X says it is worth $19B, down from $44B last year

Re:X says it is worth $19B, down from $44B last year by strangesmells02 on Monday October 30, 2023 @05:47PM (#38076381)

That's the cost of free speech apparently.

Elon's cause is more noble than sheer capitalism.

Advertisers don't want to be on a platform that allows honest, open communication. A sterile non-controversial platform is much safer for them.

At some point as our rights and our freedoms in this country slowly erode, we're going to be grateful to have Twitter and to Elon Musk for being one of the last platforms to put our freedoms over sheer capitalism.

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Re:X says it is worth $19B, down from $44B last year by UncleOxidant on Monday October 30, 2023 @05:59PM (#38076521)

Nah, advertisers (and people as it turns out) don't want to be on a toxic platform where they're constantly harassed. Advertisers don't want to be seen as endorsing the cesspool. This isn't about free speech, it's about being free from constant harassment and people not wanting to swim in the sewer. Musk has turned xitter into 4chan: sure teenage boys like that kind of thing, but pretty much everyone else finds it unpleasant which is why they're leaving.

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Re:X says it is worth $19B, down from $44B last year by nickthegreek on Monday October 30, 2023 @05:54PM (#38076465)

Not being able to see replies without logging isn’t putting freedoms over capitalism. Twitter Blue replies pushed to the top of threads isn’t putting our freedoms over capitalism.

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Re:X says it is worth $19B, down from $44B last year by sdfghswe on Monday October 30, 2023 @05:53PM (#38076457)

Can you give us an example of things that can't be said anywhere else but twitter?

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Re:X says it is worth $19B, down from $44B last year by stass on Monday October 30, 2023 @05:58PM (#38076519)

From the recent stuff, remember the lab leak theory where any mentions of which were getting removed from Twitter, Facebook and Youtube, including the scientific papers that looked into it?

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Re:X says it is worth $19B, down from $44B last year by ceasefire on Monday October 30, 2023 @07:42PM (#38077573)

Can you give an example of any of these places that get universally used and cited by news organizations and politicians the world over?

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Re:X says it is worth $19B, down from $44B last year by clouddrover on Monday October 30, 2023 @05:56PM (#38076488)

> At some point as our rights and our freedoms in this country slowly erode, we're going to be grateful to have Twitter and to Elon Musk for being one of the last platforms to put our freedoms over sheer capitalism.

Musk isn't interested in your rights or freedoms:

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/rcna81961

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/15/twitter-s...

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