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I think he is suggesting that this move has favorable PR optics for the incoming administration. Making it appear like a conservative victory may give them som
by tcbawo 2y ago
I think he is suggesting that this move has favorable PR optics for the incoming administration. Making it appear like a conservative victory may give them some slack or earn them some favors.
- sangnoir 2y agoIs it not a conservative culture-war victory designed to earn favors? There is no external evidence of this having been anything other than a contingency around November 6 of last year, so it's hard to definitively say it's one or the other.
- disgruntledphd2 2y agoIt's not really, tbh. Like the vast vast vast majority of content reviewers are outside California and have been for well over a decade. The change here is to move the people designing the policies to Texas (basically a stealth layoff, tbh). That being said, the moderation has been insanely bad for a while now, so all the model tuning seems like a worthwhile change to me. The Texas thing sounds like PR but isn't really given their huge offices in Austin.
- sangnoir 2y ago> The Texas thing sounds like PR but isn't really given their huge offices in Austin That distinctly smells like pork barrel politicking: we're moving jobs from Commiefornia to your great state, and if your criminal [1] state AG sues us again over this function, he'll be putting Texans out a job. 1. Allegedly. Meta wouldn't dare call him thar, but he agreed to 100 hours of community service and paying restitution to those he allegedly defrauded to avoid a trial.
- disgruntledphd2 2y agoYeah, and it's not really a big deal for them but looks good for Texas politicians. Well chosen pork, I guess.
- markhahn 2y agoits called pre-conceding