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1) Linking to Tweets still exists, and doesn't require that you're logged in to view them. 2) According to their own released numbers (which you may or may not

1) Linking to Tweets still exists, and doesn't require that you're logged in to view them. 2) According to their own released numbers (which you may or may not trust), the usage of the platform is at a record high. 3) They've unbanned many accounts that were previously banned and seem to display a wider tolerance for free speech on the platform. The innovative community notes feature is sometimes helpful to point out misinformation, but misinformation thrives on the platform. 4) They've pushed back on various foriegn governments requesting data on users and requesting users or posts be banned (see the ongoing dispute with Brazil.) It seems more free, not less free.

ceejayoz 2y ago
> The innovative community notes feature... ... was built and released pre-Musk, when it was called "Birdwatch". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Notes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Notes As for government requests, for every Brazil there's an India. https://theintercept.com/2023/03/28/twitter-modi-india-punjab-amritpal-singh/ https://theintercept.com/2023/03/28/twitter-modi-india-punja... "Twitter accounts from over 100 prominent politicians, activists, and journalists in India and abroad have been blocked in India at the request of the government. On Monday, the account of the BBC News Punjabi was also blocked — the second time in a few months that the Indian government has used Twitter to throttle BBC services in its country." "At the time that Musk took charge of the company, it had a mere 20 percent compliance rate with Indian government requests. Following massive layoffs that reduced 90 percent of Twitter India’s staff, the platform appears to have become far more obliging in the face of government pressure, as its actions to censor its critics now show."
piva00 2y ago
> 4) They've pushed back on various foriegn governments requesting data on users and requesting users or posts be banned (see the ongoing dispute with Brazil.) But not in India, nor Turkey, there Twitter under Musk has abided by the requests to silence people. Why is that is a good question, it could be political alignment (Modi and Erdogan are from a different political stance than Lula), it could be because Musk seeks to exploit Brazil's lithium, we can't know but he's been pretty selective in where to pick a fight so we can only assume is due to other circumstances than anything to do with freedom of speech.
windexh8er 2y ago
> It seems more free, not less free. Regardless of whether or not that statement made is true - the problem is that of misinformation distribution. Social media isn't socially useful if it's being leveraged to influence ideas that are not factual. Given that the owner of the platform has pushed misinformation and also sells products that don't align with what he's promised, at least to me, would lead me to question the statistics that are self-published and unable to be publicly validated.

ceejayoz 2y ago

> The innovative community notes feature... ... was built and released pre-Musk, when it was called "Birdwatch". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Notes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Notes As for government requests, for every Brazil there's an India. https://theintercept.com/2023/03/28/twitter-modi-india-punjab-amritpal-singh/ https://theintercept.com/2023/03/28/twitter-modi-india-punja... "Twitter accounts from over 100 prominent politicians, activists, and journalists in India and abroad have been blocked in India at the request of the government. On Monday, the account of the BBC News Punjabi was also blocked — the second time in a few months that the Indian government has used Twitter to throttle BBC services in its country." "At the time that Musk took charge of the company, it had a mere 20 percent compliance rate with Indian government requests. Following massive layoffs that reduced 90 percent of Twitter India’s staff, the platform appears to have become far more obliging in the face of government pressure, as its actions to censor its critics now show."

piva00 2y ago

> 4) They've pushed back on various foriegn governments requesting data on users and requesting users or posts be banned (see the ongoing dispute with Brazil.) But not in India, nor Turkey, there Twitter under Musk has abided by the requests to silence people. Why is that is a good question, it could be political alignment (Modi and Erdogan are from a different political stance than Lula), it could be because Musk seeks to exploit Brazil's lithium, we can't know but he's been pretty selective in where to pick a fight so we can only assume is due to other circumstances than anything to do with freedom of speech.

windexh8er 2y ago

> It seems more free, not less free. Regardless of whether or not that statement made is true - the problem is that of misinformation distribution. Social media isn't socially useful if it's being leveraged to influence ideas that are not factual. Given that the owner of the platform has pushed misinformation and also sells products that don't align with what he's promised, at least to me, would lead me to question the statistics that are self-published and unable to be publicly validated.