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Yeah, that's a really good point that I hadn't really considered. Although, maybe the same argument stands? If X's lockdown leads to less users, then doesn't th
by benrutter 19d ago
Yeah, that's a really good point that I hadn't really considered. Although, maybe the same argument stands? If X's lockdown leads to less users, then doesn't that translate to less control over the information landscape too?
- tovej 19d agoWell, if one of the big social media platforms is now a far-right playground, that changes the political landscape. Elon Musk is using twitter to create a global far-right platform that right-wing politicians can use to experiment with talking points before watering them down and bringing them to the public.
- b112 19d agoAll media orgs have X accounts, and see such things. And posts on X are in the news regularly. So I don't think experimentation is an angle.
- tovej 18d agoThen you are not thinking very much. Media does report on far-right output on twitter sometimes, but not often. And when they do, it often boosts the message instead. It's the same mechanism as how Donald Trump originally got elected. ...and at the same time, they are focus-testing extremist messaging.
- b112 18d agoStop with the personal attacks. You can disagree with my assessments, without claiming I "dont think much". https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3."