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Is the destruction of Twitter and Reddit a conspiracy or am I just paranoid? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by Quexotic@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org

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I've had this feeling that since there are forces that do not want us to have free speech, and that the destruction of Reddit and Twitter does this effectively, creating a chilling effect, destroying social links and communities. Might it not be an intentional effort to stifle the ability of the downtrodden to organize and fight the power?

There are so many other ways things are engineered to benefit the minority and prevent the majority from gaining power, why not this too?

Just a thought rattling around in my head.

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[–] KidDogDad@beehaw.org 60 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This ^^. It turns out that Elon is just a narcissistic idiot who doesn’t actually have good business sense, at least in the software world. The types of things he’s been trying are better explained as someone who wants Twitter to make more money but doesn’t understand how people actually think and behave and doesn’t realize that these decisions will alienate users and destroy the product. Spez decisions seem similar, although on the whole I think he’s less of a people idiot than Elon, and is probably just under tons of pressure to improve the financials right now and is making bad short-sighted decisions as a result.

[–] Haatveit@beehaw.org 13 points 1 year ago

The most level-headed take I've seen on both of these topics in long time.

[–] misguidedfunk@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Great take on this. Elon is a lot like the dog who caught the car. He has no idea what to do now.

[–] Quexotic@beehaw.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

He didn't even want to buy it, right? It started losing value and he tried to bail but was under contract.

[–] Atramentous@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I do think there were financial backers of Elon’s that are hoping to kill certain online platforms and see Elon as a useful idiot, though. I’m thinking specifically of people like Thiel and the Saudis