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Vecna_Is_My_Co-Pilot t1_jdugjgv wrote

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You should know that Musk calls himself a Free Speech absolutist. So he has absolute freedom to deliver you any speech he desires. Clearly he wants to locate the leaker of this source code so he can congratulate them on exercising their absolute right to free speech as well. Don't you too want to have absolute speech? It's free!

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phluidity t1_jdv91qw wrote

> So he has absolute freedom to deliver you any speech he desires.

I mean, from a legal and even somewhat moral point, he does. He owns the platform and has the right (especially now that it is private) to use it to spew his nonsense. What he doesn't have is the right to make me read it. I am perfectly free to walk away and let the man baby rant to his sycophants. Musk has never understood that the users aren't the customers, they are the product, and this product doesn't need him.

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Hrodebert1119 t1_jdvf36a wrote

I did. I don't miss it. It caused so much anxiety. I muted so many words and they would just sneak on through anyway.

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NatashaBadenov t1_jdwge98 wrote

Twitter was invaluable for quick organizing (IMO that’s the reason it was destroyed) and the American holiday tweets are something I will sorely miss. However, I never made any real human connections there, and like you, my anxiety was through the roof. I cut the cord, so to speak, months before Mersk even floated the idea. I am a much more relaxed person now.

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[deleted] t1_je17w7e wrote

It connected me to a lot of people and a lot of opportunities in the early days. I don’t think I’m overstating it to say that a large chunk of my success can be traced back to using Twitter effectively back in 2008-2012. However, it recently occurred to me that it’s given me nothing but downside and stress since 2015 or so. I nuked my account a few months back and I’m shocked how little I miss it.

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whatsinthesocks t1_jdvt0rs wrote

> You should know that Musk calls himself a Free Speech absolutist.

Only for himself. Anyone else must have his approval or they get censored.

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pegothejerk t1_jdvalvn wrote

> It's free*

*With subscription

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billpalto t1_jdvb670 wrote

My favorite: "You can get second one free! (just pay a separate fee)".

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Villager723 t1_jdvm6y9 wrote

"Twitter needs to open source the algorithm"

(one year later...)

"No, not like that!"

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