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Dyle

One Winged Slayer
The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
24,623
So his idea is to just copy what Facebook did with their oversight board, which took several years just to start and has made like 10 decisions over 3 years?
 

Dust

C H A O S
Member
Oct 25, 2017
20,862
Trump will come back simply because the audience Musk tries to cater to will call him a "beta cuck" or whatever if he doesn’t unban him. Musk won’t stand that.
 

Merc_

Member
Oct 28, 2017
5,409
Yeah, this is likely going to be used as a smokescreen even if he decides to actually put someone decent on it.
 
Oct 28, 2017
5,287
Name them.

I'd prefer a council made up of diverse good faith viewpoints. I doubt we get anything close to that.
 
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Kschreck

Member
Oct 27, 2017
5,031
Pennsylvania
So what will be Trump's comeback tweet?

Trump will milk this shit. His account will be un-banned and the entire world will watch with baited breath as to when he will tweet. There will be around the clock coverage on news sites, countdowns, etc. Everyone will be watching for Trump to make a grand appearance. Maybe he will announce his presidency at that point. Huge crowds roaring and excitement when he finally tweets, it will be broadcast on every phone, tv and computer device across America.

I'm half joking but you know he will milk this shit and everyone will be there talking about his first words back on Twitter.
 

Magilla

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
652
I'm so hopeful twitter dies quickly. I would love for Musk to get fucked over, no longer hear "news" stories about what one random person thinks on twitter, and I would love for Musk to get fucked over. Also, fuck Musk and anyone that stans for him.
 
Oct 27, 2021
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This is always part of the right wing playbook. Have to add a thin veneer of perceived objectivity to give political cover and plausible deniability. "We went in with an open mind, I swear!" It's a dog and pony show.

In a related story, I deactivated my Twitter account this morning. Facebook got deleted last month, so I am down to a grand total of zero (0) social media accounts. Feels pretty good.
 

Nola

Member
Oct 29, 2017
5,899
Million dollars say the diversity of this counsel will range from: ultra right nationalist and tech-bro libertarians to a token or two center-left members(meant to represent “the left”) and be heavily tilted toward white native males and ultimately will simply confirm exactly what Musk already wanted to happen. Which is largely hands off moderation specifically toward far right views
 

Astro Cat

Member
Mar 29, 2019
5,864
He’s definitely bringing trump back isn’t he
As soon as possible, this is just his way of trying to get ahead of it.

and I don’t believe for a second that human shitbag won’t return and when he does it’s going to be 100x worse. He said he would never come back after the ban but this is going to turn into him gloating even more than usual.
 

Nola

Member
Oct 29, 2017
5,899
As soon as possible, this is just his way of trying to get ahead of it.

and I don’t believe for a second that human shitbag won’t return and when he does it’s going to be 100x worse. He said he would never come back after the ban but this is going to turn into him gloating even more than usual.
The quandary for Trump will be, is his Twitter addiction that strong that he can actually cast aside his ego that otherwise would consider coming back a form of weakness, accelerate the inevitable failure of Truth Social and live with the narrative that he needed richer (actual)billionaire Musk to grant him back his posting privileges
 
Oct 25, 2017
18,753
This is always part of the right wing playbook. Have to add a thin veneer of perceived objectivity to give political cover and plausible deniability. "We went in with an open mind, I swear!" It's a dog and pony show.

In a related story, I deactivated my Twitter account this morning. Facebook got deleted last month, so I am down to a grand total of zero (0) social media accounts. Feels pretty good.

Era is social media though
 
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