This is my hunch, but is it fair to say that it is because Twitter (left) and FB (center)? Everything that's left cannot be touched. You'll get burned by the mob.
Another observation: No criticism of Tiktok on HN.
A miniscule portion of the right wing supports storming the Capitol (which seems to be the clutch), and far more people on the left wing speak out against cancel culture (myself included).
Twitter immediately pulled Trump the moment he left office. It had no spine to do it earlier, which if the leadership had any consistency in their morals would have done a lot earlier.
Anyways, this is just my hunch and trying to observe some trends. It could be completely wrong.
Jack is left liberatarian, Thiel is right liberatarian. I've studied Thiel quite a bit, haven't studied Jack as much. It's also possible that they are both left in pre-2015 era, but the left has moved further out today (likewise, the far right is unrecognizeable today). I consider them all intellectuals and interesting.
I'm not sure being left libertarian is compatible with being a CEO as left libertarianism calls for abolishing private ownership of the means of production... (maybe elected CEO of a coop might be compatible with those views? either way, nothing like what Twitter is doing)
Another observation: No criticism of Tiktok on HN.