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Twitter set to accept Elon Musk’s $43 billion buyout offer ...see update
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a reply to: SleeperHasAwakened
Calling Twitter a left wing echo chamber seems like a huge stretch of the imagination, but maybe it in fact is.
Left content gets removed constantly on Instagram...so I ask how could a random person actually know what gets flagged and banned more? Left or right? Is that info public? Seems like a topic people addicted to the polarizing politics, social media, Jan 6th, Qanon, and cancel culture would argue about.
Maybe it seems like the right is banned more because a few big names got canned. People gang up and flag posts to death and people and pages get banned because of being reported so much and that happens to the left all the time.
The other day I lurked some right wing IG pages and one guy (a Caucasian) had a really bad racist joke and said the N word super loud right into the camera and it had maybe 200 views and wasn't taken down. I clicked off his page and forgot to go and report it if that's what some are assuming. There's an example of freedom of speech you all believe in that is protected by social media.
Right now a video is circulating of teenage girls yelling the N word over and over again, I think uploaded to Tik Tok originally, and now they are facing disciplinary and legal action because of their choices. But that content wasn't removed. You can still listen to it and find it easily.
Social Media is one of the biggest tools for law enforcement and it's very clear what political party cops lean towards, so what do you think they're doing on social media? Flagging pro Trump posts? Don't think so...Biden's office is pro-police too...that's not left at all.
I don't know how anyone who doesn't work at Twitter thinks they know what content gets banned the most.
In a nutshell it seems Trump stans and Musk stans are having a great day, and good for them.
Otherwise people don't change, and the crazy things Musk believes in, is definitely going to impact Twitter in the long run. For now it's this right wing free speech party which is pretty funny to observe and think about haha. Like Trump coming back to Twitter is like the return of Jesus....I can see the memes now, I can't wait for Trevor Noah's take haha.
Calling Twitter a left wing echo chamber seems like a huge stretch of the imagination, but maybe it in fact is.
Left content gets removed constantly on Instagram...so I ask how could a random person actually know what gets flagged and banned more? Left or right? Is that info public? Seems like a topic people addicted to the polarizing politics, social media, Jan 6th, Qanon, and cancel culture would argue about.
Maybe it seems like the right is banned more because a few big names got canned. People gang up and flag posts to death and people and pages get banned because of being reported so much and that happens to the left all the time.
The other day I lurked some right wing IG pages and one guy (a Caucasian) had a really bad racist joke and said the N word super loud right into the camera and it had maybe 200 views and wasn't taken down. I clicked off his page and forgot to go and report it if that's what some are assuming. There's an example of freedom of speech you all believe in that is protected by social media.
Right now a video is circulating of teenage girls yelling the N word over and over again, I think uploaded to Tik Tok originally, and now they are facing disciplinary and legal action because of their choices. But that content wasn't removed. You can still listen to it and find it easily.
Social Media is one of the biggest tools for law enforcement and it's very clear what political party cops lean towards, so what do you think they're doing on social media? Flagging pro Trump posts? Don't think so...Biden's office is pro-police too...that's not left at all.
I don't know how anyone who doesn't work at Twitter thinks they know what content gets banned the most.
In a nutshell it seems Trump stans and Musk stans are having a great day, and good for them.
Otherwise people don't change, and the crazy things Musk believes in, is definitely going to impact Twitter in the long run. For now it's this right wing free speech party which is pretty funny to observe and think about haha. Like Trump coming back to Twitter is like the return of Jesus....I can see the memes now, I can't wait for Trevor Noah's take haha.
originally posted by: awhispersecho
I'm not sure why everyone thinks this is so good for free speech and conservative/right wing principles. Musk has never been a conservative, he is a climate change, clean energy, big gov guy, at least he was up until 2 weeks ago. Not sure how he just magically changed his core beliefs.
If it seems too good to be true then it probably is, especially in this political environment, with a guy who has red flags going up all around him. I don't trust him, I think the left outrage is a manufactured narrative, and I think it's a trap. I hope I'm wrong, but I would bet that I'm not.edit on 25-4-2022 by awhispersecho because: Because
Shhhhh what are you doing? Haha great points...but a lot of people find Musk a righty just like Joe Rogan. Not saying that's true, just saying that's how some people perceive them. extra DIV
It is amusing to see so many bent out of shape over the concept of free expression.
I am making lol at all of your faces.
lol.
I am making lol at all of your faces.
lol.
a reply to: awhispersecho
Musk may be those things. However there are a few notes id like to add
Trump wasnt a publican until what, 2014/15. Political slant isnt static.
Thats fine. I think wed all agree that a cleaner planet is universally a good thing. Cohersion, lies, manipulation have no place in that discussion
Pragmatism does and at the very least, elon has that.
On big govt? Gonna need a source.
Musk may be those things. However there are a few notes id like to add
Musk has never been a conservative,
Trump wasnt a publican until what, 2014/15. Political slant isnt static.
he is a climate change, clean energy
Thats fine. I think wed all agree that a cleaner planet is universally a good thing. Cohersion, lies, manipulation have no place in that discussion
Pragmatism does and at the very least, elon has that.
On big govt? Gonna need a source.
originally posted by: game over man
originally posted by: awhispersecho
I'm not sure why everyone thinks this is so good for free speech and conservative/right wing principles. Musk has never been a conservative, he is a climate change, clean energy, big gov guy, at least he was up until 2 weeks ago. Not sure how he just magically changed his core beliefs.
If it seems too good to be true then it probably is, especially in this political environment, with a guy who has red flags going up all around him. I don't trust him, I think the left outrage is a manufactured narrative, and I think it's a trap. I hope I'm wrong, but I would bet that I'm not.edit on 25-4-2022 by awhispersecho because: Because
Shhhhh what are you doing? Haha great points...but a lot of people find Musk a righty just like Joe Rogan. Not saying that's true, just saying that's how some people perceive them.
Gonna need the poweball numbers for this week.
All these claims about how other people think has me doubting your uncanny psychic abilities.
edit on 25-4-2022 by JinMI because: (no reason given)
edit on Mon Apr 25 2022 by Jbird because: bbcode
originally posted by: game over man
originally posted by: Nyiah
a reply to: game over man
How damn old are you? Try growing up, and turning ALL ypur toys off for a month. After that, you won't mind the buyout so much, because you'll realize only a 'tard puts THAT much stock in a modern digital party line format.
I kicked SM a decade ago, and there was no suffering or FOMO to be had. Dude, it's not that important, and you dont NEED it, you just want it like a quick dopamine fix.
The world still turns, big boy.
I don't have a Twitter,
With all your "non-user" bellyaching, Maury Povich has determined that to be a lie.
you are a weird one. "Grow up" put the "toys away" gotta love your free speech abilities.
Indeed you should love it, even Elon doesn't agree you're the only complainy one entitled to get lippy.
Oh and 'tard, you're sounding so intelligent.
You're just not helping yourself any. It's a perfectly legit way to describe someone deliberately hobbling themselves mentally, for whatever instigating reason -- that is not out of line with the dictionary definition of being withheld from full potential. And those of us with handicapped relatives are generally not offended by it's nomenclature use, and are not wild about forced fake allyship.
So don't shoot that foot further
a reply to: Zanti Misfit
Good points..
Source: twitter.com...
Good points..
Elon Musk is buying Twitter.
CNN+ is shutting down.
Disney is being reined in.
It's a bad time to be woke.
Source: twitter.com...
Interesting news. Maybe they were sort of forced in some manner by some entity? Why would they sell?
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Ironically, the January 6th witch-hunt committee would have had more materials to entrap Republicans, if most of them had not been BANNED from TWITTER
by the 300lb gorilla woman who is (was) Twitter's chief censor.
The "brains" who speak for Democrats, can't stop shooting themselves in the foot!
The "brains" who speak for Democrats, can't stop shooting themselves in the foot!
The scattering of members will be like the evacuation of Cuba in 1959 🤣🤣🤣
originally posted by: xuenchen
The scattering of members will be like the evacuation of Cuba in 1959 🤣🤣🤣
Why don't you start a MudPit thread, so we can load it up with these liberals melting down, like this CNN pervert: twitter.com...
originally posted by: LSU2018
a reply to: Klassified
Maybe my account will no longer be suspended since all I had that was mean or ugly in Twatter's eyes was "Trump 2020" and an American flag.
I am curious to see if he does a blanket amnesty thing, or if he does suspended accounts on a case by case basis.
This could get interesting.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
It is amusing to see so many bent out of shape over the concept of free expression.
I am making lol at all of your faces.
lol.
Yet...these are the same people so worried that Trump was going to take away their rights.
Talk about brainholes...sheesh.
originally posted by: Kaiju666
Interesting news. Maybe they were sort of forced in some manner by some entity? Why would they sell?
I spoke to this in the OP. DeSantis had a hand in this, albeit probably minimal, but I'm sure it measured a few tenths on the richter scale.
When Twitter banned the president of the USA and took down his video asking for calm and for everybody to just go home on Jan 6, I knew Twitter was
one of the enemies.
I really hope Musk allows it to be like the wild west of the internet again, and let the best ideas win.
In a free society wrong and bad ideas need to be expressed but good people need to be able also counter with the correct and factual idea's or the truth. The liberal mob and coastal elites have had free reign for too long over there.
There was also alot of covid stuff that got deleted on Twitter that was valuable to the truth, we only got to see it through screen shots before they were deleted.
This is a good move, I hope.
I really hope Musk allows it to be like the wild west of the internet again, and let the best ideas win.
In a free society wrong and bad ideas need to be expressed but good people need to be able also counter with the correct and factual idea's or the truth. The liberal mob and coastal elites have had free reign for too long over there.
There was also alot of covid stuff that got deleted on Twitter that was valuable to the truth, we only got to see it through screen shots before they were deleted.
This is a good move, I hope.
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