Elon Musk. Twitter. Babylon Bee.

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Ken wrote: ↑Sun Nov 06, 2022 12:24 pm
RZehr wrote: ↑Sat Nov 05, 2022 11:56 pm I wonder if it would work to have, on one Twitter, a main living room/dining room where respectable conversation and advertising takes place; and more of a free speech backyard where other people could gather around the dumpster fire and cesspool. Maybe have a paywall or 21 year old minimum to enter that backyard beer garden.
Other forums have tried that. It takes about a nanosecond for an unmoderated forum to be filled with the purveyors of porn, financial and health-related scams like erectile dysfunction meds, and every violent, racist, and extremist ideology that gets squeezed out of civilized conversation.
IIRC, Reddit is one such example.
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^^having said that, P.33, i’m unsure about violence.
violence is often a last resort mainly based in hopelessness. (not always, in contemporary times we see many quite well-fed with designer clothes, etc., in acts of violence .. for .. covetousness?)

history’s standard is probably that hopelessness leads to violence.
Congress throws around a lot of $$$ to keep the unwashed masses pacified. Temporarily.

i can see violence at some point. probably deeper into the $30 trillion petty cash drawer. play money.
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Only an Anz wrote: ↑Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:22 pm IIRC, Reddit is one such example.
Without Robert+mods, this forum would be another example. (i’ve never visited Reddit.)
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temporal1 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:31 pm
Only an Anz wrote: ↑Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:22 pm IIRC, Reddit is one such example.
Without Robert+mods, this forum would be another example. (i’ve never visited Reddit.)
Ok?
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Only an Anz wrote: ↑Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:33 pm
temporal1 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:31 pm
Only an Anz wrote: ↑Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:22 pm IIRC, Reddit is one such example.
Without Robert+mods, this forum would be another example. (i’ve never visited Reddit.)
Ok?
sorry if i misunderstood you. i’m not well-versed on social media. (as a personal conviction) :)

pretty much all i know about Twitter and Musk i’ve learned in this thread. i’m not a Twitter follower.
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temporal1 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:35 pm
Only an Anz wrote: ↑Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:33 pm
temporal1 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:31 pm
Without Robert+mods, this forum would be another example. (i’ve never visited Reddit.)
Ok?
sorry if i misunderstood you. i’m not well-versed on social media. (as a personal conviction) :)
Was responding to Ken re: less moderation and how well/poorly that has gone on other platforms. Reddit is one such example.
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Only an Anz wrote: ↑Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:33 pm
temporal1 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:31 pm
Only an Anz wrote: ↑Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:22 pm IIRC, Reddit is one such example.
Without Robert+mods, this forum would be another example. (i’ve never visited Reddit.)
Ok?
If Elon wanted to make real money he could open up an unmoderated porn version of Twitter. I expect he could get plenty of takers at $8/month for that.
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Ken wrote: ↑Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:39 pm
Only an Anz wrote: ↑Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:33 pm
temporal1 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:31 pm Without Robert+mods, this forum would be another example. (i’ve never visited Reddit.)
Ok?
If Elon wanted to make real money he could open up an unmoderated porn version of Twitter. I expect he could get plenty of takers at $8/month for that.
yeah and for anyone other than the uber-rich, a fast lane to prison.
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Only an Anz wrote: ↑Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:41 pm
Ken wrote: ↑Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:39 pm
Only an Anz wrote: ↑Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:33 pm

Ok?
If Elon wanted to make real money he could open up an unmoderated porn version of Twitter. I expect he could get plenty of takers at $8/month for that.
yeah and for anyone other than the uber-rich, a fast lane to prison.
I doubt that. Pornhub and XVideo are two of the most popular web sites in the world. Bigger than Netflix and a LOT bigger than Twitter. Both make tens of billions of dollars per year. With Elon's genius touch I'm sure he could beat that. Porn is essentially just unmoderated free speech.
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Ken wrote: ↑Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:59 pm
Only an Anz wrote: ↑Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:41 pm
Ken wrote: ↑Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:39 pm

If Elon wanted to make real money he could open up an unmoderated porn version of Twitter. I expect he could get plenty of takers at $8/month for that.
yeah and for anyone other than the uber-rich, a fast lane to prison.
I doubt that. Pornhub and XVideo are two of the most popular web sites in the world. Bigger than Netflix and a LOT bigger than Twitter. Both make tens of billions of dollars per year. With Elon's genius touch I'm sure he could beat that. Porn is essentially just unmoderated free speech.
PH is moderated; they actually had a lot of backlash just a couple years ago for adding more moderation.
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