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> Community Notes wouldn’t have happened without X. Community Notes did happen without X. It was a feature introduced in January 2021 under the name Birdwatch.
by latexr 7mo ago
> Community Notes wouldn’t have happened without X.
Community Notes did happen without X. It was a feature introduced in January 2021 under the name Birdwatch.
https://blog.x.com/en_us/topics/product/2021/introducing-birdwatch-a-community-based-approach-to-misinformation https://blog.x.com/en_us/topics/product/2021/introducing-bir...
Twitter’s acquisition only started over a year later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquisition_of_Twitter_by_Elon_Musk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquisition_of_Twitter_by_Elon...
- nailer 7mo agoIt wasn’t released as the main disinfo tool until after leadership changed.
- latexr 7mo agoSo what? Clearly the tool was already thought of, worked on, and meant to ship. It had been announced. It’s absurd to think that had Twitter not been sold, they’d have simply done nothing with it.
- nailer 7mo agoBecause previous leadership didn’t have the courage or desire to put moderation in the hands of users.
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