Re:Ex-Twitter exec blows the whistle, alleging reckless cybe...
by smsm42 on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @02:03PM
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It wasn't the platform. As you can see, it took some time, but Trump found a way to do the same without Twitter. Despite all the efforts of Big Tech to control the access to public discussion, they still can't make it airtight, and contain somebody of Trump's caliber. Arguably, they have more luck with people of the smaller caliber though. And that's definitely not a good place. It's not about the specific guy, it's about how eager the Big Social turned out to be to control what we think and what we are allowed to talk about.
Without it sounding like an endorsement or defense of the guy… I never would have believed without seeing it, just how furious this made the media and other politicians. That you have a guy come in who said forget the system, I’m going talk to the people directly (and say some dumb things now and then).
I still attest that some of the Trump hate is solely because groups of people that control the narrative in the US were excluded from creation and forced to be on narrative-adjustment.
Agreed, this isn’t a good place. One platform should not have this level of influence.