Comparing & contrasting old Twitter to Musk’s Twitter demonstrates the two vastly different approaches technocrats have taken toward creating digital communities, and why neither approach has worked.
“One need only take a cursory glance at any online platform with no effective moderation at all to observe that a free-for-all in the name of free speech absolutism does not provide an equal voice to all. Rather, such spaces amplify poor actors who drown out and overwhelm those of good faith, hopelessly corrupting the “digital town square.””
Just take a look at the comments section of Reason magazine…
I love that gif of Musk. That was a hilarious JRE episode. Musk was more entertaining when he didn’t own Twitter.
“One need only take a cursory glance at any online platform with no effective moderation at all to observe that a free-for-all in the name of free speech absolutism does not provide an equal voice to all. Rather, such spaces amplify poor actors who drown out and overwhelm those of good faith, hopelessly corrupting the “digital town square.””
Just take a look at the comments section of Reason magazine…
I love that gif of Musk. That was a hilarious JRE episode. Musk was more entertaining when he didn’t own Twitter.