How Elon Musk is changing what you see on Twitter

Calling himself a “free-speech absolutist," Musk has said he wants to allow all content that's legally permissible on Twitter but also that he wants to downgrade negative and hateful posts. Instead of removing toxic content, Musk's call for “freedom of speech, not freedom of reach” suggests Twitter may leave such content up without recommending it or amplifying it to other users.

Except for keeping an eye on oligarchs like ElonJet on Twitter.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/14/technology/twitter-private-jet-accounts-suspended.html

No free speeching about them.

Had a Twitter account long ago. A useless app, aptly named, for twits. Don't miss it at all. Much ado about nothing.

I don't see anything on Twitter because I haven't used it for more than ten years.

The new approach seems mostly allowing whatever Musk agrees with and to hell with pledges and rules. It is difficult to make Twitter a more toxic environment but he is sure trying to.

This completely subjective way to enforce policy may not be good for Twitter, but hopefully will be better for the online community in general, it can accelerate the fall of one single centralized service and hopefully liberate space for a much more open protocol to replace it where toxic behaviour can simply drop to the place it belongs without having to depend on someone to make it happen.

“The Twitter Files” that officials from the previous leadership team allegedly suppressed right-wing voices.

Oh ya gadda love this.

The backlash from the Twitter Files is too wide. The MSM has responded and oooh wada doozy.

allegedly suppressed right-wing voices

allegedly suppressed right-wing voices

allegedly suppressed right-wing voices

Comedy gold

Sounds more like the Gemstone Files.

Had a Twitter account long ago. A useless app, aptly named, for twits. Don't miss it at all. Much ado about nothing

A bit harsh. There is some good stuff on there. I found coldwarsteve on there. A genuinely talented satirist. Up there with the very best. Laugh out loud stuff.

Some very good parody accounts. The parody Boris Johnson/Liz Truss/Rishi Sunak accounts had some belters.

Just don’t take it too seriously.