I expect that many of the people who used to say private companies can set policies and ban at their pleasure will begin to realize this is a bad policy and only serves to establish an echo chamber rather than a free exchange of ideas.
Of course that whole argument was a ruse and I believe that was hypocrisy that will get naturally exposed.
Amazing that anyone would think that the kinds of things that actually get moderated-out would have somehow enriched discourse — as if humanity doesn't have more productive things about which to amicably disagree.
So discussing the Hunter Biden laptop and whether or not the Steele dossier was a hit job by Hillary and co., whether some Covid policies made sense or not, whether it's fair or not that people who grew up as boys or men and take hormone treatment as they transition to females are fair in competing against biologically female athletes are all outside enriching discourse? The above is not to take sides, but rather allow discussion to find what makes sense. At times any of the above were taboo subjects.
Imagine some ideologue on the other extreme of the political spectrum were to take over (Musk is in my view, mildly libertarian) and suppressed talk about abortion rights, gender equality, police violence, drug liberalization, etc. That's what the extreme left is doing but obviously they have their own, different sacred cows.
I have good news for you: there is still a veritable cornucopia of tweets about Hunter's laptop, and the Steele dossier, and COVID policies, and trans folk as athletes out there. I see them every damned day with my own eyes. While there have been a few people who violated the ToS while pushing those agendas, it's hard to argue that anything of real value was lost during its enforcement.
Yes, yes… Long after it’s useful use by date. Maybe they’ll provide the same courtesy to the other sides too.
What, Boris Johnson attended a party during Covid… hush!!! Trump talked to Putin. No, no, we can’t prove it’s true. Let’s wait till it all boils over and it becomes irrelevant then you can talk.
Like I said, the discussions you're referring to are still out there. They're still happening — right now, as we speak. You're free to go join in on them. Nothing is stopping the vast majority of people who are talking about these things. Most such users, turns out, do not violate the terms of service.
Ok, why were the NYPost articles blocked? Why were articled related to Covid blocked and people deplatformed not for lying, but just opening questions?
If the owners of a web site do something with their own site that I don't agree with, I tend to just not go there. Beyond that, I don't care. It's not "the public square", and they're not the government. Point your browser somewhere else, maybe. Take some personal responsibility over how you vote with your attention instead of trying so hard to make yourself a victim.
I am not a victim, however, news, truthfulness and openness are victims. There are instances where you can't post reasonably certain events, not to mention verifiable facts, if they are counter narrative, but you can post unverified or very suspect information, if it follows a preferred narrative --that should be of concern.
What is the purpose or turning #bidenflation to #inflation on Twitter?
Of course that whole argument was a ruse and I believe that was hypocrisy that will get naturally exposed.
We'll see.