Greg Petrites
Sherrilyn IfillNEW posting on my newsletter “Is This America?” As Twitter enters its death spiral, I wanted to bring our attention back to why the sale of the platform to Musk never should have happened. https://sherrilyn.substack.com/p/on-twitters-end?utm_campaign=post
runningfan@ifilljustice this was a really great read. Thank you!
Arwen@ifilljustice Studies his is spot on and a fantastic read. It’s just tragic to see what’s happening to what has been such an amazing tool for good.
tx_tartan@ifilljustice Excellent article; thank you, Sherrilyn. I wholeheartedly agree with the conclusion that being a good corporate citizen ought to involve more than “maximum returns for shareholders by any means necessary”.
Jimmy Lee@ifilljustice You were specifically one of the people that I was afraid I would never hear from again. I am so grateful that you are here. I loved this piece and look forward to seeing more in the future.
@jimmylee Thank you!
Jaybo@ifilljustice That was an excellent read. Very precise and didactic. Thank you!
mark@ifilljustice Everyone laments the fate of twitter & titters over Elon's foolishness. But twitter is megaphone, now without constraints. At its helm Elon is leveled up from loose cannon to loose battleship. The metaphor works on a couple of levels: a battleship is a roving focus of power, instant totalitarian government, wherever it goes.
Did Elon buy it for the MONEY? More likely he said, "I can work that thing better than Trump. Just gotta not get kicked off."
We've got trouble.
Anne Bloodrose@ifilljustice There is an inherent problem in corporate citizenship, in that, unlike ordinary citizens, they are not bound by a set of basic responsibilities towards the community they are implanted in, but only to their shareholders. That kind of corporate citizenship needs to change. Corporations need to be aware of the impact their activity causes, both positive and negative.
@ifilljustice (segue) It cannot be that corporations are entitled to profit over everything else, not anymore. Like ordinary citizens, corporate denizens have a responsibility towards maintaining and upholding the community they are implanted in and must race consequences for corporate misconduct, not only coming from their governance but from the society at large.
AuthorTOBurnett@ifilljustice definitely should never have happened, for many reasons.