Twitter thread on all the election shenanigans on Twitter. Turns out the disinformation and collusion went the other way.
Biden Campaign Worked With Twitter to Block Info
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Giving the info to Taibbi to tell the story was a genius move.
People acting like Trump was/is the existential threat. He’s an idiot but…..
The existential threat all a long was the left wing of government having the press and virtual public square as a wing of their party…controlling speech through a “private company” in which they clearly had lots of influence …not just elections, but “public health,” war issues , etc. They were pushing Twitter to shape the narrative and Twitter staff was more than happy to do that. They (Twitter) have the legal right to do that , but look at those leaked emails (I gained respect for the dem congressman bringing up speech concerns ).,,they could care lesss about free speech principals.
The existential threat all a long was the left wing of government having the press and virtual public square as a wing of their party…controlling speech through a “private company” in which they clearly had lots of influence …not just elections, but “public health,” war issues , etc. They were pushing Twitter to shape the narrative and Twitter staff was more than happy to do that. They (Twitter) have the legal right to do that , but look at those leaked emails (I gained respect for the dem congressman bringing up speech concerns ).,,they could care lesss about free speech principals.
Vijaya is not a good actor . You could see it when she got exposed on Rogan . It’s pretty clear why musk fired her.
I think Jack may have meant well but he wasn’t willing to rope it all in. Kind of weak.
The acting United States govt at the time which was lead by the Democrats conspired to thwart 1st Amendment rights. On twitter and against some twitter users.
They were in bed with media outlets and social media.
They are bad actors and a really a swamp full or rabid rats. You better wake up America and see what these people have done.
They were in bed with media outlets and social media.
They are bad actors and a really a swamp full or rabid rats. You better wake up America and see what these people have done.
CNN & other lefty platforms have been losing their minds over Musk the last few months. He releases actual info about the platform suppressing free speech, backed up by internal docs, & suddenly the news articles dry up.
Now we know why they were so scared to see Musk buy twitter.
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Hey @Raoul Duke MU
Is this un-American behavior on the part of one of the two major political parties and a huge, influential media platform?
Is this un-American behavior on the part of one of the two major political parties and a huge, influential media platform?
The real take away is how many fascist we have on this board and amongst us
He will say no it’s just a private company doing what it wants because conservatives or something
Don't expect anything other than a biased slant on his behalf.
Shit, Raoul toes the line better than any hardcore leftist lapdog I've seen, yet he still has the audacity to look at us with a straight face and insist he's a libertarian.
I cannot think of anything more American than a corporation being deeply involved in politics. Corporations are people, you know. We the
I've said it here dozens of time: if you rely on "social media" for journalism, you're an idiot. I find Twitter useful for immediate breaking news, like a disaster or war stuff, instant on the ground news, but even then you have to be REALLY careful and mindful that whatever you see is 50/50 bullshit or rumor.
You have the audacity to look at us with a straight face and insist you are not a moron.
None of this is a shock to me. That being said, if he can clean things up and turn Twitter into a non biased site I would love it. Give both sides the ability to express their views in the marketplace of ideas and let the chips fall where they may.
There is no where good to go. We have lost our sense making apparatuses. Where exactly can you go for good journalism? I think it's hard to argue that Taibbi, Greenwald, or Bari Weiss aren't doing good work on Substack. I think Matt Yglesias (though I very often disagree with him) is a reasonable left journalist out there at least being intellectually honest.
Oh, there is definitely good journalism these days. But using social media as your curator of it is a bad idea. The shit the algorithms push through...good Lord.
Speaking of which, Twitter's algorithm is all fvcked up since Musk took over. I am getting more incendiary stuff in my feed than ever. I can't help but think this is on purpose. We know the incendiary stuff drives interactions.
Twitter has changed 0% for me since Musk took over.
Years ago, I joined Twitter and wrote a few tweets. Days later I realized I had written tweets, but hadn’t sent them anywhere. I was basically talking to myself. Kind of lost interest after that.
Same - other than ads.
A few days it kept showing me the same repeated posts, but past two weeks have seemed like “old” Twitter with regard to what shows up in my feed.
I don’t post on Twitter though. Just read.
You watch any Breaking Points? I think they're more fair toward the left than a lot of news I consume. Ball ran as the Dem nominee against Rob Wittman. It's basically Youtube's Hannity & Colmes, only civil & Ball doesn't come off like a lunatic. Side note, I actually listened to Alan Colmes' radio show - but in short bursts, he's terrible.
A little bit. People send me their clips. I've heard really good things though.
I knew he had passed away but couldn't remember when until I looked it up earlier.
I also looked up Michael Kinsley and was surprised that he was still alive. He revealed he had Parkinson's in 2002.
Fauci's daughter was a software engineer at Twitter up until about a year ago...
musk buying twitter has been nothing but pure entertainment gold at the expense of the left . . . and liberaltarians.
I'm surprised. Seriously. I've noted before that Twitter is an important tool for weather spotters; it was a hot topic of discussion during last week's severe weather that Twitter is jacked up now. Most of us are just nerds looking for weather stuff. I'd say 90% of who I follow is weather related. I am getting the weirdest tweets recommended to me lol.
My twitter feed changed a lot. I started seeing all sorts of tweets from people I had no idea who they were. Its a dumpster fire IMO, but its entertaining LOL
Which part?
Exactly this.
Hell maybe it is my fault, for following Ted Cruz.
Michigan and I told you all there was a lot of funny stuff that went on with the 2020 election. Some of you don't want to believe it, but it happened.
Sure. But it's like over half of my feed now, and a lot of it is seemingly not focused on what the vast majority of my follows are, where before usually it was much more focused on my obvious area of interest.
Like I said, maybe I shouldn't follow Ted Cruz lol. I should probably axe AOC too...but she never shows up in my feed. Damn Ted does, every time.
i've a grand idea for the libs and liberaltarians: delete yore twitter account, you'll be less likely to be triggered by elon. hell, i rarely look at twitter so really don't give a rats ass, but, again, this shit is pure entertainment gold after suppression of posts by liberal hacks over the past several years.
So have I, but nothing like Ive seen in the past month or two. It definitely changed.
