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Re:All API keys for TweetBot are disabled by Twitter, per de... by dylan604 on Monday January 16, 2023 @12:10AM (#34397066)
Not one thing that Musk had done prior to his purchase of Twitter ever suggested to me that he would do anything but exactly what he's doing @Twitter. Everything about him suggested "freedom for me (and my ilk), but not for thee" would be how things would proceed. Which flavor of kool-aid do I need to drink before I see Musk as the great savior instead the person I see now?
Re:All API keys for TweetBot are disabled by Twitter, per de... by jacooper on Monday January 16, 2023 @12:34AM (#34397185)
> Which flavor of kool-aid do I need to drink before I see Musk as the great savior instead the person I see now?

Presumably buying a Tesla and believing that its the best car in the world, also that Elon musk did everything alone and he's the reason Tesla exists(not true, elon didn't create Tesla).

Re:All API keys for TweetBot are disabled by Twitter, per de... by lemon_bottle on Monday January 16, 2023 @12:35AM (#34397192)
>> Which flavor of kool-aid do I need to drink before I see Musk as the great savior instead the person I see now?

The things he said about freedom of speech ("free speech absolutism", etc.) made a great impact on people. To be fair, there was also some merit in that narrative as censorship was indeed happening in Twitter 1.0.

It's quite easy for a commoner or pleb to think that Elon Musk is single handedly taking on the "mighty establishment" on behalf of the common people. The "Modern day Robin Hood" is a kool-aide stereotype which isn't easy to shake off and Elon seems to have been successful so far in that narrative pitch.

Re:All API keys for TweetBot are disabled by Twitter, per de... by cycomanic on Monday January 16, 2023 @01:36AM (#34397568)
The fact that the person who tried to silence multiple employees and journalists convinced anyone that he is a "free speech absolutist" really baffles me. But then again the same people shouting for this brand of "free speech absolutism" had absolutely no problems with protestors (often violently) being escorted out of Trump rallies.
Re:All API keys for TweetBot are disabled by Twitter, per de... by noirscape on Monday January 16, 2023 @06:04AM (#34399397)
One oft-overlooked factor is that when you look at the people Musk surrounds himself with deliberately (so not the cult, which is mostly just generic personality cult nonsense, TSLA owners desperately trying to deny that their stock is collapsing and people who deluded themselves into thinking their Tesla car is better than it actually is) are all people who fundamentally do not care if Twitter goes down.

They're the right-wing commentators and conspiracy theorists who see Twitter as everything wrong with modern society[0]. To them, no matter what Musk does, it'll be beneficial for them. Either Musk reworks the platform to be amenable to them or he drives the company in the ground. Right now he's doing both, so for them it's an absolute win.

That's the flavor of kool-aid Musk is deliberately drinking from and once you realize that, most of his actions make some amount of sense (whilst also having a distressingly low concern about his personal fortune, something which makes it clear that when it comes to right-wing radicalization, he's firmly within the "sucker" group, rather than the "grifter" group; the latter is flexible with their beliefs if it risks losing personal profits, Musk isn't), like the utter nothingburger that is the "Twitter files"[1].

[0]: Point of clarity - this is the people who Musk surrounds himself with, I am not saying anyone who thinks twitter is negative on society is a right wing commentator or conspiracy theorist. Musk specifically is talking and listening to policy advice from these two groups and this is what those groups generally believe.

[1]: Which so far have been extremely boring and generic content moderation requests rather than proof of any "inside jobs" and restatements of old news.