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Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources by pkulak on Monday April 25, 2022 @12:04PM (#31156783)
> welcomes non-extremists back on

He's come out and said that he's buying it to fulfill some kind of free-speech absolutism fantasy. If you think Twitter is toxic now, wait until it's just Parlor with 100x the users.

Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources by 650REDHAIR on Monday April 25, 2022 @12:33PM (#31157219)
I had a moderately successful Twitter profile years ago. Few thousand followers, good engagement, etc, but left after awhile because of the effort and the fact that I was no longer in a position that benefited from minor social media stardom. I recently returned with a new account and holy crap the toxicity within the crazy-silo’d communities is off the chains.

It’s not a fun place to be if you aren’t specifically using it to advance your own agenda. Occasionally I will end up on Twitter to read a thread linked from somewhere else, but if I’m forced to log in to read I always close the tab and move on with my day…

Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources by nerfhammer on Monday April 25, 2022 @12:57PM (#31157603)
only a tiny, tiny percent of users achieve "minor social media stardom". solving their problems actually doesn't strictly relate to the experience of the vast majority of users.
Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources by parkingrift on Monday April 25, 2022 @02:35PM (#31158884)
It is alarming that you, and so many others, talk about freedom of speech in such a derogatory or negative manner. Humans and human societies are capable of self governance. It's worked just fine for speech in the real world.
Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources by andrew_ on Monday April 25, 2022 @12:42PM (#31157376)
It's currently the same, but inverse audience in the majority. Whether or not one sees it as favorable depends on individual bias.
Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources by tmaly on Monday April 25, 2022 @01:23PM (#31157983)
He owns or has a major stake in OpenAI LP ( GPT-3 ) right? Maybe he plans on using some of that tech to make moderation better.