OT Musk/Twitter - The Great Experiment

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  1. calvin natt

    calvin natt Confeve

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    Thanks for the copy/paste, but was more interested (so to speak) in your opinion. Not someone else’s. But I guess it’s just one more way to own the libs, taking Twitter and making it worse.
     
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  2. ABM

    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    How many accounts has Twitter so-called "cancelled"? Perhaps, we can start there.
     
  3. julius

    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Does it matter?? Don't be an ass on Twitter. Don't like people calling out out for saying stuff? Don't say stupid shit. Simple as that.

    Same thing applies to this forum.
     
  4. calvin natt

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    Better question is how many have been cancelled that should not have been? Unfairly and unjustifiably removed? Any? Or are we ok with using the 1st Amendment incorrectly again by believing people can say whatever they want on a platform.
     
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    Why does it matter if they've "canceled " accounts?
     
  6. ABM

    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    Or, buy it. Heh.

    Quit being stupid.
     
  7. ABM

    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    Who's to judge?
     
  8. ABM

    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    I'd garner it matters to the cencelled.
     
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    I like Elon's contribution to the advanced popularity of electric vehicles, energy storage, as well as his contribution to space flight, and a legitimate broadband satellite internet solution.

    I think he's good for pushing advances faster than government or the corporate world is interested in going. And he has the finances to allow that.

    So far, its been mostly a positive thing, IMO. I'm apprehensive about the twitter thing... It could go either way.
     
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    If someone lies or incites or threatens etc we should just shrug it off?
     
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    Possibly. I don't know what that matters to the discussion, but that's your way.
    Why does it matter to you that twitter cancels people's accounts?
     
  12. SlyPokerDog

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    Yes, no one likes cencelling.
     
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    Twitter. Just like if you walk into my house and call me a fat piece of shit, I have every right to make you leave.

    Twitter can make people leave who violate their terms of service. They shouldn't be required to host things on their servers that they don't want.
     
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  14. ABM

    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    You're SO smart, sly!
     
  15. ABM

    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    Great points! Let's se how Elon handles things, shall we?
     
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    For a dog I am!
     
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    We will. I'm apprehensive about it. I think Twitter has generally done a pretty decent job, though I do wish they'd get rid of the algorithm and go back to the timeline, or at least let me pick that as an option.
     
  18. ABM

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    Hey, I'm just the one deflecting questions/accusations here. :)

    Simply looking to see how Musk decides to involve himself with this big brother of an organization. Or so it seems.
     
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    In the app, if you click on the little star in the top right corner, you can switch it to timeline mode.
     
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    Yeah, but I don't think even that's free of the algorithm...
     
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