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rf15 14 hours ago

We all know why he did it: because people wrote on and listened to twitter a lot, and he didn't like what they said. He wanted to control the conversation that was unfavourable to him.

tim-tday 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

^ that was always my impression

overfeed 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> He wanted to control the conversation that was unfavourable to him.

Same thing Thiel is doing for political control: attempting to inherit the religious right from MAGA -perhaps on behalf of hos protegé. Thiel's plans will likely outlive the movement's leader and/or go beyond 2028, it's a race against time to establish his bona fides while the sun shines

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whamlastxmas 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

He wanted to control the conversation by... buying twitter and removing nearly all existing controls of conversation?

How quickly we forget how censored twitter was before he bought it

rf15 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You forgot the bit where he changed the algo to get his posts artificially boosted

mcphage 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> How quickly we forget how censored twitter was before he bought it

About as quickly as he forgot “comedy is legal again” when people started criticizing him.