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Elon Musk Says Twitter Is Going To Get Rid Of The Block Feature, Enabling Greater Harassment
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this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2023
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Serious question: is musk actively trying to run twitter into the ground for some kind of financial benefit, or is he just an arrogant asinine asshole who has no idea what he's doing?
My tinfoil hat theory is this: Musk has ties with dictators who would really, really like to see Twitter die as it’s been used in the past to organize resistance and broadcast embarrassing information. Musk is used to do the dirty job of running it into the ground. He may or he may not be actually aware of this, as your characterization of Musk is on point. Just speculation of course.
Hand me the roll of foil next. The Arab Spring, Hong Kong protests, those sorts of things were where Twitter truly shined. A lot of powerful people want to take the voice away from the masses.
And crafting a little addition to my own hat: I firmly believe Reddit is doing the same now. The goal is to silence everyone but the voices they want to hear from. It's working but with federated social media, the tide may turn. 🤞
Yes
Yes, he didn't want to buy it in the end so he's making sure he does as much damage as possible
What financial benefit? He owns it, he's footing the bill