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All this drama but I really feel this is a huge waste of time, energy and money for Mr Musk. Seriously we all know Twitter will continue to be a cess pool of human thought in the name of free speech. I think the only feature we need online is ramifications for being an asshole on the internet other than just being 'banned'.


The whole point is that less people will be banned. I'm hoping that the only people that are ever banned are those posting pornography or violating us laws.


> I'm hoping that the only people that are ever banned are those posting pornography or violating us laws.

So you hope the only people are banned are those posting what you find disagreeable or illegal. How is that different from what anyone wants? What kind of porn do you hope is banned? All of it or just what you personally find shameful? And do you have a definition for porn we can all conform to (e.g. does describing a sex act constitute as porn? Do lewd sounds count as porn? Does nudity count as porn? How much nudity?)

And who gets to write the laws about what's legal to post? Would that be content owners and rich billionaire owners of media companies?


The only good part of twitter is the pornography.


Many people make a living making adult art for consenting adults, and Twitter is one of their main platforms. Why do you want to get rid of this?


This is the fastest way to get fined and eventually excluded (if not outright banned) from the European market.


> All this drama but I really feel this is a huge waste of time, energy and money for Mr Musk.

Musk has talked on number of occasions, about how he shares his time between his various companies. I'm sure in a few months, we'll hear someone ask in an interview, how much time he spends on Twitter. I'd wager single digit percent. That's how much time he seems to spends on all of non Tesla and SpaceX combined (e.g. Neuralink, Boring company, etc.).




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