Is it a win though? Seriously. Can you verify that this will result in Twitter telling the whole truth? That they will publish every request they do and do not follow? What credibility is there here?
I don't trust Musk. He's a weasel that has tried to play both sides for a very long time. Why should I trust him on this now?
You do not know that. That's my point. And frankly, with everything that keeps coming out about him, I do not trust Elon Musk. How hard is that to understand? The man constantly goes back on his word, most recent example being willingness to engage in censorship when he wants to like with the whole What Is A Woman fiasco.
You have zero way to know whether or not this is a win, and never once did I imply it's a binary good/bad, win/loss scenario. In fact, I thought it was pretty damn clear that I was saying that at purely face value this seems good, but I doubt that the reality will be anything close to that.
You wanna celebrate? Go right ahead. Daddy Elon thanks you for it. But I'm not gonna trust Elon's word just because the left don't like him either.
And I think it's premature. I'd be happy to be wrong, but I won't be celebrating without evidence that this is a worthwhile step and not a misdirection where some requests are shown and the more serious ones are kept quiet, where the public think they're getting the truth and grow complacent with what is a lie by omission.
Maybe I'm too doomer. Maybe it's because I have no attachment to that terrible fucking site. But I'm not going to simply listen and believe, and certainly not Musk when I've barely trusted him at all in the past.
it's a step in the right direction, we are allowed to be a little happy about events in the world.
For real. Take the W and be happy, people. Things were looking grim indeed before Musk bought Twitter.
Is it a win though? Seriously. Can you verify that this will result in Twitter telling the whole truth? That they will publish every request they do and do not follow? What credibility is there here?
I don't trust Musk. He's a weasel that has tried to play both sides for a very long time. Why should I trust him on this now?
No it's not a win, but it's not a binary win/loss event. Events can be +100 or -100. This is double figure positive.
You do not know that. That's my point. And frankly, with everything that keeps coming out about him, I do not trust Elon Musk. How hard is that to understand? The man constantly goes back on his word, most recent example being willingness to engage in censorship when he wants to like with the whole What Is A Woman fiasco.
You have zero way to know whether or not this is a win, and never once did I imply it's a binary good/bad, win/loss scenario. In fact, I thought it was pretty damn clear that I was saying that at purely face value this seems good, but I doubt that the reality will be anything close to that.
You wanna celebrate? Go right ahead. Daddy Elon thanks you for it. But I'm not gonna trust Elon's word just because the left don't like him either.
And I think it's premature. I'd be happy to be wrong, but I won't be celebrating without evidence that this is a worthwhile step and not a misdirection where some requests are shown and the more serious ones are kept quiet, where the public think they're getting the truth and grow complacent with what is a lie by omission.
Maybe I'm too doomer. Maybe it's because I have no attachment to that terrible fucking site. But I'm not going to simply listen and believe, and certainly not Musk when I've barely trusted him at all in the past.