winfr33k t1_iuxesv2 wrote
the only way paying money would be worth it is if it means that Twitter can not be bullied into forced narratives and censorship from the Advertisement Agencies. I have a little less faith in humanity and think that he would still end up complying with the group think laws of certain EU countries that do not find free speech an important concept for their Democracy variant. Making it to where you can filter content for those regions should be a healthy compromise. Let folks create their personal safe spaces in the Twitter world is fair as well. I am not on board for forced identity checks on social platforms as that sounds like a great way for governments to have full access to people's phones especially if most brands/isps force apps like Facebook and Twitter without allowing you to remove them. So allow folks to select progressive, conservative, i dont care, none of the above, communist, socialist, green party etc. then allow folks to filter all content to only the choice selected while blocking the others. Then also have a free for all area where everyone can participate and battle it out. Label folks combative if they try and troll the political "safe spaces" lol We do not need corporations or governments to add parental controls on thoughts people have, narratives etc.
CremeImportant2347 t1_iuydcpm wrote
I thought that was Musk’s motivation for making the purchase - to free Twitter from the shackles of the PC police. Of course in jurisdictions that have banned free speech Twitter has to follow the law.
With respect to the filter idea, I think it’s dangerous to just set Twitter on “echo chamber” mode. In my opinion too many people only consume news/media that confirms their beliefs and that’s causing the violent political divisions in the US. This is an oversimplification but before social media and algorithm-selected news people could have civil discussions over political disagreements. Now I don’t even understand the other side because I can’t have a productive conversation on substantive political issues.
winfr33k t1_iv0zgc2 wrote
if we have real life safe spaces, there is nothing wrong with online safe spaces. Many people enjoy intruding/trolling on those spaces or banning folks from having one's they do not agree with but I understand your point of view. You would likely enjoy the free for all section. Key thing is we do not need governments, corporations or big tech to police platforms that we can police ourselves. Hire an exec to handle progressive twitter safe space to which they ensure it is not intruded by conservative types and whoever is the not z of the day. Have an exec in charge of the free for all section to which their team can only remove stuff that is illegal. Would likely need to create a safe space for the EU because they dont have free speech so an EU exec so that America or a place like Brazil would not need to be censored to the same level without Twitter worrying about being sued. To keep things balanced Elon comes in when enough users complain about the exec to do internal investigation. Curious folks from the EU may learn how to get an American or region that is not censored as much for their own good IP but it would not fall under GDPR or EU at that point. The risks for them are likely as harsh as a Chinese person trying to look outside the scope of Chinese propaganda
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