but yeah, him being in charge will likely be better for free speech. It's still social media, so it's still going to be harvesting your data and influencing your perception of reality. While I never have, and still don't plan on using the platform, it seems to me like there will definitely be more freedom of speech on it with Musk in charge than before. Those who are more mature and capable of processing conflicting viewpoints can opt into less censored areas of the site.
Musk has already slipped the idea of users opting into censorship tiers, which means people who want their Twitter experience to be a sanitary safe space can still experience that (with corresponding advertisers). Social media has been actively segregating people into ideological echo chambers for years. Allowing this content on the platform can create conflict and potentially dissatisfy advertisers, which means you need to find a way to keep this dissent compartmentalized.Įnter the algorithm. Twitter has likely lost a significant amount of user base through the censorship of emotional, vitriolic, and largely false information. Ok, so that last point is obviously where free speech comes in. Twitter as a platform can make more money by allowing a wider set of viewpoints to be expressed than by censoring viewpoints and keeping everything PC. Elon is a businessman, interested principally in Twitter making money.Įlon is intelligent, known for out of the box, "revolutionary" ideas and approaches.
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