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Marc Zuckerberg: "I notice Elon has become much more popular than I am. Elon also owns an internet social platform. Elon has removed most of the censorship from

Marc Zuckerberg: "I notice Elon has become much more popular than I am. Elon also owns an internet social platform. Elon has removed most of the censorship from his platform. Maybe if I do the same I will be popular again too?"

benterix 2y ago
There was a time when Zucerkberg was popular? His platform once was, but not its founder. There even was a movie on how he cheated others.
- mvdtnz 2y ago
  His platform which has over 3 billion monthly active users "once was" popular?
  - anshumankmr 2y ago
    Facebook is for the let's just say older folks but Instagram and Whatsapp are wildly popular. Threads is meh. Began promising but has become a place for bots. Only account I check in once in a while is James gunn who seems devoted to that platform.
    - mvdtnz 2y ago
      Ok? So his platform, which encompasses all of the things you mentioned and more, is still popular across a wide variety of audiences. Got it.
      - anshumankmr 2y ago
        Yeah I wasn't trying to contradict what you were saying.
  - BlackFingolfin 2y ago
    Marc Zuckerberg being popular is not the same as his platform being popular.
thrance 2y ago
If anything, Elon has largely increased the amount of censorship on his platform[1][2]. The only demographic whose voice got louder is the far right[3], in order to please the new presidency. Zuckerberg is going for the same strategy, facts and democracy be damned. [1] https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-05-24/under-elon-musk-twitter-has-approved-83-of-censorship-requests-by-authoritarian-governments.html https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-05-24/under-el... [2] https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/8/13/the-right-wing-lurch-of-x-under-elon-musk https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/8/13/the-right-wing-l... [3] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/04/elon-musk-x-trump-far-right https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/04/elon-musk...
- mhh__ 2y ago
  > if anything How on earth can you say that if you were alive during the pandemic?
  - thrance 2y ago
    Do you really believe it's better now? Have you opened any of the links in my previous comment?
    - mhh__ 2y ago
      I get the point with the government stuff but: > remove censorship > Left suddenly don't have a stranglehold on culture. Hmmm
      - thrance 2y ago
        If by "remove censorship" you mean systematically promote right-wing content and downrank left-leaning content, unban neonazis, russian bots and other fascistic influences, then yeah, that's what Elon did. Also what "Left stranglehold on culture" are you speaking of?? Workers have been losing rights in this country for decades. You clearly bought into the lies. Here it is in the same format you did: > Removes facts > The right suddenly gets a stranglehold on culture Hmmm
newsbinator 2y ago
Also Marc Zuckerberg: "I notice Elon and Trump are 2 weeks away from running the primary government to which I'm more or less answerable... better batten down the hatches"
immibis 2y ago
Elon hasn't removed most of the censorship from his platform - in fact, he's increased censorship - and I doubt Zuck will either. What he's done is loudly proclaim to be removing censorship, while also removing censorship from the group that most loudly complains about censorship (which he also belongs to), and increasing censorship on their enemies, who are not so loud.
slowmovintarget 2y ago
I think this was more "I can cut operational costs and ride the populism wave at the same time. Twofer!" I doubt he cares about popularity, but he very much cares about his stock price and the things it lets him do.

benterix 2y ago

There was a time when Zucerkberg was popular? His platform once was, but not its founder. There even was a movie on how he cheated others.

mvdtnz 2y ago
His platform which has over 3 billion monthly active users "once was" popular?
- anshumankmr 2y ago
  Facebook is for the let's just say older folks but Instagram and Whatsapp are wildly popular. Threads is meh. Began promising but has become a place for bots. Only account I check in once in a while is James gunn who seems devoted to that platform.
  - mvdtnz 2y ago
    Ok? So his platform, which encompasses all of the things you mentioned and more, is still popular across a wide variety of audiences. Got it.
    - anshumankmr 2y ago
      Yeah I wasn't trying to contradict what you were saying.
- BlackFingolfin 2y ago
  Marc Zuckerberg being popular is not the same as his platform being popular.

thrance 2y ago

If anything, Elon has largely increased the amount of censorship on his platform[1][2]. The only demographic whose voice got louder is the far right[3], in order to please the new presidency. Zuckerberg is going for the same strategy, facts and democracy be damned. [1] https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-05-24/under-elon-musk-twitter-has-approved-83-of-censorship-requests-by-authoritarian-governments.html https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-05-24/under-el... [2] https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/8/13/the-right-wing-lurch-of-x-under-elon-musk https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/8/13/the-right-wing-l... [3] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/04/elon-musk-x-trump-far-right https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/04/elon-musk...

mhh__ 2y ago
> if anything How on earth can you say that if you were alive during the pandemic?
- thrance 2y ago
  Do you really believe it's better now? Have you opened any of the links in my previous comment?
  - mhh__ 2y ago
    I get the point with the government stuff but: > remove censorship > Left suddenly don't have a stranglehold on culture. Hmmm
    - thrance 2y ago
      If by "remove censorship" you mean systematically promote right-wing content and downrank left-leaning content, unban neonazis, russian bots and other fascistic influences, then yeah, that's what Elon did. Also what "Left stranglehold on culture" are you speaking of?? Workers have been losing rights in this country for decades. You clearly bought into the lies. Here it is in the same format you did: > Removes facts > The right suddenly gets a stranglehold on culture Hmmm

newsbinator 2y ago

Also Marc Zuckerberg: "I notice Elon and Trump are 2 weeks away from running the primary government to which I'm more or less answerable... better batten down the hatches"

immibis 2y ago

Elon hasn't removed most of the censorship from his platform - in fact, he's increased censorship - and I doubt Zuck will either. What he's done is loudly proclaim to be removing censorship, while also removing censorship from the group that most loudly complains about censorship (which he also belongs to), and increasing censorship on their enemies, who are not so loud.

slowmovintarget 2y ago

I think this was more "I can cut operational costs and ride the populism wave at the same time. Twofer!" I doubt he cares about popularity, but he very much cares about his stock price and the things it lets him do.