> What will people talk about if Instagram is friendly

Anything that's not the current American culture wars? The same things most people talk about in their lives when not throthing at the mouth on Twitter. (i.e. comedy, sports, tech, food, animals, jobs, cars, etc.)

And, of course, culture wars will still be discussed, but it doesn't need promoting to those not interested in arguing such things on social media.

Ah, another anonymous coward registering a throwaway to make baseless claims.

By your argument "one side" has "free speech" to do what they like on Twitter now, and it's not the "mobs" you're trying to denigrate in your comment...

https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7zm9q/elon-musk-twitter-naz...

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decodeurs/article/2022/12/19/c...

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/elon-musks-twitter-welcom...

https://apnews.com/article/twitter-elon-musk-transgender-dea...

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/twitter-changes-hateful-conduct...

It's worth noting two things while you have mock outrage about "free speech":

1. While claiming to be a free speech absolutist, Elon is absolutely not one -- taking action against critics (whether cancelling orders, firing, or suspending accounts), rather than -- like he would claim otherwise -- allowing people to have unrestricted speech.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/03/elon-musk...

https://www.barrons.com/articles/twitter-suspends-plainsite-...

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/twitter-faces-criticism-af...

https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/15/23512004/elon-musk-start...

2. Free speech isn't what you think it is... https://xkcd.com/1357/

The only one who is showing outrage in this thread is you.

You are correct about Musk not being a real free speech absolutist. All other claims are strawmen.

Angrily jumping into a conversation with reams of misinformation isn't going to change anyone's mind, sir.

No anger or "jumping" (projecting much?), no misinformation - and nor a "sir" - but keep up the baseless drivel and assumption, toxic single-comment throwaway...

Can you please stop posting flamewar comments to HN? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for, and we eventually have to ban such accounts.

I've banned some of the other accounts who were posting flamebait stuff in this thread, because they didn't have much history and some look like serial trolls. I don't want to ban your account because it's been around for a while, so if you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and use this site in the intended spirit, we'd be grateful.

Stating facts and citing sources isn't "posting flamewar comments" -- the only "flamewar" was the baseless trolling nonsense posted in the first place, so if you could actually bother to note context rather than jumping to making ridiculous threats, I'd be grateful.

"Ah, another anonymous coward registering a throwaway to make baseless claims" isn't "stating facts and citing sources", it's garden-variety internet attack/flamewar (ditto for "you have mock outrage", "projecting much?", "keep up the baseless drivel and assumption", etc.) That sort of thing is not allowed here and we ban accounts that do it, so please don't do it again. You can state facts and cite sources while remaining thoughtful and respectful, so please do that instead.

Edit: We've had to ask you about this more than once before:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33850557 (Dec 2022)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33850484 (Dec 2022)

and you've unfortunately been continuing the same pattern in other recent threads (e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36338416). As I said already, I don't want to ban you, but if you don't stop posting like this, we're going to have to—so if you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules, we'd appreciate it.