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Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources by api on Monday April 25, 2022 @09:35AM (#31154418)
He said that moderation is working well if "the most extreme 10% of the left and the right are equally frustrated."

That actually kind of mirrors my politics. I think freedom is what you get when every movement, crusade, and ideology simultaneously fails.

This isn't nihilism. It's a belief that problems are best solved without force.

Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources by IgorPartola on Monday April 25, 2022 @09:43AM (#31154547)
Sounds like enlightened centrism to me. Which is itself an ideology.
Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources by k1ko on Monday April 25, 2022 @10:52AM (#31155707)
I only see that term used by the left as an insult when it is a perfectly reasonable take.
Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources by IgorPartola on Monday April 25, 2022 @01:21PM (#31157950)
That is two unsubstantiated claims in one sentence :)
Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources by chasd00 on Monday April 25, 2022 @10:25AM (#31155262)
> "the most extreme 10% of the left and the right are equally frustrated."

yeah that sounds great but the devil is in the details and they have always been. I feel like Musk gets tunnel vision in his thought process. Like he goes "A leads to B, B leads to C, and then C leads to D and done." without contemplating the complexities along the way. It's interesting because he's not naive to business and how things work. He's certainly gotten things done in timelines that people thought impossible and even laughed in his face but other times he has wildly missed.

Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources by JumpCrisscross on Monday April 25, 2022 @09:58AM (#31154827)
> said that moderation is working well if "the most extreme 10% of the left and the right are equally frustrated."

The problem occurs when those ten percents use the ensuing outrage to recruit.

Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources by hef19898 on Monday April 25, 2022 @10:06AM (#31154956)
And those 10% are the most vocal and loud ones. So if your platform has those 10% on both sides pissed I don't want to see the results...
Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources by wtetzner on Monday April 25, 2022 @03:49PM (#31159670)
Maybe the reason they're pissed is that Twitter is downplaying their tweets, making them less loud.
Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources by root_axis on Monday April 25, 2022 @10:13AM (#31155071)
That's a totally unquantifiable metric.