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X saved free speech online. Without Musk acquiring it, we would have continued to slip into this franken-Resetera level of discourse. Thank God! X is the platf

X saved free speech online. Without Musk acquiring it, we would have continued to slip into this franken-Resetera level of discourse. Thank God! X is the platform where everyone can speak as long as it doesn't break the law. That's fantastic. If you don't like a particular subject, you can just move on. That's what the internet was in the 2000s!

big_toast 1y ago
Saved? Seems like it harmed the migration to more free protocol oriented services. One company controlling the algorithm and API to a global conversation. Verified badges getting ranked priority in replies and For You. A DM function that barely functions. Private chats as a promise instead of cryptographic guarantee?
- sergiotapia 1y ago
  >free protocol oriented services. Love all of these on paper, I think any tech person would. But they are non-starters. Normies have zero chance of ever deciding to use these.
  - big_toast 1y ago
    Just like all the normies who don't use web browsers, email, podcasts, calendars, jpeg image standards. Like how btc and ethereum finally died out and companies aren't adopting stable coins. Yes.. non-starters, too complicated and fiddly..
UncleSlacky 1y ago
> everyone can speak as long as it doesn't break the law I have one word for you: "cisgender". https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/x-cisgender-slur-cis-elon-musk-b2545355.html https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/x-cisgender-slur-cis-elon...
- throwaway37153 1y ago
  > “You may not directly attack other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease,” How does this make it different than other website's policies in terms of free speech?
  - sunbum 1y ago
    Its pretty easy to find large profiles calling others the n word without any reprocussions. cisgender is the only one that gets automatically filtered no matter the context.
  - driverdan 1y ago
    cis is not a slur or attack. The only people who believe this are the transphobes.
ixtli 1y ago
what speech specifically did it save?
lukas099 1y ago
He said he would reinstate freedom of speech, but did he actually? [1][2][3][4] [1] https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-promised-free-speech-twitter-hes-betrayed-it-again-again-opinion-1794478 https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-promised-free-speech-twit... [2] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/15/elon-musk-hypocrite-free-speech https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/15/elon-m... [3] https://www.thefire.org/news/twitter-no-free-speech-haven-under-elon-musk https://www.thefire.org/news/twitter-no-free-speech-haven-un... [4] https://gizmodo.com/10-times-elon-musk-censored-twitter-users-1850570720 https://gizmodo.com/10-times-elon-musk-censored-twitter-user...
amitrip 1y ago
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big_toast 1y ago

Saved? Seems like it harmed the migration to more free protocol oriented services. One company controlling the algorithm and API to a global conversation. Verified badges getting ranked priority in replies and For You. A DM function that barely functions. Private chats as a promise instead of cryptographic guarantee?

sergiotapia 1y ago
>free protocol oriented services. Love all of these on paper, I think any tech person would. But they are non-starters. Normies have zero chance of ever deciding to use these.
- big_toast 1y ago
  Just like all the normies who don't use web browsers, email, podcasts, calendars, jpeg image standards. Like how btc and ethereum finally died out and companies aren't adopting stable coins. Yes.. non-starters, too complicated and fiddly..

UncleSlacky 1y ago

> everyone can speak as long as it doesn't break the law I have one word for you: "cisgender". https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/x-cisgender-slur-cis-elon-musk-b2545355.html https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/x-cisgender-slur-cis-elon...

throwaway37153 1y ago
> “You may not directly attack other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease,” How does this make it different than other website's policies in terms of free speech?
- sunbum 1y ago
  Its pretty easy to find large profiles calling others the n word without any reprocussions. cisgender is the only one that gets automatically filtered no matter the context.
- driverdan 1y ago
  cis is not a slur or attack. The only people who believe this are the transphobes.

ixtli 1y ago

what speech specifically did it save?

lukas099 1y ago

He said he would reinstate freedom of speech, but did he actually? [1][2][3][4] [1] https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-promised-free-speech-twitter-hes-betrayed-it-again-again-opinion-1794478 https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-promised-free-speech-twit... [2] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/15/elon-musk-hypocrite-free-speech https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/15/elon-m... [3] https://www.thefire.org/news/twitter-no-free-speech-haven-under-elon-musk https://www.thefire.org/news/twitter-no-free-speech-haven-un... [4] https://gizmodo.com/10-times-elon-musk-censored-twitter-users-1850570720 https://gizmodo.com/10-times-elon-musk-censored-twitter-user...

amitrip 1y ago

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