 3y ago
  Yep. If the public or a trusted nonprofit doesn't own it or you don't run it, then it's building a castle in the sand with waves lapping at your feet.
glonq 3y ago
Remember in the 1980's when you might dial in to a BBS that was run by some tempermental teenager who randomly decreed whatever arbitrary and inconsistent rules suited him on that particular day? Well that kid earned a few billion bucks and runs Twitter/X now.

48 points by CharlesW 3y ago

api 3y ago

Of course. It's one dude's personal board now.

breakingcups 3y ago
Now I finally realise what Musk has been reminding me of since he took over Twitter. Remember forums back in the day where sometimes the owner / admin was just a little bit too involved? A little bit too self-righteous, imposing inane rules after being slighted, etc. I've not quite been exposed to this on the same level in years (apart from some Discord servers) until Musk's Twitter takeover.
- Spastche 3y ago
  look at the fall of freenode in the past year or two for a similar situation
- minsc_and_boo 3y ago
  The world's richest man bought his favorite toy. This was kind of expected in hindsight.
  - api 3y ago
    The alcoholic bought the bar.

rvz 3y ago

Unsurprising and as expected. Just like the subreddits that were taken away by Reddit, Twitter/X can swap and take away usernames and does not owe money to anyone in exchange for ownership of any username. Given Twitter has done this before with brands even before Elon took over, why expect anything different now?

minsc_and_boo 3y ago
I mean, EM set the expectation with his free flow of information and anti-draconian dream. I'm curious to see if anyone honestly believed it.

yieldcrv 3y ago

We could use user-generated data rights just like we have user-generated data liability for both the users and limited exemptions to Section 230 for platform owners

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theandrewbailey 3y ago

Another example of why social media users are content slaves, or at best, sharecroppers, on the lord's platform.

1letterunixname 3y ago
Yep. If the public or a trusted nonprofit doesn't own it or you don't run it, then it's building a castle in the sand with waves lapping at your feet.

glonq 3y ago

Remember in the 1980's when you might dial in to a BBS that was run by some tempermental teenager who randomly decreed whatever arbitrary and inconsistent rules suited him on that particular day? Well that kid earned a few billion bucks and runs Twitter/X now.