Elon said he wanted to create a free-speech town square, which was an interesting idea. Instead, he joined up with the village idiots and turned it into a toxic, poisonous wasteland. The best thing he could do at this point is to turn off the lights and walk away. - ThreadSky

crzyfkinworld.bsky.social • 455 days ago

Elon said he wanted to create a free-speech town square, which was an interesting idea. Instead, he joined up with the village idiots and turned it into a toxic, poisonous wasteland. The best thing he could do at this point is to turn off the lights and walk away.

Reposted from Rich Gardner

Will Elon Musk walk away from Twitter/X, allowing it to collapse? Hard to say.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2023...

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littlemac.bsky.social•455 days ago

I respectfully submit that it was not an interesting idea. Places with less moderation regarding hate speech have been tried, and they look exactly like what twitter is becoming.

rlgardner190.bsky.social•455 days ago

Hmm, I think what Elon did was that he DID create a "free speech town square," but that necessarily means letting Nazis speak alongside regular folks. When you permit Nazis to get into a social media platform, things go sideways quickly. Social media does not equal physical town squares.

cppilgram.bsky.social•455 days ago

Can't remember the last free speech town square I visited that allowed people to pay to have their voices amplified.

morningfog.bsky.social•455 days ago

But ‘free speech town squares’ can’t include extremist violent bigots who bully and threaten. They drive everyone else away, that’s their deal. Giving nzs free rein results in less freedom overall.

It’s called the n@zi bar problem.

rlgardner190.bsky.social•455 days ago

Exactly! And the problem is magnified in social media. In real life, people can exert social pressure on the Nazis.

paulduane.bsky.social•455 days ago

But he said if you say “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” on his free speech network you will be permanently banned from it. Not however if you enthuse about the Protocols, or Replacement Theory.

booktweeting.bsky.social•455 days ago

or the word “cis”

jimmyhid1.bsky.social•455 days ago

You've posted this without due research.

Musk did NOT 'create a "free speech town square" ', because that would necessarily mean letting stay users who criticise him directly and those who have very different political opinions to his.

He created a "Free speech for people with whom I agree!" arena

crzyfkinworld.bsky.social•455 days ago

Kinda my pint.

rlgardner190.bsky.social•455 days ago

My point was that he created too MUCH free speech. Nazis felt freer to speak than before.

larkenciel.bsky.social•455 days ago

He restricted a ton of speech.

kiraculous.net•455 days ago

except the part where people could pay to force their speech into the conversation. it isn't free speech if you can pay to drown out all others.

jepsonrollin.bsky.social•455 days ago

Elon is a little baby that got pissed off because the world told him that he said something cruel. So he bought the platform so his speech would be free and fuck everyone else. The timing also coincided with the taxing of the rich which he then went from one extreme to another on his political view.

crzyfkinworld.bsky.social•455 days ago

This behavior is not new for Musk. He has been doing this from the day he walked into Twitter HQ carrying a sink.

paulgbrandon.bsky.social•455 days ago

Very strange behaviour yesterday or the day before.

crzyfkinworld.bsky.social•455 days ago

Everything about him is strange. Telling advertisers to go fuck themselves is the strangest business model I've ever heard.

paulgbrandon.bsky.social•455 days ago

I know he is on the Autism Spectrum, but I don't know if that explains this bizarre behaviour.

writerwithcats.bsky.social•455 days ago

Let's go with Signs of Dementia for $200, Alex.

crzyfkinworld.bsky.social•455 days ago

LOL

jeffthompson48.bsky.social•455 days ago

Everything he touches explodes and not in a good way. He is such a genius.

garyrp.bsky.social•455 days ago

Arrogance, hubris and money are usually a very bad combination for long term success. He has all three in huge amounts, so I'd say the long term outlook for Elmo isn't good.

It's only a matter of time before he begins collecting his piss in jars and letting his fingernails grow.

laredo2014.bsky.social•455 days ago

Good morning wonderful feisty🌹😊 i bet he will let it run out of steam and shut down for good with no warning, one day we will all go to log on and find it no longer exists

purpleprose.bsky.social•455 days ago

My guess is that April 4 (4/20, how hysterical is that?) everyone who tries to access the site will be greeted by a GIF of smoke.

After watching the GIF twice accounts will be locked permanently, and Twitter will be no more.

crzyfkinworld.bsky.social•455 days ago

Good morning, Jonathan! 💙
Would be for the best, IMO.

laredo2014.bsky.social•455 days ago

Agreed with you my friend, i have an invite code for here if you know a good home for it on elmos place dm me there and i will give it to you

crzyfkinworld.bsky.social•455 days ago

Thank you! I have a few to give out myself. I will let you know after I give out mine.

laredo2014.bsky.social•455 days ago

Very welcome fiesty, i will keep them in reserve

Have a wonderful day my dear friend🌹🥰🌹

crzyfkinworld.bsky.social•455 days ago

Thank you! You too! 😘

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