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Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by lake_vincent on Friday October 28, 2022 @02:41PM (#33375606)
Oh that's what I mean - he will enforce his own definition of free speech and censorship. It will be usual "Rules for thee but not for me" kinda thing. It will be a constantly shitfing goalpost, and he will always have some bullshit justification for why whatever he decides is correct. It won't be free speech, it will be Elon speech. God help us all.
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Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by umeshunni on Friday October 28, 2022 @02:47PM (#33375701)
"Rules for thee but not for me"

I mean, that's no different from Twitter and other platforms currently operate in terms of how they define hate speech or who they cancel.

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Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by dpkirchner on Friday October 28, 2022 @03:05PM (#33376012)
> that's no different from Twitter and other platforms

Exactly -- and I think that's the source of most folks' pre-schadenfreude. A lot of us have been around long enough to have seen "free speech" platforms come and go and this feels no different, so far.

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Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by davidw on Friday October 28, 2022 @02:54PM (#33375815)
It's not easy is it?

I think the point is that while right now, 'unfair' things might happen, perhaps they will become even more uneven in the future, as he exerts more personal sway into what's ok and what's not, rather than attempting to stick to some guidelines.

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