“Ryan Walters” trending on X (Twitter)…

[Indy_Rider]

Worse than suppressing news that doesn’t help Jack Dorsey’s preferred candidate?

Yeah, suppressing what turned out to be legitimate news to help sway an election is the lowest of the low.

And that is what Twitter was pre-Elon.

And the idea of following who you trust and want to follow, I don't know why that is such a difficult concept for some. Plus, the replies can be entertainingly hilarious as to how naive some people are.

 

[Dreambig74]

People who want to surpress social media seem to know the least about it. They don't like what someone wrote (free speech) they want to ban it.

 

[New Pal Boiler]

Yeah like I said I guess I do have an idea...

So you’re OK with Twitter suppressing news, as long as it’s news you don’t like… got it.

 

[HUD628]

So you’re OK with Twitter suppressing news, as long as it’s news you don’t like… got it.

lol whatever you say man

 

[TC4THREE]

lol twitter is 1000% worse now than it used to be. No idea how any user could not agree with that. Well, yeah I guess I do have an idea...but man I see we have some real Elon slappies here lol

If you're an idiot it is worse. Better for intelligent people.

 

[HUD628]

If you're an idiot it is worse. Better for intelligent people.

Yeah I bet you do like the bots and only fans bait

This is hilarious though, I've really never heard anyone rave about how much better Elon has made it. Like not at all. Figures there would be a bunch of Elon fans around here though. That dipshit is constantly getting community noted for making things up 🤣

 

[FiveWeight]

Yeah I bet you do like the bots and only fans bait

This is hilarious though, I've really never heard anyone rave about how much better Elon has made it. Like not at all. Figures there would be a bunch of Elon fans around here though. That dipshit is constantly getting community noted for making things up 🤣

Let me be the first then.
At least it’s owned by somebody who cares about scrutinizing moderation request pressure and doesn’t like the assumption of anybody owning a monopoly on moral authority. Dorsey and Zuckerberg among others have expressed regret about not pushing back when asked to censor political information. Those concerns would have been well-founded, as it turns out the moral authorities from the government were actually political operatives and legitimate news was distorted or suppressed. The Biden laptop scandal for example would have likely altered the presidential race four years ago.

But even if you’re a fan of the current flavor of political censorship pressure on social media companies, do you really want to see those rules of engagement swinging the other direction every election cycle?

Elon puts his foot in his mouth too much for me to idolize, but I appreciate him for taking a stand on Twitter even if it was pretty obvious that it wasn’t going to be in his own financial interest. Something had to be done to shake the industry up and call attention to the problem everybody knew, but couldn’t see.

 

[TC4THREE]

Yeah I bet you do like the bots and only fans bait

This is hilarious though, I've really never heard anyone rave about how much better Elon has made it. Like not at all. Figures there would be a bunch of Elon fans around here though. That dipshit is constantly getting community noted for making things up 🤣

I don't hardly ever see either. Wonder what you're doing differently. 😂😂😂

The fact you call Musk a "dipshit" says a lot. I can understand questioning or disliking his motivations or politics but questioning his intelligence shows a serious lack of your own.

 

[johnboiler123]

The far left no longer being able to censor opinions on twitter is a win for everyone(except the far left).

 

[New Pal Boiler]

The far left no longer being able to censor opinions on twitter is a win for everyone(except the far left).

Or facts, in some cases.

 

[johnboiler123]

At one point twitter had banned a sitting US president because of political differences, but allowed groups such as ISIS to operate freely on their platform. That tells you all you need to know about the motivations of the previous owners.

 

[HUD628]

I don't hardly ever see either. Wonder what you're doing differently. 😂😂😂

The fact you call Musk a "dipshit" says a lot. I can understand questioning or disliking his motivations or politics but questioning his intelligence shows a serious lack of your own.

Oh give me a break. Brian Neubert can’t tweet without the first reply being exactly that. I guess they cleaned it up a bit by sort of hiding it.

Musk is definitely a dipshit. Stupid person, no. Dipshit, yes.

 

[HUD628]

I am on there for sports stuff. I do not care if they suppressed a story about a laptop that has to this day amounted to zilch, or if they banned Trump for acting like an asshole and riling up his cult. The user experience is worse now.

 

[TC4THREE]

Oh give me a break. Brian Neubert can’t tweet without the first reply being exactly that. I guess they cleaned it up a bit by sort of hiding it.

Musk is definitely a dipshit. Stupid person, no. Dipshit, yes.

Don't follow Brian anymore. Wouldn't know. And I usually don't read the replies even of those I do follow. Also, there is a block feature as well if you don't want to hear a particular person. Easy to censor your own feed to meet whatever you want if that's what you want to do.

Guess it depends on how you define dipshit. Merriam-Webster calls it "a stupid or incompetent person" and I would say "incompetent" would be an even more inaccurate adjective than "stupid" for Musk.

 

[Boilerfla]

Or facts, in some cases.

Those seeking more suppressed info and fake news can always tune into MSNBC, log into Google…….meanwhile back to football Boilers, sad state of affairs

 

[POTFHBTFU]

Those seeking more suppressed info and fake news can always tune into MSNBC, log into Google…….meanwhile back to football Boilers, sad state of affairs

No kidding I came so this thread to see if we still had a head coach….

 

[ChoiceBeef]

I’m not wading into the debate on is Twitter good or bad - I tend to align with following people and topics of interest.

What I’ll say toward the rumors - I hope there isn’t any merit to it. He has a wife and kids and the long term impact on them is awful if true.

 

[BBG]

sad state of affairs

Intentional or unintentional irony?

 

[FiveWeight]

The rumors I see related to cheating (didn't look deeply) seem to be associated with some other person who just has the same name or maybe reactions from people who didn’t realize the distinction.