(04-26-2022, 05:43 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(04-26-2022, 02:45 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: It’s not just the prospect of Trump returning or unfettered free speech which has the left in a tizzy. They know Musk will take away the Twitter bots they’ve been leveraging as a force multiplier to make fringe voices seem louder than they really are.

Now that's the kind of hot take I come here for.  
You sincerely think publicly traded Twitter wasn't fighting bots?
They were. 
Fringe voices *always* seem louder on social media because people who have moderate opinions are not excited and not exciting. 
If it only seems like the liberal fringe is there, with no conservative fringe, that's due to moderation policies silencing conservative voices.
You take that moderation away, and get direct fringe on fringe violence, the whole site gets more difficult to use and enjoy for everybody.
Am I right about this? We won't know for a long time.  As a private owner Musk has very little reason to tell us how profitable or engaging Twitter is over time.