And there is a huge difference between Musk monetizing this directly and indirectly for his own benefit.
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Usual request for the forum to implement the aubergine/eggplant emojiā¦
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He gets power from it.
He doesnāt need to get revenue from Twitter. He runs the discourse, and he reaps the benefits out of this in someway with his other ventures. Be it SpaceX , Tesla or DOGE.
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And itās somewhat ironic given the calls for tiktok to be banned when Musk is doing far worse with Twitter.
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Iām also with @Cologne-Liverpool in the ādo what you wantā camp. I can easily ignore X posts and not have any regrets. I do wonder if in a few years (months/days) weāll look back and wonder why we stayed with a hate mongering site. Weāll never know when it becomes that. But maybe it wonāt. I know if I ran a business, Iād never want to be associated with the downside of that risk.
Caveat: I am a proud snowflake
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The calls to ban tiktok are primarily based on the data they collect from users and how they use it, not itās impact on society. That is not really applicable to the current twitter debate.
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Iād argue X is giving Musk plenty of data too (from the platform and indirectly whatever government agency he is currently invading).
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Sure. And maybe heāll do illegal shit with it. Shit, maybe he already is. But at least for now there arent claims that he is hence them not being subject to the same level of scrutiny and censure as TikTok.
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Oh agree. Iām just already cynical (so to speak).
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My position too.
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On a personal note Iām not on Twitter/X. Canāt be doing with that. Itās a shame as it is a great source of info, but for the most part, that has been overcome by the cesspool that it is. Then when you take into account the owner, itās a clear nope from me. Other platforms are emerging. It will take a bit of getting used to, but life goes on.
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Effectively since theyāve shoved it behind a wall the only thing worth posting is images and videos because they can be viewed without logging in. Where pretty much every other bit of social media doesnāt require that.
And letās face it, itās not helped in stopping spam.
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New proposal: instead of an immediate site-wide ban, how about we start by phasing it in in stages?
E.g. letās start by banning one specific person from sharing stuff from that Xesspit.
Thatās discrimination. Just because you donāt agree with that particular posterās views, doesnāt mean they should be banned before anyone else.
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Yep, I stand with @Limiescouse
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I donāt agree, because itās not about simply about the videos, itās about the incessant dumping all over the forums, in such volume that weāre essentially being treated to their personal feed.
You can disagree as much as you like: youāre still wrong.
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Even if it was someone whose views Iād agree with, I disagree with the diarrhoea being posted all over, because thatās what it is.
Instead of banning individuals i would go with banning in certain threads. Start with prematch threads. Then move to post match and other threads in The Albert ect.
I still find @Magnus using x in the Russian War Crimes thread very useful so would keep it available for that thread as long as possible.
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