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Elon Musk Has Turned X into His Personal Political Playground

17 points by belter 2y ago

nataliste 2y ago
Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences. https://xkcd.com/1357/ https://xkcd.com/1357/
unsupp0rted 2y ago
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- quantified 2y ago
  > A site that allows speaking freely is full of disinformation and hate speech? You'd expect that, for some definition of "full". If you don't filter everything that people put up, these will definitely be in higher proportion than in ordinary public discourse.
- lawn 2y ago
  > A site that allows speaking freely is full of disinformation and hate speech? The site doesn't allow you to speak freely. There are many instances of Elon banning people, including journalists, from the site. But going further, a site that isn't able or willing to manage its content will inevitably get filled with disinformation and spam.
- peutetre 2y ago
  > A site that allows speaking freely is full of disinformation Let's examine Musk's posts: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/elon-musk-misleading-election-claims-x-views-report-rcna165599 https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/elon-musk-mislea... https://www.politics.co.uk/news/2024/08/08/elon-musk-deletes-post-spreading-fake-news-about-uk-detainment-camps/ https://www.politics.co.uk/news/2024/08/08/elon-musk-deletes... https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/17/business/elon-musk-reveals-his-actual-truth/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/17/business/elon-musk-reveal... https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/30/business/musk-tweet-pelosi-conspiracy/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/30/business/musk-tweet-pelos... Musk's own posts are pretty dumb.
- quantified 2y ago
  Also, Musk will make any post he wants in violation of the TOS. It's absolutely his playground, which he will let others play in but he'll kick anyone out that he wants to.
NotGMan 2y ago
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- jrflowers 2y ago
  This is a good point. If more than one bad thing exists then there is no point in mentioning any particular bad thing.
taylodl 2y ago
I guess this is what Musk and his cronies mean by "free speech": freedom to lie and spread disinformation. Meanwhile, how are Tesla's 3rd quarter sales looking? Are they going to continue the decline from the 1st and 2nd quarters? I guess using Twitter for self-aggrandizement is more fun than the hard work required to run an automaker.
deadeye 2y ago
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nojvek 2y ago
I foresee US losing major ground to BYD because its only profitable EV maker has a distracted CEO actively telling its customers not to associate themselves with Tesla. And the shareholders approving $50B pay package. The shorters may actually make a buck this time.
mulnz 2y ago
free link please?

17 points by belter 2y ago

nataliste 2y ago

Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences. https://xkcd.com/1357/ https://xkcd.com/1357/

unsupp0rted 2y ago

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quantified 2y ago
> A site that allows speaking freely is full of disinformation and hate speech? You'd expect that, for some definition of "full". If you don't filter everything that people put up, these will definitely be in higher proportion than in ordinary public discourse.
lawn 2y ago
> A site that allows speaking freely is full of disinformation and hate speech? The site doesn't allow you to speak freely. There are many instances of Elon banning people, including journalists, from the site. But going further, a site that isn't able or willing to manage its content will inevitably get filled with disinformation and spam.
peutetre 2y ago
> A site that allows speaking freely is full of disinformation Let's examine Musk's posts: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/elon-musk-misleading-election-claims-x-views-report-rcna165599 https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/elon-musk-mislea... https://www.politics.co.uk/news/2024/08/08/elon-musk-deletes-post-spreading-fake-news-about-uk-detainment-camps/ https://www.politics.co.uk/news/2024/08/08/elon-musk-deletes... https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/17/business/elon-musk-reveals-his-actual-truth/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/17/business/elon-musk-reveal... https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/30/business/musk-tweet-pelosi-conspiracy/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/30/business/musk-tweet-pelos... Musk's own posts are pretty dumb.
quantified 2y ago
Also, Musk will make any post he wants in violation of the TOS. It's absolutely his playground, which he will let others play in but he'll kick anyone out that he wants to.

NotGMan 2y ago

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jrflowers 2y ago
This is a good point. If more than one bad thing exists then there is no point in mentioning any particular bad thing.

taylodl 2y ago

I guess this is what Musk and his cronies mean by "free speech": freedom to lie and spread disinformation. Meanwhile, how are Tesla's 3rd quarter sales looking? Are they going to continue the decline from the 1st and 2nd quarters? I guess using Twitter for self-aggrandizement is more fun than the hard work required to run an automaker.

deadeye 2y ago

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nojvek 2y ago

I foresee US losing major ground to BYD because its only profitable EV maker has a distracted CEO actively telling its customers not to associate themselves with Tesla. And the shareholders approving $50B pay package. The shorters may actually make a buck this time.

mulnz 2y ago

free link please?