Erin ConroyJul 3, 2023

You should stay away from #Bluesky, not actively help Jack Dorsey make his next billion & build his power as an owner of another social media empire.

Dorsey helped fund Musk's takeover to the tune of $1 billion, making him one of Musk's top backers (after Qatar).

He owns part of Twitter.

He & Musk planned Musk's takeover at Twitter. They are collaborators, not competitors.

https://progressives.social/@chargrille/110286207887749108

>Edit to add Dave Troy's piece https://davetroy.medium.com/no-elon-and-jack-are-not-competitors-theyre-collaborating-3e88cde5267d

Erin Conroy (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Dorsey will be happy with one arm of #Bluesky being used by his advisor Ali Alexander to plan the next armed Proud Boys/GOP attack on the Capitol building - and the other arm being used by you to fruitlessly bemoan SCOTUS corruption & the New Jim Crow voting restrictions, & what he & Musk undoubtedly delight, behind closed doors, in referring to as "woke nonsense." The $ & power asymmetry makes this work for the GOP. No content moderation means no pesky Congressional hearings for him & Musk.

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Show threadtoolbear#🪧Jul 3, 2023

@chargrille
And dorsey goes to bat for actual nazis:
https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/110601753477038237

EDIT: Which you knew already ofc :) https://progressives.social/@chargrille/110286183274328191

David Gerard (@[email protected])

@[email protected] @[email protected] it is important to remember that (a) jack wants to make it impossible to ban people, specifically Trump and (b) jack personally intervened to keep neo-Nazi Richard Spencer on Twitter. the design of bluesky is to keep nazis from being banned.

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Show threadtoxtethogrady
@toolbear @chargrille If Dorsey were intellectually honest about not restricting anyone, including Richard Spencer, from using his platform, then he would also make it impossible for Spencer to mute his critics. This played to my great advantage against all manner of Trumpsters on Twitter, until Elon Musk started banning their critics. That proved that Musk is intellectually dishonest...
Jul 3, 2023 at 1:38amWeb
Show threadtoolbear#🪧Jul 3, 2023
@toxtethogrady
I think I get what you're saying. I reject free speech absolutism. I agree that they're hypocrites. I don't think criticizing Dorsey (and Musk) for not *actually* being free speech absolutists is an effective way to work against them.
Show threadtoxtethogradyJul 3, 2023
@toolbear Being here is the most effective way to work against them. They can't be regulated out of existence...