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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #850 on: December 16, 2022, 07:34:37 AM »
Elon does seem to be going overboard on the suspensions.

If you see the names of the reporters he has suspended and what they and their colleagues are saying about it, you'll note it's the same terminology used by conservative journalists when they were suspended by old twitter. The response of the currently suspended reporters when the conservatives were suspended was, "Twitter is a private company and can do what it wants."

At this point, I'm kinda hoping it's just a ruse to highlight the hypocrisy of these guys, and he'll quickly reinstate most of them (Olberman could be permabanned for all I care) with a, "How does it feel with the shoe on the other foot". Otherwise this is looking like Elon is being a bit irrational or is not admitting an algorithm error. JMO.
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #851 on: December 16, 2022, 07:53:14 AM »
Another possibility is Elon is more committed to the culture war than we thought.  It's certainly been mentioned here several times over the years that we need to stop playing by old rules when no one else is playing by them, most especially the enemy.

Elon might have the philosophy that once you come out as his enemy, he will treat you as such.

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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #852 on: December 16, 2022, 09:10:34 AM »
These journalists apparently weren't banned by an algorithm. They all wrote about Musk's ban of the Musk airplane tracker kid, and Musk's position is that by providing a link to a site that provides real-time data on his location they "doxxed" him, thus violating Twitter's [new?] no doxxing rule.
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #853 on: December 16, 2022, 09:43:25 AM »
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    .@TaylorLorenz just scrubbed her entire Twitter account

    — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 16, 2022

Taylor Lorenz scrubs her Twitter account after getting caught in SO many lies (and doxxes?) and LMAO
https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2022/12/16/taylor-lorenz-scrubs-her-twitter-account-after-getting-caught-in-so-many-lies-and-doxxes-and-lmao/
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #854 on: December 16, 2022, 10:48:58 AM »

Elon might have the philosophy that once you come out as his enemy, he will treat you as such.

Imagine that.

Wouldn't it be nice if Republican pols at the federal level would do this... along with treating their voters as their friends, not as moronic cattle?

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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #855 on: December 16, 2022, 12:33:35 PM »
Do you believe the more pronounced and partisan censorship of pre-Musk Twitter was preferable?
No, less partisan censorship is preferable.
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #856 on: December 16, 2022, 12:49:56 PM »
I was unaware of this flight privacy PIA thing with the FAA. I think it does add a new variable to the conversation, since if this is accurate, it's no longer an "anyone can track his flight" thing.

https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2022/12/16/wapos-philip-bump-explains-why-id-ing-the-location-of-musks-plane-is-no-big-deal/
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #857 on: December 16, 2022, 03:02:29 PM »
Hey man, where were the UN and the EU when the other guys were in charge of twitter?

https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2022/12/16/christina-pushaw-explains-what-the-u-n-alarm-about-twitters-journo-suspensions-is-really-about/

I will give credit to several European leaders speaking out when Trump was banned, but that was individual countries. Also,  I'm sure, some enlightened self-interest, since they saw that if the President of the freakin' United States could be banned, that they could be next.
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #858 on: December 16, 2022, 04:20:23 PM »
Elon should contract someone to live tweet the location of the transportation of every leader of every country that signed on to those condemnations.

There's  lots of folks in the world with enemies that don't need their location blasted across the net in real time.

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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #859 on: December 16, 2022, 04:22:25 PM »
Imagine that.

Wouldn't it be nice if Republican pols at the federal level would do this... along with treating their voters as their friends, not as moronic cattle?

But most voters ARE moronic cattle, so they get away with it.

Milgram. 55% of people will do whatever they're told to do by an authority figure.

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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #860 on: December 16, 2022, 05:08:31 PM »
More file releases regarding the FBI.

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6. But a surprisingly high number are requests by the FBI for Twitter to take action on election misinformation, even involving joke tweets from low-follower accounts.

https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2022/12/16/new-twitterfiles-thread-from-matt-taibbi-drops-twitter-the-fbi-subsidiary/
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #861 on: December 16, 2022, 05:31:55 PM »
I hope musk buys the FBI next.
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #862 on: December 16, 2022, 06:17:38 PM »
I hope musk buys the FBI next.

The Democrats already did.
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #863 on: December 17, 2022, 08:35:40 PM »
Wonder why Wikipedia felt the need to put this on the main page?  :rofl:

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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #864 on: December 18, 2022, 11:26:20 AM »
I think Keith Olbermann is going to have a stroke soon.  :rofl:

https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2022/12/18/woof-elon-musk-mocks-keith-olbermann-evading-suspension-using-a-dog-account-and-keith-cant-deal/

I like the comment about, "If it's a dog rescue account, use it to rescue dogs, not to cry."  :laugh:
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #865 on: December 18, 2022, 10:41:01 PM »
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    Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.

    — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2022

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    Can’t wait for Elon to lose this poll then appoint Donald Trump Twitter CEO.

    — Catturd â„¢ (@catturd2) December 18, 2022

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    All of the liberals are retweeting the poll and the “journalists” are writing articles breathlessly right now.

    “This is our chance to get rid of Elon !!”

    Not realizing this is exactly what Elon wants. He already has his CEO selected and is just creating news and engagement.

    — Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) December 18, 2022

https://twitchy.com/fuzzychimp-313137/2022/12/18/the-end-is-near-elon-musk-asks-if-he-should-step-down-as-head-of-twitter-in-latest-poll/
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #866 on: December 19, 2022, 07:50:31 AM »
Well, Musk is out at Twitter.

He claims that he didn't already have a new CEO standing by, but I can't believe that there is no method to his madness here. There has to be an Elon bomb that will drop.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/elon-musk-twitter-poll-users-say-should-step-down-ceo
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #867 on: December 19, 2022, 09:00:55 AM »
I highly suspect this was his plan.
He'll still be the owner and meanwhile many libs are acting like Twitter will be back to being the bastion of Free, One-sided, Speech by mid afternoon.
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #868 on: December 19, 2022, 09:03:41 AM »
I highly suspect this was his plan.

Agree. With all the other stuff he has going on, "twitter CEO" was never gonna be a long term thing.
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #869 on: December 19, 2022, 09:09:56 AM »
He'll still be the owner...

In the liberal business mind, incidentals like ownership are irrelevant.

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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #870 on: December 19, 2022, 09:13:01 AM »
In the liberal business mind, incidentals like ownership are irrelevant.

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Only when they're not the owner.
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #871 on: December 19, 2022, 05:31:06 PM »
"Thursday Night Massacre" is now a wikipedia entry. Which is just one more reason to not trust wikipedia for pretty much anything.

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2022/12/19/wikipedia-redirects-thursday-night-massacre-to-elon-musks-suspension-of-nine-journalists/
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #872 on: December 19, 2022, 06:55:02 PM »
Journalists Warn Of Frightening Trend Where Rules Apply To Them
https://babylonbee.com/news/journalists-warn-of-frightening-trend-where-rules-apply-to-them
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #873 on: December 19, 2022, 06:55:50 PM »
Elon To Stay As Twitter CEO After Counting Mail-In Votes
https://babylonbee.com/news/elon-to-stay-as-twitter-ceo-after-counting-mail-in-votes
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