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Re:Update on Twitter's Rate Limits by tropicalbeach on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @02:45AM (#36596376)
Why Twitter is better now than before. I used to never use it and now i use it more than any other platform.

Don't really get why people are hating so much. Finally there is somewhere where people can post without being banned or having posts removed. Why do you want filtered social media it's fake.

Re:Update on Twitter's Rate Limits by dale_glass on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @02:49AM (#36596417)
People still get banned and get posts removed from the new Twitter all the time. Musk took no time at all to go back on his promises.

> Why do you want filtered social media it's fake.

There's no such thing as unfiltered social media. Every website is subject to laws, demands from the hosts, and business constraints. If you want ads, the advertisers want a say in what content you have.

Re:Update on Twitter's Rate Limits by threatofrain on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @03:30AM (#36596892)
Someone like PG gets his account disabled just for mentioning another social network. That's how far Twitter is going against the direction of free speech. This is coming from the guy who thinks it's fair play to accuse a rescue worker of pedophilia as retaliation for being insulted.

Musk wanted to destroy that guy. He repeatedly accused him of pedophilia and clarified that he specifically meant sex with young Thai boys. He then paid for an investigation to dig up dirt.

Re:Update on Twitter's Rate Limits by drcongo on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @04:13AM (#36597283)
Correction: "the guy who thinks it's fair play to accuse a rescue worker of pedophilia as retaliation for feeling insulted"
Re:Update on Twitter's Rate Limits by hagbarth on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @02:57AM (#36596509)
> Finally there is somewhere where people can post without being banned or having posts removed

What you didn't know 4chan, 8chan/8kun, paler, truth social and a myriad of other "free speech fundamentalist" sites before?

Re:Update on Twitter's Rate Limits by OscarTheGrinch on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @02:47AM (#36596389)
Nice try Elon.
Re:Update on Twitter's Rate Limits by tropicalbeach on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @02:50AM (#36596427)
Genuine question you like your social media filtered by someone who says what you're allowed to see?
Re:Update on Twitter's Rate Limits by dale_glass on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @02:54AM (#36596479)
Genuine answer: Yes.

If I wanted an unfiltered experience, there's 4chan and the like. Notice that I'm not there, but somewhere I don't have to wade through mountains of crap. HN is very much moderated, that's what keeps it useful.

Re:Update on Twitter's Rate Limits by threeseed on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @03:07AM (#36596633)
There have been a large number of accounts that have been censored by Twitter.

Musk even admitted doing so at the behest of foreign governments something Twitter 1.0 used to aggressively fight and prevent from happening.

Re:Update on Twitter's Rate Limits by spiderfarmer on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @03:09AM (#36596650)
Do you want to live in todays world but without laws and regulations?
Re:Update on Twitter's Rate Limits by Joeri on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @03:53AM (#36597118)
Taking your question seriously, I would say mike masnick has the definitive answer: https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/02/hey-elon-let-me-help-you...

By the way, Twitter under Elon supposedly obeys more government censorship demands than before: https://cyber.harvard.edu/story/2023-04/twitter-complying-mo...

So if you believe twitter is now a free speech platform, it just means that you’re no longer the one being censored. That doesn’t mean no one is.

Re:Update on Twitter's Rate Limits by svet_0 on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @05:22AM (#36597840)
People are hating because Elon == Bad. Twitter is pretty good these days, I see almost no spam and content quality has improved.
Re:Update on Twitter's Rate Limits by flir on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @05:53AM (#36598100)
@elonjet

But I'm sure you've got a post hoc justification for that.