Elon Musk buys $3 billion stake (9.2%) in Twitter and is now the platform's largest shareholder

[Anonymous]

This is a great column.

Opinion Not another column about Elon Musk
By Alexandra Petri
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/17/elon-musk-twitter-overkill/

One of the most correct tweets about Twitter is that every day it has a new main character and the goal is not to be it. But now Musk is the main character every day, and in addition to encouraging some of Twitter’s worst voices, he is astoundingly boring.

… What about all his protestations about free speech? Will we ever know what his politics are? (Could it simply be that they are what they appear? That he wants to bring creepy, far-right voices back on Twitter not from an abstract, principled commitment to free speech but because those are voices he enjoys hearing, and ban journalists and critics because they are ones he doesn’t?)

… here is Musk, one of the richest men on the planet, who has decided for no reason whatsoever that what he wants to be is a Twitter troll! And not even a funny one; just as transphobic and anti-vax and awful as the bog standard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a great column.

Opinion Not another column about Elon Musk
By Alexandra Petri
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/17/elon-musk-twitter-overkill/

One of the most correct tweets about Twitter is that every day it has a new main character and the goal is not to be it. But now Musk is the main character every day, and in addition to encouraging some of Twitter’s worst voices, he is astoundingly boring.

… What about all his protestations about free speech? Will we ever know what his politics are? (Could it simply be that they are what they appear? That he wants to bring creepy, far-right voices back on Twitter not from an abstract, principled commitment to free speech but because those are voices he enjoys hearing, and ban journalists and critics because they are ones he doesn’t?)

… here is Musk, one of the richest men on the planet, who has decided for no reason whatsoever that what he wants to be is a Twitter troll! And not even a funny one; just as transphobic and anti-vax and awful as the bog standard.

Petri is an awesome writer!

[Anonymous]

Well his politics are now clear….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well his politics are now clear….

Any more questions about who is funding all the f*ckery?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well his politics are now clear….

Were they ever in doubt?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well his politics are now clear….

Old enough to remember Javanka working with MBS and MBZ to blockade Qatar for the purpose of securing a bailout of 666 Fifth Avenue.

[Anonymous]

I love a thread that states conservatives are biased about free speech. Musk and Jeff seem to have a lot in common re: the ban stick

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well his politics are now clear….

Any more questions about who is funding all the f*ckery?

It was no secret that the Saudis and Qataris were part of the Oracle/Ellison consortium that invested $7.1 in buying Twitter. Binance also put up capital.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well his politics are now clear….

Were they ever in doubt?

Only to the “liberal New York Times.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love a thread that states conservatives are biased about free speech. Musk and Jeff seem to have a lot in common re: the ban stick

Elon hates free speech, fool.

[Anonymous]

One wonders if Ellison, the Saudis and others knew Elon would do all this crazy shit in advance - or what they are thinking now...

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:I love a thread that states conservatives are biased about free speech. Musk and Jeff seem to have a lot in common re: the ban stick

Yes, Musk and I now have exactly the same moderation policy. The difference is that he claims to be a free speech absolutist. Here is my moderation policy:

"Site Administrators reserve the right to delete and/or modify any message at any time for any reason."

As published in our FAQ.

I am free to moderate exactly how I want and that's exactly what I do and I've never claimed otherwise. You can love it or leave it. Musk, on the other hand, claims one thing and does another. Similarly, we can love it or leave it. At the rate things are going, it will soon be hard to distinguish Twitter from Gab.

[jsteele]

Musk's new free speech policy:

Note, Twitter users are still free to link to Gab, Parler, or GTTR. So, Nazi sites are fine and dandy. This will actually come in handy when we want to link to the social media feeds of mass shooters.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:Musk's new free speech policy:

Note, Twitter users are still free to link to Gab, Parler, or GTTR. So, Nazi sites are fine and dandy. This will actually come in handy when we want to link to the social media feeds of mass shooters.

This clearly shows that people are leaving Twitter and that he cares about it more than he's showing.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:Musk's new free speech policy:

Note, Twitter users are still free to link to Gab, Parler, or GTTR. So, Nazi sites are fine and dandy. This will actually come in handy when we want to link to the social media feeds of mass shooters.

And TikTok, because Libs of TikTok