The Twitter Files

[Anonymous]

The more people try to shout out this is a “nothingburger”, the more people realize this is truly a something burger. It is amazing how hard the LWNJs are trying to discredit this. It is amazing how this service people have left and discounted lives rent free in people’s minds! It is hilarious!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good piece from Steve Vladeck explaining Musk’s fundamental misunderstandings of the First Amendment. A number of posters here would benefit from reading it too.

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rcna61025

This is correct, as far as it goes. But if, as the twitter file people seem to allege, federal agencies were working alongside twitter to help determine what should or should not be seen, that changes the dynamics. So far, I haven’t seen convincing evidence of that in the drops.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So what is all this supposed to accomplish?

He's still losing subscribers and very prominent accounts, like Sir Elton John.

He's still losing advertisers.

His platform is still degenerating into an echo chamber and complete cesspool.

It's starting to undermine the ventures of his that were actually successful.

It's costing other companies millions, billions even as people peddle falsehoods attacking those companies, unchecked.

Nobody cares about Elton John lol

Exactly! The hubris of the entitled white boomers on this forum is rich. “Sir” Elton John has left Twitter. Oh no! What will the internet be without…Elton John’s tweets.

Twitter is not worth much without all the cultural icons and non-idiot traffic. Advertisers won’t support the Elon & his fascist trolls platform.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The more people try to shout out this is a “nothingburger”, the more people realize this is truly a something burger. It is amazing how hard the LWNJs are trying to discredit this. It is amazing how this service people have left and discounted lives rent free in people’s minds! It is hilarious!

Life must be really hard for you, not being able to trust anything and thinking everyone is out to get you. I'm sorry, I hope things get better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good piece from Steve Vladeck explaining Musk’s fundamental misunderstandings of the First Amendment. A number of posters here would benefit from reading it too.

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rcna61025

This is correct, as far as it goes. But if, as the twitter file people seem to allege, federal agencies were working alongside twitter to help determine what should or should not be seen, that changes the dynamics. So far, I haven’t seen convincing evidence of that in the drops.

It’s all bullshit. Twitter practiced minimal content moderation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The more people try to shout out this is a “nothingburger”, the more people realize this is truly a something burger. It is amazing how hard the LWNJs are trying to discredit this. It is amazing how this service people have left and discounted lives rent free in people’s minds! It is hilarious!

There’s nothing to discredit. Elon is an idiot pandering to other idiots.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:The more people try to shout out this is a “nothingburger”, the more people realize this is truly a something burger. It is amazing how hard the LWNJs are trying to discredit this. It is amazing how this service people have left and discounted lives rent free in people’s minds! It is hilarious!

I will ask again. Please point to one thing from The Twitter Files that demonstrate that this is not a nothingburger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good piece from Steve Vladeck explaining Musk’s fundamental misunderstandings of the First Amendment. A number of posters here would benefit from reading it too.

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rcna61025

This is correct, as far as it goes. But if, as the twitter file people seem to allege, federal agencies were working alongside twitter to help determine what should or should not be seen, that changes the dynamics. So far, I haven’t seen convincing evidence of that in the drops.

It’s all bullshit. Twitter practiced minimal content moderation.

There’s one more drop, but I’d guess it’ll be uninteresting as the first three. To sum up: twitter leaned left; wow, shocker, like anyone didn’t know that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So what is all this supposed to accomplish?

He's still losing subscribers and very prominent accounts, like Sir Elton John.

He's still losing advertisers.

His platform is still degenerating into an echo chamber and complete cesspool.

It's starting to undermine the ventures of his that were actually successful.

It's costing other companies millions, billions even as people peddle falsehoods attacking those companies, unchecked.

Nobody cares about Elton John lol

Exactly! The hubris of the entitled white boomers on this forum is rich. “Sir” Elton John has left Twitter. Oh no! What will the internet be without…Elton John’s tweets.

Twitter is not worth much without all the cultural icons and non-idiot traffic. Advertisers won’t support the Elon & his fascist trolls platform.

Twitter never made enough from advertisers to justify either the previous stock prices or Musk's purchase price. That isn't the point. The point is to dismantle an effective communications channel. That is what authoritarians do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So what is all this supposed to accomplish?

He's still losing subscribers and very prominent accounts, like Sir Elton John.

He's still losing advertisers.

His platform is still degenerating into an echo chamber and complete cesspool.

It's starting to undermine the ventures of his that were actually successful.

It's costing other companies millions, billions even as people peddle falsehoods attacking those companies, unchecked.

Nobody cares about Elton John lol

Exactly! The hubris of the entitled white boomers on this forum is rich. “Sir” Elton John has left Twitter. Oh no! What will the internet be without…Elton John’s tweets.

Twitter is not worth much without all the cultural icons and non-idiot traffic. Advertisers won’t support the Elon & his fascist trolls platform.

Twitter never made enough from advertisers to justify either the previous stock prices or Musk's purchase price. That isn't the point. The point is to dismantle an effective communications channel. That is what authoritarians do.

Exactly. Who is funding Elon? Follow the money -- it'll lead back to authoritarian foreign powers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good piece from Steve Vladeck explaining Musk’s fundamental misunderstandings of the First Amendment. A number of posters here would benefit from reading it too.

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rcna61025

This is correct, as far as it goes. But if, as the twitter file people seem to allege, federal agencies were working alongside twitter to help determine what should or should not be seen, that changes the dynamics. So far, I haven’t seen convincing evidence of that in the drops.

It’s all bullshit. Twitter practiced minimal content moderation.

There’s one more drop, but I’d guess it’ll be uninteresting as the first three. To sum up: twitter leaned left; wow, shocker, like anyone didn’t know that.

It didn’t even lean left. It reluctantly and belatedly enforced minimal moderation.

[Anonymous]

Why is this story considered new? In a podcast Zuckerberg confirmed the FBI asked Facebook to suppress certain stories.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The more people try to shout out this is a “nothingburger”, the more people realize this is truly a something burger. It is amazing how hard the LWNJs are trying to discredit this. It is amazing how this service people have left and discounted lives rent free in people’s minds! It is hilarious!

Jumping up and down shouting "this isn't a nothing burger" doesn't make it a burger. There is seriously no story here. It is like Pizzagate and Benghazi and "but her emails" - just another right wing cycle to make you think there is a story when there really isn't. And yet, people like you continue to believe the hate and lies. I hope some day you wake up from the fog and join the real world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is this story considered new? In a podcast Zuckerberg confirmed the FBI asked Facebook to suppress certain stories.

It was known in 2020 that the "biden laptop" was Russian disinformation. The FBI asked platforms not to propogate disinformation. Why is this hard to understand?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good piece from Steve Vladeck explaining Musk’s fundamental misunderstandings of the First Amendment. A number of posters here would benefit from reading it too.

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rcna61025

This is correct, as far as it goes. But if, as the twitter file people seem to allege, federal agencies were working alongside twitter to help determine what should or should not be seen, that changes the dynamics. So far, I haven’t seen convincing evidence of that in the drops.

It’s all bullshit. Twitter practiced minimal content moderation.

There’s one more drop, but I’d guess it’ll be uninteresting as the first three. To sum up: twitter leaned left; wow, shocker, like anyone didn’t know that.

It didn’t even lean left. It reluctantly and belatedly enforced minimal moderation.

Conceding that it leaned left—as every sentient person can see—would not detract from the key point that the drops have been nothing burgers. No need to oversell.