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Twitter has a lot of very right-wing posters and a lot of very left-wing posters. Which of these you're likely to see as a huge problem and which you're likely

by djur 3y ago

Twitter has a lot of very right-wing posters and a lot of very left-wing posters. Which of these you're likely to see as a huge problem and which you're likely to dismiss as a few insignificant goofballs is probably going to be based on your own political orientation. It would be surprising if there hasn't been a rightward shift, though, considering that causing such was one of the current owner's explicit goals. I don't think it's unreasonable for people to perceive Twitter as favoring the political right when the owner is actively doing so.

bigstrat2003 3y ago
I'm certainly willing to believe that there's been a shift. But it's completely implausible that in just a year (two? I forget how long it's been) since the sale, Twitter has transformed into a "conservative cesspool". What the poster I replied to is almost certainly seeing is that there's actual balance now, instead of being absurdly hard left like it was before.
- Repulsion9513 3y ago
  It has never been "absurdly hard left". It was representative of the communities that used it (many of whom have been chased off by Musk).
  - bigstrat2003 3y ago
    Nobody was "chased off" by Musk. The people who left were freaking out and planning to move to Mastodon even before the sale went through, because they assumed that Musk would be an evil man doing bad things to the site. To be blunt: they left because they couldn't bear to imagine a world where site leadership didn't put its boot on the neck of anyone they disagreed with.
    - Repulsion9513 3y ago
      LOL in so many ways You think Twitter doesn't still "put its boot on the neck of anyone they disagreed with"? Actually now it's "anyone they or Musk disagree with", so I guess you're kinda right. Meanwhile he brought back people who were banned for committing crimes on it while banning people for posting entirely legal content like jack sweeney. He's not a free speech absolutist, he's a me speech absolutist. But sure, nobody was chased off by Musk.

by djur 3y ago

bigstrat2003 3y ago

I'm certainly willing to believe that there's been a shift. But it's completely implausible that in just a year (two? I forget how long it's been) since the sale, Twitter has transformed into a "conservative cesspool". What the poster I replied to is almost certainly seeing is that there's actual balance now, instead of being absurdly hard left like it was before.

Repulsion9513 3y ago
It has never been "absurdly hard left". It was representative of the communities that used it (many of whom have been chased off by Musk).
- bigstrat2003 3y ago
  Nobody was "chased off" by Musk. The people who left were freaking out and planning to move to Mastodon even before the sale went through, because they assumed that Musk would be an evil man doing bad things to the site. To be blunt: they left because they couldn't bear to imagine a world where site leadership didn't put its boot on the neck of anyone they disagreed with.
  - Repulsion9513 3y ago
    LOL in so many ways You think Twitter doesn't still "put its boot on the neck of anyone they disagreed with"? Actually now it's "anyone they or Musk disagree with", so I guess you're kinda right. Meanwhile he brought back people who were banned for committing crimes on it while banning people for posting entirely legal content like jack sweeney. He's not a free speech absolutist, he's a me speech absolutist. But sure, nobody was chased off by Musk.