Ultimately he's not technically wrong. What Twitter and so many others want to sell is a publishing service where they have editorial control over their own content, to make it appealing to advertisers.
They just don't want the potentially crippling costs that come with being held responsible for their actions.
Honestly, I have a pretty severe case of lack of sympathy for that position. If I'm held accountable for my actions, Twitter can be held accountable for theirs.
Or just to push their own narratives and PR. A lot of people forget how beneficial owning twitter will be for Elon's companies. This is more powerful than a company owning all the newspapers in the country. It could finally be the thing that makes the feds go monopoly-busting again. (besides being pissy that they lost their propaganda tool)
True, but, honestly, that's part and parcel of being a publisher. That's why they're held legally accountable for the things said with their voice - not something that applies to the Sec230 publishers that tech companies are, devoid of any requirement to act responsibly or ethically because they're not held to account no matter what they get up to.
True, but at the same time, we'll see if Elon will be able to handle people throwing shade at his other ventures using his own platform to do it. He's generally a likeable autist, and he doesn't seem hellbent on destroying humanity (see his statements about how he feels everoyne should be making more babies and not just a certain group of people).
And that's why Elon has explicitly said he's not looking to make this a wholly profitable venture. I'm sure he wants to make money, everyone does, but I'm also fairly sure he knows he'll be losing money while he fixes this trash of a ship.
I'm not worried for Elon going broke due to Twitter. Now that he owns it, he can do whatever the fuck he wants with it, operating costs be damned.
Ultimately he's not technically wrong. What Twitter and so many others want to sell is a publishing service where they have editorial control over their own content, to make it appealing to advertisers.
They just don't want the potentially crippling costs that come with being held responsible for their actions.
Honestly, I have a pretty severe case of lack of sympathy for that position. If I'm held accountable for my actions, Twitter can be held accountable for theirs.
Or just to push their own narratives and PR. A lot of people forget how beneficial owning twitter will be for Elon's companies. This is more powerful than a company owning all the newspapers in the country. It could finally be the thing that makes the feds go monopoly-busting again. (besides being pissy that they lost their propaganda tool)
True, but, honestly, that's part and parcel of being a publisher. That's why they're held legally accountable for the things said with their voice - not something that applies to the Sec230 publishers that tech companies are, devoid of any requirement to act responsibly or ethically because they're not held to account no matter what they get up to.
True, but at the same time, we'll see if Elon will be able to handle people throwing shade at his other ventures using his own platform to do it. He's generally a likeable autist, and he doesn't seem hellbent on destroying humanity (see his statements about how he feels everoyne should be making more babies and not just a certain group of people).
And that's why Elon has explicitly said he's not looking to make this a wholly profitable venture. I'm sure he wants to make money, everyone does, but I'm also fairly sure he knows he'll be losing money while he fixes this trash of a ship.
I'm not worried for Elon going broke due to Twitter. Now that he owns it, he can do whatever the fuck he wants with it, operating costs be damned.