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Is the destruction of Twitter and Reddit a conspiracy or am I just paranoid? (beehaw.org)
submitted 11 months ago by Quexotic@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org
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I've had this feeling that since there are forces that do not want us to have free speech, and that the destruction of Reddit and Twitter does this effectively, creating a chilling effect, destroying social links and communities. Might it not be an intentional effort to stifle the ability of the downtrodden to organize and fight the power?

There are so many other ways things are engineered to benefit the minority and prevent the majority from gaining power, why not this too?

Just a thought rattling around in my head.

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[-] chahk@beehaw.org 90 points 11 months ago

I don't think it's a conspiracy. "Don't attribute to malice what could be explained by incompetence."

[-] KidDogDad@beehaw.org 60 points 11 months ago

This ^^. It turns out that Elon is just a narcissistic idiot who doesn’t actually have good business sense, at least in the software world. The types of things he’s been trying are better explained as someone who wants Twitter to make more money but doesn’t understand how people actually think and behave and doesn’t realize that these decisions will alienate users and destroy the product. Spez decisions seem similar, although on the whole I think he’s less of a people idiot than Elon, and is probably just under tons of pressure to improve the financials right now and is making bad short-sighted decisions as a result.

[-] Atramentous@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

I do think there were financial backers of Elon’s that are hoping to kill certain online platforms and see Elon as a useful idiot, though. I’m thinking specifically of people like Thiel and the Saudis

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