This is my take and is based on how cunning and evil the deep state is. TWITTER is not and NEVER will be free speech. The truth is Twitter is in trouble. They have lost a TON of customers and the powers that be see the writing on the wall with TRUTHSOCIAL opening up. (The timing of this is NOT a coincidence!). There are TWO current things they are terrified of: More masses leaving Twitter and TRUMP starting to communicate with the masses. They want to retain control. They want to have Trump on their platform so they can decide who sees his posts. They want to spread the upcoming FAKE NEWS on every news outlet that twitter is now "free speech" so there is no longer the need to go over to TRUTHSOCIAL with all those "radical right wing nutjobs." They are just using ELON to be the fake savior of FREE SPEECH. When all he will be doing is playing into their hands so they can try somehow to still control the voices in the public square. I am just saying THIS is what I think is really going on. But do NOT loose heart. They will fail! NCSWIC!!!! #TRUTHSOCIAL #DWAC
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I can't believe I even have to say this, but the preferred response from us is so simple.
Forget Musk for a moment, even though I know that's difficult for most here to do. In my mind this is a great move for us. We hate Twitter. At the very least, this cleanses the frauds off that site.
When Musk takes over, we treat the "new Twitter" like Voat. True free speech. It won't take long to see where it's headed. And guess what? If it's not what he promised, bye bye! If it is, I see no harm in backing a true free speech site. Even more than one, as I'm not a fucking restard and can multitask.
Win win
Exactly.
And I foresee some intermingling between sites if they remain separate entities. Direct links and co ventures
Hummm ... send that to Musk ...
Two competing free speech platforms is better than one oligarchy of a platform that can change on a whim.
Will they use some kind of AI generated questions to determine which twitter accounts are just bots? Or will they actually begin to require some kind of validation of it being a real person through some valid i.d.?
Elon wants people to use valid ID's. I get it, but at the same time, I don't know how many people are going to honestly do that. Seems like more tracking IMO, but at the same time. If you are on any social media, they have your email, and most people use an email that is connected to their name, if you are on more than 1 social media, you can be tracked and found out who you are anyways (by pretty much anyone that is), so in the end, would it be any worse than social media now? I have 1 major concern, the Justice (JUST US) department.
They could use what you say against you in a court of law. Anonymity online protects you (in some sense), my Facebook got hacked, that's not my account, etc. are excuses you could use but if it's your verified account with 2 factor authentication required, maybe they seek to use it in legal counsel. THAT TERRIFIES ME except that I rarely use social media, but for those that do, good luck (with the FBI/CIA/NSA handler).
The loss of anonymous posting represents the worst kind of censorship; self-censorship. Far better Twitter in its current form than verified users so you fear retaliation in real life if you say something not permitted and one of their many left leaning employers doxes you. Better to be banned and anonymous than wait for the woke mob to start harassing your employer and your kid's school.
This exactly the more the merrier... 😂
If you treat it like Voat, you are going to get banned.
People exploiting free speech to run around slinging racial slurs and shitting on each other etc. will not only run contrary to our goals and values, it will play directly into the propaganda machine's hands. They'll point at it and go, "see!" and bring their most-definitely coming new start up with even more control.
by the way, against the movement? The movement that started on the chans and Voat? That movement?
And all that is fine, because that's the point
If it's free speech and completely open, there would be no banning.
If it's not free speech, we would leave anyway
If it’s trolls and stormfags 24/7 everyone will leave it. Nobody likes that retarded shit Fine. It’s “free speech” let all platforms die then because that’s what’ll happen to them all. Either by nature or sabotage
Letting all platforms die is just fine with me
Like speaking anywhere, if all you have to say is negative, racist and inflammatory rhetoric; you will find that people ignore you, and think less of you. When we had members of the neo-NAZI party demanding to march down streets, what happened?
People PEACEFULLY mocked them, laughed at them, and let them goosestep down the street - exactly as they should have been treated.
I tried to explain to my kids that things like that used to happen, and that was how we handled it.
They think it was evil that we didn't all immediately destroy the neo-Nazis on sight and can't believe that we didn't.
Tbf many of the Voaters that continually post racist stuff are glowtards & paid trolls.
Correct
I never expected twitter to be TRUE free speech even with Elon on board. I do however expect it to be "free speech" for normies. Namely, being able to espouse differing political opinions without being permabanned, like telling media snowflakes to "learn to code" for example. I'm sure "racist" comments and such will still be off limits.
How far will we be able to push it is the real question. I'm sure twitter will immediately be flooded with FAKE racists and homophobes and companies like media matters and MSM will be pushing for tighter controls on all of that. So where will "Elon" draw the line?
Exactly this Bad actors will ensure it
Well said! The more platforms the truth can be spread far and wide, the better! I say post the truth often and everywhere.
Yeah, having some healthy competition will only improve truth social and force them to expand features and make improvements
Let’s not forget that Twitter has been a stagnant dinosaur in terms of innovation.
We need free speech INNOVATION in the same way our enemies constantly evolve against us
Exactly! I have the exact same take friend.