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I can’t even imagine how many weird decisions would get made in Elon’s TikTok. I guess this would have been a Twitter-style blessing in terms of killing it, if

I can’t even imagine how many weird decisions would get made in Elon’s TikTok. I guess this would have been a Twitter-style blessing in terms of killing it, if only its Facebook/YouTube-powered alternatives didn’t exist and we could get rid of short form video for good.

zfg 2y ago
> I can’t even imagine how many weird decisions would get made in Elon’s TikTok. The decisions will be to promote China and to never criticize the Chinese government. Musk thinks China rocks and America is complacent and entitled, especially New Yorkers and Californians: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/31/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-china-rocks-us-full-of-entitlement.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/31/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-china-ro... Musk advocates for the submission of Taiwan to China: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/08/elon-musk-taiwan-china-special-administrative-zone-hong-kong https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/08/elon-musk... Musk claims to be a free speech absolutist but mysteriously has nothing to say about the lack of free speech in China. In contrast, Musk is happy to ridiculously call Western governments "fascist" and "tyrannical": https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/11/majority-of-britons-believe-musk-having-negative-impact-on-uk-politics https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/11/majority-... https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/elon-musk-doubles-down-on-fascists-comment-after-anthony-albanese-hits-back/6772t1yvw https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/elon-musk-doubles-down-o... Like all oligarchs, Musk is authoritarian by nature and sympathetic to authoritarian regimes.
- jickes 2y ago
  I mean most Americans ARE entitled.
pizza 2y ago
You would disempower people far more than empower them. You would be denying them the right to free speech and the free exchange of ideas. It would basically result in the wanton destruction of probably hundreds of thousands if not millions of established little pockets of community for self-expression that people had worked to build and maintain*. Name one other type of media that does not then also deserve the same ban on the same grounds you had in mind for why short form video is inherently evil. * By freedom of speech here I basically mean the usual social norms about what things are generally not prohibited. I say this to avoid being misinterpreted as my position being one of "all speech is permitted no matter its content" because that's not what society has decided.
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zfg 2y ago

> I can’t even imagine how many weird decisions would get made in Elon’s TikTok. The decisions will be to promote China and to never criticize the Chinese government. Musk thinks China rocks and America is complacent and entitled, especially New Yorkers and Californians: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/31/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-china-rocks-us-full-of-entitlement.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/31/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-china-ro... Musk advocates for the submission of Taiwan to China: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/08/elon-musk-taiwan-china-special-administrative-zone-hong-kong https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/08/elon-musk... Musk claims to be a free speech absolutist but mysteriously has nothing to say about the lack of free speech in China. In contrast, Musk is happy to ridiculously call Western governments "fascist" and "tyrannical": https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/11/majority-of-britons-believe-musk-having-negative-impact-on-uk-politics https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/11/majority-... https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/elon-musk-doubles-down-on-fascists-comment-after-anthony-albanese-hits-back/6772t1yvw https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/elon-musk-doubles-down-o... Like all oligarchs, Musk is authoritarian by nature and sympathetic to authoritarian regimes.

jickes 2y ago
I mean most Americans ARE entitled.

pizza 2y ago

You would disempower people far more than empower them. You would be denying them the right to free speech and the free exchange of ideas. It would basically result in the wanton destruction of probably hundreds of thousands if not millions of established little pockets of community for self-expression that people had worked to build and maintain*. Name one other type of media that does not then also deserve the same ban on the same grounds you had in mind for why short form video is inherently evil. * By freedom of speech here I basically mean the usual social norms about what things are generally not prohibited. I say this to avoid being misinterpreted as my position being one of "all speech is permitted no matter its content" because that's not what society has decided.

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