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It was bought by a narcissist who fired everyone involved with trust and safety, moderation, and compliance.

by __loam 2y ago

shiroiushi 2y ago
Exactly. It shouldn't even be a surprise: the internet already had examples of this long before Elon took over Twitter: just look at 4chan. If you don't have any moderation at all, pretty soon your forum turns into a cesspool as all the nastiest people flock to it (because they've been banned elsewhere), and then their nasty posts plus the lack of moderation drives out all the decent people. You can even imagine this in real-life: imagine you had two nearby restaurants and you wanted to go out to eat. In your area, there's apparently a minority of very angry and ill-tempered people who like to argue with or scream at strangers and threaten them. At restaurant A, there's bouncers at the door who kick out anyone who causes trouble, but restaurant B believes in "absolute free speech" and won't do anything about these people when they disturb the other customers. Very soon, restaurant B is going to have a reputation as a place you don't want to go if you just want a nice meal without any drama.
- wakawaka28 2y ago
  Social media is more like a library or a movie theater. You can choose what you want to see for the most part. Maybe some people feel the need for more filters for themselves personally, to be excluded from conversations they don't like. This is how the early web worked... You had a choice of where to go and had to make up your own mind, and any encounter with unwanted sites would be easy to back out of. I think there is a place for a public square, and it's good to be aware of different opinions. But if you want what is essentially a parental filter for yourself, then go ahead.
tharmas 2y ago
It's not as black and white as that. The previous owners gave into pressure from the government to ban info about Hunter Biden's laptop. The previous owners had their own political bias which influenced what they censored.
xigoi 2y ago
You’re saying that as if Twitter hadn’t been full of hate before he bought it.

It was bought by a narcissist who fired everyone involved with trust and safety, moderation, and compliance.

by __loam 2y ago

It was bought by a narcissist who fired everyone involved with trust and safety, moderation, and compliance.

Exactly. It shouldn't even be a surprise: the internet already had examples of this long before Elon took over Twitter: just look at 4chan. If you don't have any moderation at all, pretty soon your forum turns into a cesspool as all the nastiest people flock to it (because they've been banned elsewhere), and then their nasty posts plus the lack of moderation drives out all the decent people. You can even imagine this in real-life: imagine you had two nearby restaurants and you wanted to go out to eat. In your area, there's apparently a minority of very angry and ill-tempered people who like to argue with or scream at strangers and threaten them. At restaurant A, there's bouncers at the door who kick out anyone who causes trouble, but restaurant B believes in "absolute free speech" and won't do anything about these people when they disturb the other customers. Very soon, restaurant B is going to have a reputation as a place you don't want to go if you just want a nice meal without any drama.

wakawaka28 2y ago
Social media is more like a library or a movie theater. You can choose what you want to see for the most part. Maybe some people feel the need for more filters for themselves personally, to be excluded from conversations they don't like. This is how the early web worked... You had a choice of where to go and had to make up your own mind, and any encounter with unwanted sites would be easy to back out of. I think there is a place for a public square, and it's good to be aware of different opinions. But if you want what is essentially a parental filter for yourself, then go ahead.

tharmas 2y ago

It's not as black and white as that. The previous owners gave into pressure from the government to ban info about Hunter Biden's laptop. The previous owners had their own political bias which influenced what they censored.

xigoi 2y ago

You’re saying that as if Twitter hadn’t been full of hate before he bought it.