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What was formerly Twitter is now some guy's private web site, just a guy with a whole lot of money.
by api 2y ago
What was formerly Twitter is now some guy's private web site, just a guy with a whole lot of money.
- bigfishrunning 2y agoIt was before too, but it was a different guy
- NickC25 2y agoIt was publicly owned....not one individual.
- api 2y agoWell ultimately all centralized sites are someone's -- some person, or some company. The previous incarnation had its own biases and such, but it did try to run a little more like a real company with official policies. The current incarnation is whatever Elon's mood this second happens to be.
- nradov 2y agoDon't be naive. The previous management also used their power to promote their preferred narratives in arbitrary and capricious ways with no regard for fundamental principles and no accountability. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
- LordDragonfang 2y agoThe only reason I even knew who Jack Dorsey was was from podcasts talking about him. Elon's tweets show up in my feed regularly, and sometimes are even pushed to my phone, despite not engaging with them and even explicitly pressing the "show less" button. (I also get push notification from conservative accounts, despite being what most of them would call "far left")
- nradov 2y agoWhy would you ever allow push notifications from any social media? And on X you can still mute or block individual accounts that you don't want to see.
- distortionfield 2y agoThat isn’t the point of this entire thread, though. It’s about what the default is, because like it or not, most people are crazy susceptible and have practically zero media literacy.