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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

He might call him self pro free speech, but he actually hates it (as long as it's not his own free speech). Getting rid of Twitter is a massive blow to free speech. One less platform where he and his companies can get outed and criticized on.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I subscribed to the conspiracy theory of the banning of the jet tracker

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Twitter was becoming another walled platform (not being able to read the content without being logged in) even before Musk's take-over.

I'm happy for any walled platform to fail. IMO they have no place on internet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It’s less nefarious than that. He wants to be a championed business leader. He’s just a fuck up who was forced to buy a platform that he never actually intended to buy (except for maybe a couple of days when he first suggested it). Sure, it will help his side when he runs it into the ground, but that’s not his intent despite being the cause.