Travelfish

Just catching up on the overnight wraps on the latest madness at the other joint, good summaries as always by @mmasnick

Banning journos:

https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/16/elon-tries-badly-to-defend-the-banning-of-journalists-as-twitter-starts-blocking-links-mentions-of-mastodon/

Why calls for govt intervention are misplaced (strong agree here):

https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/16/yes-elon-musk-is-fucking-up-twitter-but-no-the-government-has-no-business-getting-involved/

Elon Tries (Badly) To Defend The Banning Of Journalists As Twitter Starts Blocking Links & Mentions Of Mastodon

Look, I fucking warned Elon that this is exactly how it would go. It’s how it always goes. Remember Parler? They promised that they would moderate “based off the FCC and the Supreme cou…

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Dec 16, 2022 at 10:34pmMetatext
Show threadTravelfishDec 16, 2022
@mmasnick relatedly, not even bothering with the latest “Twitter files” dump. The format, so tedious and in requiring that they be “leaked” onto Twitter first really a dumb move—unless, I guess, your prime motivation was driving traffic rather than informing (not that there has been much AT ALL that was new in any of the dumps). What a garbage fire.
Show threadWant2CruiseDec 17, 2022
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