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===> Just kidding!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <===
Seriously, what would YOU say *if* I made this my policy? It is the same thing as what Elon did.
MAJOR EDIT: many people expressed well reasoned disagreement. As I believe that they deserve to have a voice, I added "The Opposing View" section to my article, that enumerates their points. I also changed the title of this post to DEBATE -- so we all understand that ALL OPINIONS ARE WELCOME.
PS as of an hour ago, Elon Musk is running a poll whether he should step down as Twitter CEO. So far YES is winning. Added to my article.
He may know that the government is truly manipulating the other social media outlets and does not want it on Twitter. Once you post a link that link can be changed to anything. I would not doubt the government would change the links especially after the evidence of government censorship is mounting....
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This appears to be a knee-jerk reaction about control and money. He probably saw a lot of the leftists leaving for mastodon and didn’t want to promote those accounts.
Could there also be a back door way for 3 letter agencies to follow the accounts back into Twitter, after he just tried to cut the proverbial gordian knot with the spy agencies? I mean if the agencies are present in Facebook (which they are) can they then follow back into Twitter by linked articles and spy on Twitter that way? It’s sometimes hard to discern all of the issues right away.
For sake of clarification, I’m completely neutral on Elon. He’s a businessman and obviously intelligent, but I think his neuralink stuff poses huge ethical dilemmas.
Honestly, what company WOULD allow advertising of competing firms on the site that they own unless they were being paid by that other firm? That's where affiliate marketing comes into play. If you want me to advertise for you on my site, it will cost you. Has nothing to do with "free speech" in my opinion. It's just a smart business practice.
It is quite simple, other social media networks are competition and the links are uncompensated advertising. You wouldn't see Tide having adverts on their boxes for another laundry detergent.
I totally oppose the silencing of dissenting voices, but posting links to competing social media does strike me as akin to handing out Costco flyers inside the Walmart. Why SHOULDN'T I get escorted out of the building?
Seems fair enough to not allow it to be done for free.
Another example of a similar thing is that Amazon won't allow you to send Google search traffic to a product page, you have to use the Amazon advertising options if you want to promote a product. If you try then your paid Google traffic is redirected to the Amazon home page.
First and foremost, Twitter is a business. Isn’t it? Isn’t that how a business would behave? Prevent mention of the competition? Oh, wait, I’m confused. I was in old-model-real-world mode there. Never mind.
Why are you surprised, friends? Whoever thought Musk was going to save anything, when he’s a horrible human in many ways, was kidding themselves. Just look at the fact that he has 8 kids, and his ex-wife & partners are doing almost all the parenting. Who gives a sh*t if he bought TWTR when this is how he acts out in the world?! Free Speech Absolutist, My Ass!!!!!
I don’t see the problem. I don’t trust him. But as someone else already said, I am enjoying his antics.
Besides, giving him the benefit of the doubt, he’s trying to run a business that has never made any money. If you were trying to save, say your eatery, which was losing money, would you allow your competition to post their menus in your place? I don’t think so.
POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT: Mentioning El Gato Malo or Eugyppius in comments is forbidden.
===> Just kidding!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <===
Seriously, what would YOU say *if* I made this my policy? It is the same thing as what Elon did.
MAJOR EDIT: many people expressed well reasoned disagreement. As I believe that they deserve to have a voice, I added "The Opposing View" section to my article, that enumerates their points. I also changed the title of this post to DEBATE -- so we all understand that ALL OPINIONS ARE WELCOME.
PS as of an hour ago, Elon Musk is running a poll whether he should step down as Twitter CEO. So far YES is winning. Added to my article.
He may know that the government is truly manipulating the other social media outlets and does not want it on Twitter. Once you post a link that link can be changed to anything. I would not doubt the government would change the links especially after the evidence of government censorship is mounting....
This appears to be a knee-jerk reaction about control and money. He probably saw a lot of the leftists leaving for mastodon and didn’t want to promote those accounts.
Could there also be a back door way for 3 letter agencies to follow the accounts back into Twitter, after he just tried to cut the proverbial gordian knot with the spy agencies? I mean if the agencies are present in Facebook (which they are) can they then follow back into Twitter by linked articles and spy on Twitter that way? It’s sometimes hard to discern all of the issues right away.
For sake of clarification, I’m completely neutral on Elon. He’s a businessman and obviously intelligent, but I think his neuralink stuff poses huge ethical dilemmas.
I got my account restored on Twitter after being banned for vaccine danger truth speaking. My 10 followers are pumped.. lol
Honestly, what company WOULD allow advertising of competing firms on the site that they own unless they were being paid by that other firm? That's where affiliate marketing comes into play. If you want me to advertise for you on my site, it will cost you. Has nothing to do with "free speech" in my opinion. It's just a smart business practice.
Elon Musk To Start BRAIN CHIP HUMAN Trials
Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save - Psalm 146:3
https://lionessofjudah.substack.com/p/elon-musk-to-start-brain-chip-human
Maybe preventing « easy » transfer of information?
FB has been controlled freaks of misinformation and he doesn’t want all that 💩 easily transferred by their tech wizards?
That will make sense to me. It’s not controlling speech but damages control?
It is quite simple, other social media networks are competition and the links are uncompensated advertising. You wouldn't see Tide having adverts on their boxes for another laundry detergent.
He's committing crimes against humanity by not restoring my account. My 17 followers are lost.😎😎😎😎😎 no ego here
Maybe he is just screwing with people...to see their reactions.
I totally oppose the silencing of dissenting voices, but posting links to competing social media does strike me as akin to handing out Costco flyers inside the Walmart. Why SHOULDN'T I get escorted out of the building?
Seems fair enough to not allow it to be done for free.
Another example of a similar thing is that Amazon won't allow you to send Google search traffic to a product page, you have to use the Amazon advertising options if you want to promote a product. If you try then your paid Google traffic is redirected to the Amazon home page.
First and foremost, Twitter is a business. Isn’t it? Isn’t that how a business would behave? Prevent mention of the competition? Oh, wait, I’m confused. I was in old-model-real-world mode there. Never mind.
Why are you surprised, friends? Whoever thought Musk was going to save anything, when he’s a horrible human in many ways, was kidding themselves. Just look at the fact that he has 8 kids, and his ex-wife & partners are doing almost all the parenting. Who gives a sh*t if he bought TWTR when this is how he acts out in the world?! Free Speech Absolutist, My Ass!!!!!
Elon is nothing more than a rich élite member of the billionaire oligarch team.
If bullshit was bananas he'd be a gorilla's dream.
I don’t see the problem. I don’t trust him. But as someone else already said, I am enjoying his antics.
Besides, giving him the benefit of the doubt, he’s trying to run a business that has never made any money. If you were trying to save, say your eatery, which was losing money, would you allow your competition to post their menus in your place? I don’t think so.