Twitter just banned a wave of prominent journalists with no explanation

Re:Twitter just banned a wave of prominent journalists with ... by xracy on Friday December 16, 2022 @01:39AM (#34011326)

Honestly this is scary. Someone with a lot of power and sway over speech and other things getting paranoid that people are after him, and lashing out at any perceived threat is scary.

It would be scary if he didn't have half the power he currently holds.

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Re:Twitter just banned a wave of prominent journalists with ... by ModernMech on Friday December 16, 2022 @10:21AM (#34015539)

Would be scarier if we hadn’t just endured 4 years of the exact same thing with Trump. Scarier thing to me now is that people somehow still can’t see guys like Musk and Trump (malignant narcissists both) coming from a mile away.

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Re:Twitter just banned a wave of prominent journalists with ... by jacquesm on Friday December 16, 2022 @11:24AM (#34016421)

It very much explains the 'strong man' concept and why people fell for it in the past.

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Re:Twitter just banned a wave of prominent journalists with ... by 082349872349872 on Saturday December 17, 2022 @05:42AM (#34026657)

See Bob Altemeyer for research into "people who are willing to follow strong men" (authoritarian followers)

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