If you actually care
Sadly, you probably should. It is is a powerful platform and it’s being run by a cretinous monster.
Yoel Roth is twitter former head of moderation and standard. Chaiya Raichik is the person who is siccing her following on doctors and hospitals that care for trans people, resulting in death threats and bomb scares. She is also a monster.
Here’s the latest from Musk himself
*sigh* … He has the emotional maturity of a 12 year old.
Eric Levitz at NY Magazine takes a look at the so-called scandal. It’s an exceptional analysis of everything that’s come out and it’s a devastating indictment of Musk and the alleged journalists doing his bidding. I urge you to read the whole to for a full explanation of what the hell this is all about. Whatever you do, do not rely on any hysterical right winger, every single one of whom is screeching in 100% bad faith.
Here’s Levitz’s conclusion:
The Twitter Files provide limited evidence that the social-media platform’s former management sometimes enforced its terms of service in inconsistent and politically biased ways. The project offers overwhelming evidence that Twitter’s current management is using the platform to promote tendentious, partisan narratives and conservative misinformation. In that sense, Taibbi and Weiss have performed revelatory journalism.
Right. The grossest violations of decency are now being posted by the owner of twitter himself. And his minions are all following suit. It’s becoming a cesspool.